9/10
This one took a while. It came out way back on 9/22, and I didn't feel right reviewing it until now. I really didn't like it all that much at first. Not that I thought it was bad, it just wasn't what I was expecting and it's not the type of music I usually listen to. Brand New is actually the only band I can tolerate with any sort of screaming. Anyways, after I got over the more heavy vibe and screaming on the album, it really grew on me. It's just the right length, not too long and not too short, and each song is really there for a reason. The tracklist was made perfectly, and the album flows really well. As a matter of fact, I think one of my favorite things about the album is the fact that it's so cohesive. The intro and outro clips are old, creepy music, and there are a few portions in the middle of the album, such as the beginning of the title track, daisy, that have the same type of clips. There is a really creepy feeling to the album, and I actually really love it. Instrumentally, it's Brand New. It's a little more intense and hardcore than their previous albums, and while it's not extremely intricate or anything, there are a lot of layers and pretty awesome riffs on the songs. Something that I still don't know how I feel about is the songwriting. The guitarist, Vin, took over lead songwriting duties on this one for the first time. While I don't think that he is nearly as talented of a songwriter as Jesse Lacey, I do think it gave a nice change to the usual Brand New songs. Kind of a breath of fresh air. The album just really clicks. There's not a single change I would make. I read something a while back where Jesse said that they were afraid the album might sound weird because they wrote the songs based on how they would sound live, which is hard to carry over to studio tracks. Well it worked. Everything sounds great.
I posted my two favorite tracks, "Daisy" and "Sink" below:
Sink
Daisy
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