Your Favorite Weapon by Brand New

Pros: Some of the best lyrics I've ever witnessed.
Cons: A couple of songs aren't that great.

I used to tell people that my favourite band was Alkaline Trio. I didn’t think; it just came out by ...

Pros: Heartbroken spunk wrapped up in some entertaining musical combinations
Cons: Rough and underproduced; Some filler

Here it is, the obligatory off to college/minor hiatus prelude to the final review you'll probably see from me in a month (Now that I've said that, I'll magically pull one or two out of my sleeve, but I don't have a problem with that). The college I'm ...

Pros: Excellent CD and moves extremely well from one song to the next!
Cons: none!

The debut album by Brand New, Your Favourite Weapon is a great emo CD filled with a little bit of hatred and angst. The lead and background vocals constantly play off one another, which creates a great sound that is consistent throughout! A ...

Pros: Catchy tunes you won't soon forget. Clever lyrics, good guitar work, overall good results.
Cons: Poppy melodies, but it's not a detriment, just an accepted fact.

Brand New is one of those bands, around my parts, that you cannot skip over listening to if you plan on calling yourself a true "emo" aficionado. This CD, their first, was a Christmas gift given to me by accident when the Saves The Day album I asked for ...

Pros: Chemistry, every song is a winner, best Brand New album to date
Cons: Could possibly be stereotyped by some people

Introduction I'll be the first to admit that I absolutely cannot stand labels. However, at the same time, I happen to be very hypocritcal and somehow end up labeling all of my music. So from there we go right into the "emo" profile with Brand ...

Pros: Great lyrics, promising debut.
Cons: The music gets repetitive.

To start this review off, I'd like to say that 'Brand New' is a great name for a band. That was the first thought that I had when I saw the name Brand New flash on MTV2 for their video "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad". To be honest, it took a ...

Pros: Very original style and amazing, personal lyrics. Very talented band.
Cons: Slight lack of originality on some tracks. And everybody knows about them now.

This is an amazing record. Innovative guitar, beautiful vocal harmonies where you'd least expect them, cool bass line, perfectly placed silences, etc. I heard about Brand New about a year and a half ago, last November. I got the record for Christmas and ...

Pros: Most of the songs are great, STRONG LYRICS
Cons: A few snoozers

Brand New is a punk-pop-emo band from Long Island, consisting of Jesse Lacey on lead vocals and guitar, backed by drummer Brian Lane, Vinnie Accardi on guitar, and bassist Garrett Tierney. They burst upon the music scene as a very lyrically driven band ...

Pros: Great Lyrics, Great Vocals, Great Music
Cons: None from me

This CD blew me away the first time that I heard it, and that doesn't happen very often to me. Usually there will be a few songs on a CD that really hook me, but rarely do I find myself hooked on a whole CD! The Shower Scene: " I begin to hate you ...

Pros: EVERYTHING
Cons: It ended, Mix Tape

"Your Favorite Weapon" is Brand News' first album, and in my opinion-their best. Brand New is an "emo band" out of nowhere really catching peoples attention, and I am proud to say I was one of their first fans. Track One: The Shower Scene 8.5/10 ...

Pros: catchy, clever
Cons: cheesy, sometimes unoriginal

I used to be really against pop-punk, but Brand New has defied my expectations by presenting songs that are more emotional and rock-oriented than the often bland, boring and whiny pop-punk bands out there. When these guys are at their best, they're...

Pros: Sweet, catchy, cha ching.
Cons: NONE AT ALL, except i dislike one song

Ahh brand new, one of the greatest emo bands to jump in your face and say "Were cooler than you." Of ...

Pros: Music that fills the mind body and soul! The sound they produce is unequivacle.
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I saw these guys live in portland about 2 months ago, and many time before that. "Jed was tight - tighter than a crab butt during mating season as Steven Tyler used to say. Think Tool meets Rage Against the Machine - but their musicianship was so superior all around that you realized the whole was greater than the sum of its parts. Shifting dynamics, a pounding drummer who was a like a de-facto conductor, a singer who was hipnotic and engaging, this was a band that drew the crowd totally into their songs." -
You can't tell the difference between the album and them playing live.
This band is going places!
www.jedband.com


Karl