Deja Entendu

by Brand New

Overview

As the popularity of emo and punk-pop plateaued, many bands had a lot to prove to stay in the game. As of 2003, Brand New had sidestepped any notion that they'd be stuck in the prototypical mold found on Your Favorite Weapon. Unlike their debut, Deja Entendu isn't all about bitter breakups and doesn't fall into a permanent punk-pop hole. Produced by Steven Haigler (Pixies, Quicksand), this sophomore effort finds Brand New maturing, reaching for textures and song structures instead of cliches. They still, however, alternate their full-on blasts with slower acoustic work, which doesn't hurt. Many antiromantic lyrics such as "my tongue is the only muscle on my body that works harder than my heart" saturate the disc, but there's still some resentment with downers such as "I hope you come down with something they can't diagnose and don't have a cure for." "The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows" is one of the stronger tracks and isn't so much a fresh entry as it is a rewrite of their semihit "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad." It's not quite deja vu; it's just consistent. ~ Kenyon Hopkin

Product Details

Release Date:	06/17/2003
Label:	Razor & Tie
UPC:	0793018289627
Rank:	30920

Tracks

1. Tautou
2. Sic Transit Gloria ... Glory Fades
3. I Will Play My Game Beneath the Spin Light
4. Okay I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don't
5. The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows
6. The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot
7. Jaws Theme Swimming
8. Me vs. Maradona vs. Elvis
9. Guernica
10. Good to Know That If I Ever Need Attention All I Have to Do Is Die
11. Play Crack the Sky

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Brand New   Primary Artist
Vincent Accardi   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Garrett Tierney   Bass
Jesse Lacey   Guitar,Lead Vocals
Brian Lane   Drums

Technical Credits

Brian Lane   Composer
Vin Accardi   Composer
Vincent Accardi   Composer
Tracy Schroeder   Engineer
Steve Haigler   Mixing,Producer
Mike Sapone   Mixing,Engineer
Alan Douches   Mastering
Garrett Tierney   Composer
Jesse Lacey   Composer,Lyricist