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This sophomore effort finds Brand New maturing, reaching for textures and song structures instead of clichés.
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This album is carried by its incredibly poetic lyrics.
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Ludicrous song titles and minor flaws apart, ‘Deja Entendu’ is a defiantly intelligent and singularly rewarding piece of work.
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Entertainment WeeklyFrontman Jesse Lacey seems less interested in pummeling the listener with hooks than in hooking you with carefully crafted dynamics and tempo shifts that add emotional heft to his sensitive-guy crooning. [8 Aug 2003, p.74]
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Deja Entendu, while a football field short of groundbreaking, has an air of substance and maturity.
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Whereas YFW played like harder New Found Glory with its tales of mean girlfriends and celebration of the joys of teenagerdom, Deja Entendu posits Brand New as a less theatrical and sinister AFI.
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Q MagazineMusically it's formulaic, with plodding college rock verses morphing into bellowing, nu-metal choruses. [Dec 2003, p.121]
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Deja Entendu has more than its share of irresistible singalongs, but Brand New are more poetic and musically adventurous than their emo peers.
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SpinA fresh, literate blast of nuanced screamers and mid-tempo heart purging. [Aug 2003, p.119]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 146 out of 161
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Mixed: 3 out of 161
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Negative: 12 out of 161
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