Brand New - Science Fiction (August 17, 2017) [ARCHIVED] Album • Page 670

How old are your kids?

Usually in the car we end up listening to Mother Goose Club (yeah.....) but we've gotten in a routine that when I give her a bath I get to pick the music. So typically we listen to half of an album or so at a stretch. She doesn't like anything too heavy or aggressive ("It hurts my ears") and lately we've been listening to Brand New, The Front Bottoms and Circa Survive. I'm pretty sure she doesn't hate it!

 

When/if Blakebeats has kids, they're going to hear that on day one

 

My sons favorite bands are Blink 182 and Alkaline Trio so it's awesome!

 

They'll hear whatever record they want because they'll have their freedom

 

Very nice! My daughter (2 and a half) is at the age where she repeats some of the lyrics so I gotta make my playlists free of the F bombs (sometimes I forget)

 

My toddler loves Imagine Dragons and 21 Pilots. He's such a little normie.

 

My 2 year old only wants to watch Nightmare Before Christmas or The Corpse Bride lately. I've been ok with that.

 

Oh man, I'd be afraid to let my daughter watch those...she has nightmares on occasion and in her latest one for some reason she was scared of her pillow (???) so she's been sleeping in her bed without a pillow these last few weeks. So I think those movies would be too much fun her at the moment!

 

Haha and one more kid thing from this morning...

My daughter grabbed my bicep this morning and said "Daddy's mustard"

 

I like write up on "Same Logic/Teeth" in this article...though they misquote the lyrics:

From Sunny Day to Brand New: A Brief History of Emo Bands Making Art Rock

Brand New – “Same Logic/Teeth” (2017)
Devil and God may remain Brand New’s masterpiece, but in hindsight, it didn’t defy its genre the way this year’s Science Fiction does. Science Fiction bears little resemblance to emo and post-hardcore, instead sounding like a psychedelic blues/grunge/slowcore hybrid that still manages to sound like no one other than Brand New. It works as both cerebral, highbrow art and as music you can lose yourself in viscerally. It’s a highly ambitious album, and those ambitions peak on “Same Logic/Teeth.” It has Brand New’s folky side, it has their love of Modest Mouse-y note-bending, and it has a couple doses of heavy prog riffing. The “Same Logic” portion of the chorus has some of the more angelic harmonies ever recorded for a Brand New record, while the “You’re just an actor / ain’t no doctor” portion has Jesse Lacey’s scream at its most piercing. The “Goddamnit you look so lovely…” bridge begins with vocal effects that give it a psychedelic edge, and it ends with Jesse’s screams turned back up to 11. Without even pausing to take a breath, the “Teeth” suite begins, and it’s maybe the most romantic pop moment of Brand New’s career. “Same Logic/Teeth” is nearly in Song Cycle or Rock Opera territory. It reminds you that, while many bands make comebacks to recapture their classic sound, Brand New made one to look forward.

 

I like that article because it talks about Straylight Run's best release.

 

The exitlude of that song is Brand New's poppiest moment.
I never considered calling a full song (Teeth) but it makes sense now that I think about it.
And its so divine.

 

Almost 17 month old twins! They just like music. We have a Google Home that we play from, since it’s so easy and convenient with 2 toddlers running around, and they go up to the table it’s on and start banging on it and singing and dancing to ask for music.

My wife plays them kids music, but I just play them whatever I want to hear in that moment.

 

Haha that's adorable.
I thought my daughter would be scared too, but she kept asking to watch Nightmare on Netflix. So I finally gave in, and she loved it.

Also in the car she just wants to listen to Lit Me Up on repeat. It's to the point where she can talk along with the dream intro
It's super creepy.

 

Also, for what it's worth, these are still pretty & I can't wait to get mine in the mail.

 

Haha that's awesome! It's so neat to see how kids react to music.

 

This is my kids showing their muscles, like the big green toad in Little Blue Truck, from a few weeks ago:

 

Aww, very cute!

 

Thanks! They love that book, though they just call it “Beep! Beep! Beep!”

 

Here are mine:

 

Mine

 

Very cute as well

 

Omg these kids are adorable!

 

The one piece of merch I'm kicking myself for not ordering was the limited vinyl announced for SciFi before we knew anything. I haven't ever bought vinyl, but getting to receive one of those envelopes would've really been special to me. Equivalent to getting a copy of the cassette they made for Fight Off Your Demons, which I actually do consider to be an album of sorts from them.


As for merch, they never had anything I really loved until the last 5 years or so. So far it's the FOYD cassette tape, both Pogolith lyric books, the grey Brand New Long Island/NY silhouette hoodie, and the upside down floral cross 2000-2018 tee in black.

 

My daughter learned to headbang all on her own one day. She just started doing it to whatever music we were listening to, it was awesome.