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Recovering emos Brand New have taken doing things their own way to the point of invisibility, but their journey into the widescreen ether continues with yet another breathtakingly accomplished record.
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Daisy may lack the immediate accessibility of Brand New's previous efforts, but once it grows on you, good luck getting it out of your head.
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The sound is old-fashioned, but the fury is fresh.
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Brand New found a way to create a complete, effervescent album.
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Not so much a cohesive statement as an investigation of future stylistic destinations.
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FilterDaisy demonstrates that Barnd New can remain forever sincere and massively intriguing composers. [Fall 2009, p.96]
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It's hard for many Brand New superfans to admit, but it's entirely possible that the band simply wrote a good album this time around, not a great one.
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The quartet's fourth album avoids genre commonplaces with subtle shadings.
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While Daisy does have its share of issues, it is by no means a bad album. The fact is that it falls beneath Brand New’s lofty standards.
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Brand New may not be completely comfortable with the slow stuff, but Daisy's willingness to experiment is what makes the album so interesting, even as its furious rock songs continue to pack a punch.
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It’s certainly a digression from what they could easily have done, and that was something they, obviously, really needed and wanted to do. But it also feels like a regression from the promise and charm that they once exuded.
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Brand New confronts listeners with an impressive variety of sound and fury, but, taken as individual songs or as a cohesive album, Daisy wants for the type of overarching vision that would hold the drama together. That's frustrating, but then again, this is the type of fierce and aching rock that sounds best when one is frustrated. So maybe that's the point.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 110 out of 123
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Mixed: 1 out of 123
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Negative: 12 out of 123
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Jun 12, 2011
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Aug 29, 2019
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Mar 16, 2014