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Brothers should beat fork and knife damn

 

I don't really care about any of these songs except for Out of Range

#poser

 

Really wanted to see a Coca Cola v brothers cage match

 

I have never really cared for Fork and Knife. I think Brand New could do an awesome Thrice-esque dark piano song though and I already like that hypothetical song.

 

Should 'My Nine Rides Shotgun' be in this one? I assume someone has already said that though so sorry.

I'm amazed so many have voted for Moshi Moshi too, it's one of the few Brand New songs I can say I really dislike.

 

9 was in YFW since it was a bonus song to that album.

I believe I counted you for brothers

 

Aright everyone it's time to press on. It's been a great round with a couple of matches being closer than anyone thought they'd be. But the round is at the time to end, and here are the totAls:

1996-37
I Am A Nightmare-4

Out Of Range-30
Sealed To Me-11

Moshi Moshi-18
aloC-aloC-23

Nobody Moves-29
Flying At Tree Level-12

Mene-18
Missing You-23

Brother's Song-16
Fork And Knife-25

This will see 1996, Out Of Range, aloC-acoC, Nobody Moves, Missing You, and Fork and Knife press on to round 2. A couple more songs enter the fray here, so let's get moving.

DEMOS/BSIDES ROUND UP
ROUND 2
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1996 Vs. Batallions

Out of Range Vs. aloC-acoC

Nobody Moves Vs. Good Man

Missing You Vs. Fork And Knife
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Begin, and decide your Final Four!

 

1996
Out of Range
Nobody Moves
(Fork and Knife)

 

Battalions
AloC-AcoC
Good Man
Missing You

 

Battalions
aloC acoC
Good Man
Fork and Knife

 

Tree Level lost? Ugh

1996
Out of Range
Nobody Moves
Fork And Knife

 

You didn't read what I said. You use the Bracket Thread to take votes on what bracket is done next. When it's decided people go to that band's thread to play the game.

 

Battalions
Out of Range
Good Man
Missing You

 

1985
Out Of Tang
Nobody moves this is a stick up
Eating utensils

 

1996. Only tough one. Love battalions' chorus but the rest of 96 is better.
Out of Range
Nobody Moves
Fork And Knife

 

1996
Coca-Cola
Nobody Moves
Fork & Knife

 

1996 Vs. Battalions
- These are probably my least two favorite of the demos, which I'd imagine would shock some people. Never really liked Battalions, and I'm glad it seemed to get scrapped and gutted to makes Archers because that song rips. 1996 I could get behind more but it's hard to take Jesse Lacey seriously when it sounds like he's doing a Morrissey impression the entire song. With these two choices I guess I'll go 1996 because I have an easier time handling Vin's impression of The Edge.

Out Of Range Vs. aloC-acoC
- Out Of Range is such a nice outlier in Brand New's catalogue and honestly makes me think Vin should sing more than just his occasional quips in songs like Same Logic and Noro. If Out Of Range are lyrics from Vin, they're easily his best. The way it uses cloth and fabric as metaphors for your relationships and connections in your life is incredibly poignant. That second verse is just heartbreaking. As for Coca-Cola, I've never entirely connected with its lyrics, always empathized more with Brothers. I do think Jesse writing the lyrics to Coca Cola off the cuff in the recording studio is pretty damn impressive though.

Nobody Moves Vs. Good Man
- I'm predicting that this will be the hardest matchup for this set of songs, always got the sense that these were the two fan favorites of the demos. Nobody Moves is a jam and even more so live, the bridge is straight up terrifying and the music perfectly accents the lyrics. As much as I like when Jesse is introspective with his lyrics, his fictional songs are almost always captivating. Good Man might be the best acoustic song the band has ever written though. With so many bands in these scene who have written vindictive songs about their former lovers (Brand New included), it's refreshing to have a tender song about waving goodbye to someone you once loved, happy that you've both moved on. Picking Good Man because I still hold out hope they release a re-rerecorded version at some point, or I can at least hear it live.

Missing You Vs. Fork And Knife
- It might be because we had Fork and Knife around in good quality so much longer than we did Missing You, but I've grown a lot more attached to that song since it surfaced, while I only really got on the Missing You train once it was cleaned up for Leaked Demos 2006. Fork And Knife always makes me think Brand New should have more songs with piano. Fork And Knife makes me both happy and sad at the same time, which I think is always the tell of a special song. The intro and verses of Missing You are awesome though, and I'm glad that dark industrial sound was picked up when they got to Daisy. Picking that one mostly for a longer time to love the song, though give it a couple years for Missing You to catch up and I might change opinions.

 

1996

aloC-acoC

Nobody Moves

Fork And Knife

These were all fairly easy choices for me.

 

1996 (super hard b/c I love Battalions and the fact that it's basically the original version of Archers, but I can't deny 1996)
aloC-acoC
Nobody Moves
Missing you (I dig Fork and Knife's vibe, but I have a stronger emotional connection to Missing You)

 

"Good Man might be the best acoustic song the band has ever written though"... "Could Never Be Heaven" would like to have a word with you about that.

 

1996
Out of Range
Nobody Moves
fork and knife

 

1996

Out of Range

Nobody Moves

Missing You

 

It was doomed from the start

 

Are we wasting our time if we're trying to impress you?

 

1996
aloC-acoC
Good Man
Fork And Knife