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{{Infobox musical artist
| Name = Brand New
| Img = Brand_New_Jesse.jpg
| Img_capt = Jesse Lacey performing live in San Diego.
| Background = group_or_band
| Origin = [[Levittown, New York|Levittown]], [[New York]], [[United States]]
| Genre = [[Indie rock]]<br>[[Alternative rock]]<br>[[Post-hardcore]]
| Years_active = 2000–present
| Label = [[Tiny Evil]]<br/>[[Interscope Records|Interscope]] <small>(2004–present)</small><br />[[Triple Crown Records|Triple Crown]] <small>(2001–2004)</small><br />[[Iodine Recordings|Iodine]] <small>(2000–2001)</small>
| URL = [http://www.fightoffyourdemons.com Official website]
| Current_members = [[Jesse Lacey]]<br />[[Garrett Tierney]]<br />[[Brian Lane]]<br />[[Vincent Accardi]]
}}
'''Brand New''' is an [[alternative rock]] band based in [[United States|America]]. It currently consists of [[lead vocalist]], [[guitarist]], and lyricist [[Jesse Lacey]]; [[guitarist]] [[Vincent Accardi]]; [[bassist|bass guitarist]] [[Garrett Tierney]]; and [[drummer]] [[Brian Lane]].<ref name="bandbio">{{cite web |url = http://www.fightoffyourdemons.com/bio.html |title = Brand New Biography |accessdate = 2006-02-18 |date = 2006 |publisher = Official Brand New website}}</ref> The band was formed in 2000 in [[Levittown, New York]]<ref name="bandbio" /> and consists partly of former members of the band [[The Rookie Lot]]. Brand New has toured with many bands including [[Thrice]], [[Crime In Stereo]], [[Dashboard Confessional]], and [[mewithoutYou]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=256415 |title=Tour dates}}</ref>
The band has released three studio albums so far—''[[Your Favorite Weapon]]'' (2001), ''[[Deja Entendu]]'' (2003), and ''[[The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me]]'' (2006). On [[February 12]], [[2007]], in an interview with [[BBC]] [[Manchester]], Lacey stated that the band plans to release another album.
==History==
===Formation===
Brand New is from Long Island, New York.
In the late 1990s [[Garrett Tierney]], [[Brian Lane]], [[Brandon Reilly]] and [[Alex Dunne]] were all members of [[The Rookie Lot]], a [[post-hardcore]] band largely influenced by groups such as [[Lifetime (band)|Lifetime]]. The Rookie Lot released a 5-track demo and a split 7" with Yearly before breaking up in late 1999. After The Rookie Lot broke up, [[Brandon Reilly]] went on to be a guitarist in [[The Movielife]] and Alex Dunne played guitar in [[Crime In Stereo]]. Lacey and Lane continued to play together with Tierney joining them shortly thereafter. The three started writing new material, with the help of [[Brandon Reilly]], for the new project. The members started looking for a second guitarist and eventually found the then 17 year-old [[Vincent Accardi]]. Accardi decided to join the band after hearing the trio play "The Shower Scene", the first song they wrote together.{{Fact|date=August 2007}} Lacey has repeatedly stated that the name for the band was borrowed from a friend's band that disbanded.{{Fact|date=August 2007}} Between their formation in 2000 and ''[[Your Favorite Weapon]]'''s release in 2001, Brand New released two demo CDs, the first of which was originally available as a free [[MP3]] download on their website. Both demos contained songs that were rerecorded for ''Your Favorite Weapon''.
===''Your Favorite Weapon''===
After signing a single album deal on [[Triple Crown Records]], the band set to work on their debut, ''[[Your Favorite Weapon]]''. The album was to be a mix of rerecorded songs from their demos as well as several new ones. The album was produced by [[Mike Sapone]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Your Favorite Weapon by Brand New | work=musicmatch guide | url=http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/album/album.cgi?ALBUMID=1219721 | accessmonthday=December 15 | accessyear=2005}}</ref> and was a moderate success. The record deal gave the band the opportunity to tour, both nationally and internationally, supporting bands like [[Taking Back Sunday]], [[Less Than Jake]], [[Glassjaw]], [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] and [[Finch (US band)|Finch]].<ref name="amgbio">{{cite web |url = http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:k9fqxql0ld6e~T1 |title = Brand New: Biography |accessdate = 2008-03-22 |author = Hopkin, Kenyon |date = 2007 |publisher = [[Allmusic]] }}</ref>
The first and only single released from ''Your Favorite Weapon'' was "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad", which received airplay on both [[MTV2]] and [[Fuse TV|Fuse]].
In August 2002, [[Iodine Recordings]] released ''Your Favorite Weapon'' on 12" vinyl along with an extra track, "...My Nine Rides Shotgun", a demo from the band's early days. 500 copies were pressed on clear blue vinyl and 100 copies were pressed on white. Because of high demand, [[Iodine Recordings]] repressed ''Your Favorite Weapon'' in early 2003 on clear vinyl, limited to 300 copies.
Soon after the release of ''Your Favorite Weapon'', the band released two songs on a [[Brand New/Safety in Numbers Split EP|split EP]] with [[Safety in Numbers]], which contained the tracks "Moshi Moshi" and a cover of [[Love Spit Love]]'s "Am I Wrong". "Moshi Moshi" was also later available as a [[B-side]] on the UK "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" single.
===''Deja Entendu''===
The band's second album, ''[[Deja Entendu]]'', was released in June 2003 to much acclaim. The album contains slower, deeper songs than those on ''Your Favorite Weapon'', with a more polished sound. The album was produced by [[Steven Haigler]], who was the sound engineer on the [[Pixies]]' ''[[Trompe le Monde]]''.<ref>{{cite web | title=Brand New: Deja Entendu: Pitchfork Review | work=Pitchfork Media | url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15816/Brand_New_Deja_Entendu | accessmonthday=November 26 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> The title is French, literally translating to "already heard," which is said to be a comment on the band's opinion of modern music sounding similar. Jesse Lacey got the name for the album while watching an episode of ''[[Jeopardy!]]''. The band has stated that most of the songs were not demoed and were "rushed", and that eleven out of the twelve songs recorded for the album appeared on it - with only "Flying At Tree Level (Version 1.0)" left off, which later appeared on the ''[[Beer: The Movie]]'' soundtrack. "Play Crack the Sky", whose title refers to Lacey's friend yelling out "play 'Crack the Sky'!" during another band's concert, was a late addition. The album debuted at number 63 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=467731&model.vnuAlbumId=812587 |title = Artist Chart History: Albums |accessdate = 2008-03-22 |publisher = ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' }}</ref>
Three singles were released from this album on [[Eat Sleep Records]] and [[Sorepoint Records]]. The first single released was "[[The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows]]." Their second single from the album, "[[Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades]]," is a shortened version of the common [[Latin]] phrase [[sic transit gloria mundi]] ("Thus passes the glory of the world") and is a reference to a line from the movie ''[[Rushmore (film)|Rushmore]]''. Both of these singles were top 40 hits within the UK, and their videos received relatively heavy rotation on [[MTV2]] and [[Fuse TV]].<ref name="amgbio" /> The band released a third single from this album, "I Will Play My Game Beneath the Spin Light," (the title a reference to a line in the young adult book [[The Moves Make the Man]] by Bruce Brooks) solely for radio play.<ref>{{cite web | title=K-Rock Top 92.3 of 2004 | work=Modern Rocklists | url=http://www.rocklists.com/krock-2004.html | accessmonthday=August 13 | accessyear=2007}}</ref>
During 2003, their debut album was also remastered and re-released, followed by its debut in [[Australia]] and [[Japan]] in early 2004. A limited edition [[Extended play|EP]], entitled ''[[The Holiday EP]]'', was released soon after the album in late 2003, available only to the band's Street Team members. It contained demos from ''Deja Entendu'', album art by artist Brian Ewing, as well as a new song - "[[O Holy Night]]." Available for only the price of postage, this EP sold out quickly, and has never been re-released. Consequently, it is extremely rare.
On [[December 28]], [[2003]], ''[[New York Times]]'' music critic [[Kelefa Sanneh]] ranked ''Deja Entendu'' number 5 on his Top 10 albums of the year. Brand New were also named ''Alternative Press''' Artist of the Year in their annual Reader's Poll.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.razorandtiemedia.com/pressclips/BrandNew_quote_sheet_204.pdf |title = Brand New Press Highlights |accessdate = 2008-03-22 |date = 2008 |publisher = [[Razor & Tie|Razor & Tie Media Services]] }}</ref>
Between May 2004 and June 2005, no new material or information was publicly released to fans. During that time, however, the band signed to major label [[Dreamworks]]. [[Interscope Records]] bought out the label shortly after.<ref name="amgbio" />
===''The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me''===
In late 2005, Brand New started recording their highly-anticipated third album in [[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]], [[Mississippi]] with producer [[Dennis Herring]], but later dropped him in favor of [[Mike Sapone]] with whom they had worked on their first album.<ref name="bandbio" />
On [[January 24]], [[2006]], nine demos recorded in preparation of the new album were leaked onto the Internet. All nine tracks were untitled and were of unknown origin. It was stated by an unknown source that these demos "probably won't be on ''Fight Off Your Demons''", the then-rumored title for the new album based on the band's new website address. In the following months, with Brand New doing their first tour dates in over 18 months, a few songs from the demos were performed with a full band, some were fleshed out and had new lyrics. New songs had their debut as well during the summer tour dates. There was much speculation about the names of songs and the album name but very little solid information. Brand New began their first tour in years on [[June 20]], [[2006]] at New Jersey's famous [[Starland Ballroom]], where Lacey stated that the album had been finished the previous day.
After much speculation and rumor regarding the final release date, and ''[[Alternative Press]]'' publishing a preliminary date of [[October 10]] [[2006]], as the release date, the official website announced that the new album would finally be released on [[November 21]] [[2006]] in [[North America]], and the day before in Europe. Soon after, a track listing and cover art were revealed, as well as new information regarding the release of the first actual single - "[[Sowing Season]]" - one of the new tracks previewed during the summer tour. "Sowing Season" was revealed to be the final version of the song formerly known to fans as "Untitled 08". The single finally got a public airing on radio on [[October 19]] [[2006]], and appeared on their [[MySpace]] page a day later. According to Lacey in a radio interview from the UK ([[BBC Radio 1]] with [[Zane Lowe]]), the title ''[[The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me]]'' is taken from a conversation he had with his friend about the musician [[Daniel Johnston]], who has [[bipolar disorder]].<ref>{{cite news |title = Zane Lowe interview with Jesse Lacey |accessdate = 2006-11-02 |author = Zane Lowe |date = 2006 |publisher = [[BBC Radio 1]] }}</ref>
In late December 2006, an unusual video was released for the instrumental track "Untitled", also known as "-", which mainly consists of a man [[Graffiti|spray painting]] a wall with "evil and good are raging Inside me" and correcting it to give the album title. On [[January 16]], [[2007]], "[[Jesus (Brand New song)|Jesus Christ]]" was announced as being the "official" first single from the album. On [[January 19]], the band performed the song on ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]''. They performed it again on [[February 26]] on the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/wahoo/index/php/20070226.phtml| title = Monday, February 26, 2007, Show #2713 Recap| accessdate = 2007-02-28| author = McIntee, Michael Z.| date = 2007-02-26| publisher = [[CBS]].com}}</ref>
From January to June 2007, the band toured the United States, Europe, Canada, and Australia, including a headline slot on the UK's [[Give It A Name]] tour and playing the main stage at [[The Bamboozle]] festival. Despite the band's reluctance towards the press around the time of the release of the album, they were featured in ''Alternative Press'', a cover story for ''[[Rock Sound]]'', ''[[Kerrang!]]'', and ''[[NME]]''. The band went tour for the fall of 2007, with openers [[Thrice]] and [[mewithoutYou]]. In early 2008, Brand New toured Australia and New Zealand on the [[Big Day Out]] festival.<ref name="bnBDOannouncement"> {{cite web |url = http://www.bigdayout.com/news/pressreleases.php |title = Big Day Out 08 Second Announcement |date=2007-11-20 |publisher = [[Big Day Out]]}}</ref>
On [[October 19]], [[2007]], the band announced via their [[MySpace]] and their official website that a new song, entitled "[[(Fork and Knife)]]", would be released online on [[October 23]], [[2007]]. "(Fork and Knife)", a rerecorded version of the track formerly called "Untitled 7" by fans from the leaked demos, was released as a single track download. The song has, thus far, been exclusively an Internet download and has yet to see a physical release. The song was released in Japan on [[October 31]], [[2007]].{{Fact|date=June 2008}}
=== Recent Events ===
On [[March 21]], [[2008]], ''Alternative Press'' reported that Brand New started their own record label, named [[Procrastinate! Music Traitors]]. The first act signed to the new label was longtime friend [[Kevin Devine]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://altpress.com/news/index.htm#3661 |title = Brand New Start Record Label, Sign Kevin Devine |accessdate = 2008-03-22 |author = Heisel, Scott |date = 2008-03-21 |publisher = ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' }}</ref> The first release from this label will be a reissue of the 2006 [[Kevin Devine]] album ''Put Your Ghost To Rest''<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.selfproclaimedexpert.com/?p=618 |title = Brand New Starts A Record Label - Signs Kevin Devine - What a Great Choice |accessdate = 2008-03-27 |author = Terry, Ben |date = 2008-03-23 |publisher = Self-Proclaimed Expert }}</ref>
On [[April 20]], [[2008]], Lacey stated that Brand New has been tentatively recording new material for their next album. No speculation on release date.{{Fact|date=June 2008}}
Jesse Lacey is slated for a short west coast tour with Kevin Devine until early August.{{Fact|date=June 2008}}
According to {{MySpace|brandnew|Brand New}} page, the band will play at Lollapalooza in Chicago on August 2, 2008. They will also play at House of Blues in Chicago the night before, on August 1, 2008, with [[Manchester Orchestra]].
==Members==
* [[Jesse Lacey]] – [[lead vocals]], [[songwriter]], [[guitarist]]
* [[Vincent Accardi]] – [[guitarist]], songwriter, [[Backing vocalist|backup vocals]]
* [[Garrett Tierney]] – [[bass guitar|bassist]]
* [[Brian Lane]] – [[drum kit|drummer]]
* Derrick Sherman - [[guitarist]], [[keyboardist]], backing vocals (live only)
==Discography==
===Albums===
*''[[Your Favorite Weapon]]'' (2001)
*''[[Deja Entendu]]'' (2003)
*''[[The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me]]'' (2006)
===EPs===
* ''[[Brand New/Safety in Numbers Split EP]]'' (2002)
* ''[[The Holiday EP]]'' (2003)
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! width="260" rowspan="2"| Title
! width="70" colspan="2"| Chart position
! rowspan="2"| Label
! width="240" rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! width="40"| <small>[[Modern Rock Tracks|U.S. Modern Rock]]</small><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=467731&model.vnuAlbumId=812587 |title = Artist Chart History: Singles |accessdate = 2008-03-22 |publisher = ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' }}</ref>
! width="40"| <small>[[Hot 100|U.S. Hot 100]]
|-
| 2002
| "[[Jude Law and a Semester Abroad]]"
| align="center"| -
| align="center"| -
| Eat Sleep
| ''[[Your Favorite Weapon]]''
|-
| 2003
| "[[The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows]]"
| align="center"| 37
| align="center"| -
| Eat Sleep/Sore Point
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Deja Entendu]]''
|-
| 2004
| "[[Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades]]"
| align="center"| -
| align="center"| -
| Sore Point
|-
| 2006
| "[[Sowing Season]]"
| align="center"| -
| align="center"| -
| Interscope
| rowspan="2"| ''[[The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me]]''
|-
| 2007
| "[[Jesus Christ (Brand New song)|Jesus Christ]]"
| align="center"| 30
| align="center"| -
| Interscope
|-
| 2007
| "[[(Fork and Knife)]]"
| align="center"| -
| align="center"| 124
| Interscope
| rowspan="1"| Non-album digital single
|}
===Demos===
* ''[[First Four-Track Demo]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Second Demo]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Deja Entendu]]'' demos (2003)
* ''[[The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me]]'' demos (2006)
===Compilation appearances===
* ''[[Beer: The Movie]]'' (2003) ("Flying at Tree Level (Version 1.0)")
==Videography==
*"[[Jude Law and a Semester Abroad]]" (2002)
*"[[The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows]]" (2003)
*"[[Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades]]" (2003)
*"Untitled" (2006)
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.fightoffyourdemons.com/ Official website]
*{{MySpace|brandnew|Brand New}}
*[http://absolutepunk.net/artists/showlink.php?l=1756&catid=searchresults&searchid=2433603 Official Absolutepunk.net profile with band news, songs and videos]
*[http://www.interscope.com/artist/default.aspx/aid/508/ Interscope Records Profile]
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