BRAND NEW ANNOUNCE DUBLIN OLYMPIA SHOW IN NOVEMBER!

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Oran

Brand New have announced their Irish return with a show at the Olympia Theatre, Dublin on Thursday, November 16th, 2017.

Although the members of Brand New cut their teeth in various hardcore bands, the group took a more melodic approach to its own work, embracing punk-pop on the debut album Your Favorite Weapon and incorporating aspects of indie rock during future projects.

Formed in Long Island, NY, the band took shape in 2000 around the talents of drummer Brian Lane, vocalist/guitarist Jesse Lacey, bassist Garrett Tierney, and guitarist Vin Accardi. Brand New wasted little time attracting local attention with a self-released demo which helped spread the band’s buzz outside of New York. In 2001, the band released their first record, Your Favorite Weapon.

Proving to be more than just another punk-pop outfit, the group made something of a stylistic leap with Deja Entendu, a decidedly matured follow up released in summer 2003 to warm reviews. Music videos for found significant airplay on MTV, and Brand New graduated to larger venues by playing with New Found Glory, Good Charlotte, Dashboard Confessional, and blink-182.

Touring eventually slowed to a halt as Brand New holed themselves up to work on their third album and major-label debut. After an extended quiet spell — little to no interviews or updates came from the band’s camp for quite some time — Brand New finally emerged in summer 2006 for several headlining dates in America, their first nationwide tour in three years. The highly anticipated The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me appeared in November 2006.

Though significantly darker and less immediate than past efforts, the album was commended for its depth and maturity, and the band supported it with a sold-out spring 2007 tour. Meanwhile, sales for Deja Entendu continued to trickle in, and the album went gold that May.Brand New set to work on another album one year later, once again working with producer Mike Sapone on the new material. The resulting record, Daisy, was issued in 2009, and the band took a different approach by focusing nearly all of its promotional abilities on European audiences instead of American fans. A Deluxe version of Your Favorite Weapon was released in 2011.

In July 2016, the band released an EP called 3 Demos, Reworked. The EP contains re-recorded versions of 3 songs that appear on Leaked Demos .

Brand New are currently working on a new album.

Ticket Information

Tickets priced from €35.50 inclusive of booking fee and restoration levy go on sale at 9am this Friday, August 18^th via Ticketmaster outlets and www.ticketmaster.ie

Oran O’Beirne

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