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Long Island’s basement-show circuit became Brand New’s foundation, and the band’s early lineup chemistry came directly out of that local scene. Brand New formed in 2000 in Merrick, New York. Jesse Lacey, Garrett Tierney, and Brian Lane had played together in the Levittown band the Rookie Lot, and they recruited guitarist Vincent Accardi after Lacey left his role as the founding bassist in Taking Back Sunday. The group’s first show took place at a Garden City bowling alley as the opener for Silent Majority, and Brand New quickly built momentum by playing with bands including Midtown and Glassjaw while self-releasing a four-song demo.
A label deal followed almost immediately. Brand New signed with Triple Crown Records shortly after its second show. Before that, the band had recorded a demo for Warner Bros. Records, and Lacey wrote “Last Chance to Lose Your Keys” at the label’s office as a potential single. Warner Bros. passed, and Brand New moved forward with Triple Crown. The debut album, Your Favorite Weapon, was produced by Mike Sapone and established the band’s early pop-punk identity. “Jude Law and a Semester Abroad” was the album’s only official single and received airplay on MTV2 and Fuse.
The second album, Deja Entendu, arrived in 2003 and marked an intentional stylistic expansion as the band incorporated indie rock influences. The record produced “The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows” and “Sic Transit Gloria… Glory Fades,” both of which reached the UK Singles Chart. Deja Entendu was eventually certified Gold in the United States, and it established Brand New as a band whose audience followed it through substantial musical change. The group also toured the United Kingdom during this period and appeared at the first Download Festival in 2003.
A turning point came when unfinished recordings from the sessions for the band’s major-label debut leaked online. Brand New reworked the material and released The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me in 2006. The album was later certified Gold, while “Jesus Christ” reached Number 30 on Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart. The fourth album, Daisy, followed in 2009, debuted at Number 6 on the Billboard 200, and moved the band further into post-hardcore and noise-rock territory.
Brand New’s later era was defined by long gaps, surprise releases, and greater control over its business. In 2008, the band started Procrastinate! Music Traitors, signing Kevin Devine as its first outside artist and reissuing his 2006 album Put Your Ghost to Rest. Brand New officially released Leaked Demos 2006, 3 Demos, Reworked, “Mene,” and “I Am a Nightmare” during 2016 before surprise-releasing Science Fiction in August 2017. The album debuted at Number 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming the band’s first chart-topping album.
Complete List Of Brand New Songs From A to Z
- “– (Untitled)” – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (2006)
- “137” – Science Fiction (2017)
- “1996” – 3 Demos, Reworked (2016)
- “1996 (Demo 2006)” – Leaked Demos 2006 (2016)
- “451” – Science Fiction (2017)
- “aloC-acoC” – “Sowing Season” (single) (2006)
- “Am I Wrong” – Brand New / Safety in Numbers (2002)
- “The Archer’s Bows Have Broken” – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (2006)
- “At the Bottom” – Daisy (2009)
- “Battalions (Demo 2006)” – Leaked Demos 2006 (2016)
- “Batter Up” – Science Fiction (2017)
- “Be Gone” – Daisy (2009)
- “Bed” – Daisy (2009)
- “Bed (Live in Studio)” – Daisy bonus track (2009)
- “Bought a Bride” – Daisy (2009)
- “Bought a Bride (Live in Studio)” – Daisy bonus track (2009)
- “The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot” – Deja Entendu (2003)
- “The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot (Acoustic)” – The Holiday EP (2003)
- “Brothers” – “Jesus” (single) (2007)
- “Brother’s Song (Demo 2006)” – Leaked Demos 2006 (2016)
- “Can’t Get It Out” – Science Fiction (2017)
- “Car” – “The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows” (single) (2003)
- “Could Never Be Heaven” – Science Fiction (2017)
- “Daisy” – Daisy (2009)
- “Degausser” – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (2006)
- “Desert” – Science Fiction (2017)
- “DVD Song” – Unreleased (2006)
- “Failure by Design” – Your Favorite Weapon (2001)
- “Flying at Tree Level” – Beer: The Movie Soundtrack (2003)
- “Fork and Knife” – “(Fork and Knife)” (single) (2007)
- “Fork and Knife (Demo 2006)” – Leaked Demos 2006 (2016)
- “Gasoline” – Daisy (2009)
- “Good Man (Demo 2006)” – Leaked Demos 2006 (2016)
- “Good to Know That If I Ever Need Attention All I Have to Do Is Die” – Deja Entendu (2003)
- “Good to Know That If I Ever Need Attention All I Have to Do Is Die (Demo)” – The Holiday EP (2003)
- “Guernica” – Deja Entendu (2003)
- “Handcuffs” – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (2006)
- “I Am a Nightmare” – “I Am a Nightmare” (single) (2016)
- “I Will Play My Game Beneath the Spin Light” – Deja Entendu (2003)
- “In a Jar” – Daisy (2009)
- “In the Water” – Science Fiction (2017)
- “Jaws Theme Swimming” – Deja Entendu (2003)
- “Jesus Christ” – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (2006)
- “Jude Law and a Semester Abroad” – Your Favorite Weapon (2001)
- “Last Chance to Lose Your Keys” – Your Favorite Weapon (2001)
- “Limousine (MS Rebridge)” – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (2006)
- “Lit Me Up” – Science Fiction (2017)
- “Logan to Government Center” – Your Favorite Weapon (2001)
- “Logan to Government Center (Demo)” – The Holiday EP (2003)
- “Luca” – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (2006)
- “Luca (Demo 2006)” – Leaked Demos 2006 (2016)
- “Magazines” – Your Favorite Weapon (2001)
- “Me vs. Maradona vs. Elvis” – Deja Entendu (2003)
- “Mene” – Mene (2016)
- “Millstone” – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (2006)
- “Missing You” – 3 Demos, Reworked (2016)
- “Missing You (Demo 2006)” – Leaked Demos 2006 (2016)
- “Mix Tape” – Your Favorite Weapon (2001)
- “Moshi Moshi” – Brand New / Safety in Numbers (2002)
- “…My Nine Rides Shotgun” – Your Favorite Weapon (2001)
- “No Control” – Science Fiction (2017)
- “The No Seatbelt Song” – Your Favorite Weapon (2001)
- “Nobody Moves (Demo 2006)” – Leaked Demos 2006 (2016)
- “Noro” – Daisy (2009)
- “Not the Sun” – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (2006)
- “O Holy Night” – The Holiday EP (2003)
- “Okay I Believe You, but My Tommy Gun Don’t” – Deja Entendu (2003)
- “Out of Mana” – Science Fiction (2017)
- “Out of Range” – Mene (2016)
- “Play Crack the Sky” – Deja Entendu (2003)
- “The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows” – Deja Entendu (2003)
- “The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows (Acoustic)” – The Holiday EP (2003)
- “Same Logic/Teeth” – Science Fiction (2017)
- “Secondary” – Your Favorite Weapon (2001)
- “Seventy Times 7” – Your Favorite Weapon (2001)
- “The Shower Scene” – Your Favorite Weapon (2001)
- “Sic Transit Gloria… Glory Fades” – Deja Entendu (2003)
- “Sink” – Daisy (2009)
- “Soco Amaretto Lime” – Your Favorite Weapon (2001)
- “Sowing Season” – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (2006)
- “Sudden Death in Carolina” – Your Favorite Weapon (2001)
- “Tautou” – Deja Entendu (2003)
- “Vices” – Daisy (2009)
- “Waste” – Science Fiction (2017)
- “Welcome to Bangkok” – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (2006)
- “Yeah (Sowing Season) (Demo 2006)” – Leaked Demos 2006 (2016)
- “You Stole” – Daisy (2009)
- “You Won’t Know” – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (2006)
Brand New Studio Albums
Your Favorite Weapon (2001)
Deja Entendu (2003)
The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (2006)
Daisy (2009)
Science Fiction (2017)
Selected Brand New EPs and Other Releases
Brand New / Safety in Numbers (2002)
The Holiday EP (2003)
Leaked Demos 2006 (2016)
3 Demos, Reworked (2016)
Mene (2016)
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