Brand New has been one of my favorite bands since maybe 8th grade and was the first album I ever ordered over the internet...ever. So in short, I've listened to them for a while and I have to say, they are one of the most transitory bands I've ever heard. Even bands that have existed for decades don't seem to change their sound as much on each album as these guys do. They started as a pretty normal pop-punk band with not too much difference between them and anyone else, but now they teeter on the edge of punk-metal almost, doing away with the playful guitar riffs and choruses and moving for the dark, dreary and well...pissed off and depressed. And I LOVE every minute of it. It's not for everyone and I even have some friends who stopped listening after the second album, but the transition between the powerchord, pre-pubescent whining to the internal spiritual debate has really been an interesting one...Check out a song, in order of release, from each of the four albums and listen for yourself.
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