RVCA

And then over to Daisy

FaSho

And then if you're willing to take a chance, Your Favorite Weapon.

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Dirty

Has anyone else listened to the leaked Fight Off Your Demons demos? The ones that were named Untitled 1 to Untitled 9... I thought those were amazing.

RVCA

I always avoided them because I figured they were just earlier versions of TDAGARIM's songs. Are they worth checking out?

Dirty

Absolutely. They all deserve a listen. They aren't earlier versions of TDAGARIM, though there's a couple parts of the demos that you can see in a couple TDAGARIM songs... Just give them all a listen, trust me. I remember thinking like 5-6 of the 9 Untitled songs were awesome, though I can't remember which ones I liked best. I remember liked Untitled 9 the best though.

barkjon

Any fellow Brand New fans?

For the uneducated, Brand New is an indie rock/emo/alternative band with a lot of post-hardcore elements. I'm really enjoying them.

I seriously recommend their third album, "The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me", specifically Degausser, You Won't Know, and Millstone.

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14232949

I've been known to dabble in Brand New.
What were your thoughts on Daisy, noob?

barkjon

^Me?

I don't know. It's decent. The lyrics are a lot weaker (in my opinion) then earlier releases, specifically TDAG. I like the heavier post-hardcore sound going on, and the lyrical themes. Vices and Daisy are both the stand-out songs on that album for me, but there aren't any songs I dislike.

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14232949

A'ight.
See my thoughts are that on Brand New's earlier releases, the lyrics and songs convey the image of a young man growing up and dealing with the emotional burden that is everyday life.

Each release shows a maturation of the band, yet before Daisy each was glazed with a degree of optimism that things would improve, with each album signalling a decline in that optimism and possible youthful naivety.

By the time Daisy rolls around, this optimism has gone. The youthful naivety heard in earlier records such as Your Favourite Weapon has gone.
It's a sign of growing up, a sign of someone who can now see the world, see his emotions for what they were. Someone who has now given up hope.

There's no optimism. It's bleak, it's broken. They're beyond the stage where they can assure themselves things will get better.

Daisy is that final call for salvation, a bleak, broken record knowing things will never return to the simplicity life once was where it was all about girls taking semesters abroad or about how one would comprise a mixtape full of Smiths song in an attempt to prove to his youthful self he were not alone.

Daisy's given up on the past and is looking at the present and the bleak future.

That's what I think about Daisy as a record.

barkjon

Nice.

I have to disagree in one case. I feel that TDAG didn't really have much of any optimism in it. I feel like most of the songs had depressing lyrics, unlike Deja or YFW.

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