Ok, so i’ve listened to Brand New - Daisy a handful of times now, and yes I was pretty disappointed with it the first time around.
Now I feel it’s an ok record but it still doesn’t grab me like Deja Entendu or Devil & God did. To borrow a line from Nostalgia Critic; “It’s ok. That’s it, just… O.K.” I still love Gasoline and At The Bottom but the rest of the tracks just sound like filler to me. I suppose Daisy isn’t bad being the title track but i’m not sure. If they called it a day tomorrow I’d be gutted but could understand why. Vince is a fantastic rhythm guitarist and could probably write some great songs but for some reason the chemistry just doesn’t seem to work here.
There i’m done with this one now. Closure. Hahah.x
I’m so surprised to read someone say this because I think it’s a great piece of art from top to bottom. It’s a coherent and cohesive sonic journey. You might be looking for something you’ll never find if you’re comparing this to their earlier albums because this album can, will, and has to stand on its own two feet. My two cents.
I honestly feel it falls short and sounds shallow, almost unfinished. I’m not so much comparing it to the earlier albums but feel that it pales in significance compared to Devil & God. Whereas Devil & God presented thought-provoking, emotional and at times, europhic sounding music, here I feel like Jessie is saying; “there, here you go, it’s not the best I can do but y’all can live with it, right?” Its almost too laissez faire for it’s own good, like people will like it because it feels so lazy. If this was, say their first record, I’d be like: “Yeah it’s good, but I can tell from listening to it that they havn’t achieved their full potential” and thats how the whole record sounds to me, like it could have been amazing but they’re almost holding back, almost ‘achiveing their full potential’, but not quite. Take for example, and i’m sorry to bring them up again, but mewithoutYou. ‘Catch For Us, the Foxes’ or ‘Brother, Sister’. Both records could easily stand out on their own, even the new record ‘it’s all crazy!…’ You could take any one of those records and listen to it on it’s own but I feel with Daisy, not to take anything away from it, but you listen to it and think, “yeah it’s ok, but if you really want a taste of BrandNew, give Deja or Devil & God a listen…” I don’t know…
But yeah, fair comments and opinions from you and thanks for reblogging me :) Hope I havn’t offended you, i’m not trying to start an arguement or be a cock or anything! Of course, people do feel differently about it when listening to it, but thats the beauty of music, it appeals to everyone differently!
bengilchrist:
That’s a shame! I really love it, I was listening to it on repeat 6 or 7 times a day when I first got it. I don’t think that Be Gone really works but apart from that I think the album is brilliant! I think it flows better than The Devil and God, although maybe that is the slightly better album. The Devil and God was so different to any of their back catalogue that any album after was always going to have a tough time standing up to it. I think this album manages to carry some of the stylistic traits of The Devil… without sounding like a continuation, which is something I really like. It would have been easy to carry on down the same path, especially with the last album being so well received, but this album is much more aggressive. I dunno, I’m just rambling a bit but I think it’s a fantastic album, definitely in my top ten this year. I think my favourite tracks are Bought a Bride, Gasoline, Noro and At The Bottom and I think they’re definitely up there with their best songs. But like you said, each to their own!
Yeah well put Ben, I suppose i’d have been even more disappointed if it was ‘Devil & God 2’. I feel they are trying to sound more like Nirvana, or Mudhoney with this record. I played it again after posting that and I’m starting to get into Noro, like you said. I still don’t know about it though.
