Déjà Entendu by Brand New

Brand New
Déjà Entendu
2003
Emo
Triple Crown

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
(Also included is a 400x400 album cover .gif)

This is the way you wish your voice sounds--handsome and smart
My tongue's the only muscle on my body
That works harder than my heart
And it's all from watching TV
And from speeding up my breathing
Wouldn't stop if I could
Oh, it hurts to be this good

"Okay I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don't"


Brand New is one of the only current Emo bands who can get it right without sounding pretentious or cliche. They have also shown one of the greatest evolution of a band's sound in a long time. Their first album, Your Favorite Weapon, was very cookie-cutter pop-punk/emo that was popular at the time. The evolution from that album led to Déjà Entendu, which is at heart, an emo album, but seems to go above and beyond the average emo release.

The album was an underground hit, and continues to be their best selling album, and have the best critical reception. After Jesse Lacey's call to the Christian faith, the band came back with the absolutely brilliant The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me. Personally, I love that album much more than Déjà, but I feel that this is a better place to start.

Brand New can be almost unbearably quiet, like in "Okay I Believe You...," and create dense soundscapes of music almost suited for a progressive rock act, like in the short "Tautou," or the epic "Good To Know..." Almost every song is a winner on this one, though it took me a long time to get into. First time listeners will fall in love with "Sic Transit Gloria...," and "The Quiet Things...," but after multiple listens, all the tracks seems to be near equal in quality. The result is a near perfect album that lends itself to be played for years to come.

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