Album Rating: 4.5

I'm happy with most of the decisions they made as far as TDAG tracklisting, although I wish they would have included Nobody Moves, which fits the atmosphere perfectly.

Also I wish they would have kept the Millstone line from their alternate version:

"I was the captain who would stay the course

When the storm rose up and showed us all its worst"

had Brother's Song stuck in my head all day

Album Rating: 3.0

1996 is incredible, but the rest is lower-tier Brand New imo.

Album Rating: 4.5

Nobody Moves and Missing You are both better.

yup. but 1996 is still incredible

Album Rating: 4.0

1996 and Nobody Moves are so damn good.

Album Rating: 4.5

Nobody Moves > Missing You > 1996 > Good Man > the rest

Album Rating: 4.0

Switch Missing You and 1996 and mine is the same. So I guess the rest includes Brother Song, which I also would put last (behind Fork and Knife). I love the demos as well — Battalions especially, which would be between 1996 and Good Man for me.

Album Rating: 4.0

So I guess you can’t change your rating on a review — speaking of the discrepancy between your 4.5 and 5.

Album Rating: 4.5

I enjoy Battalions as well, but it's essentially an alternate take on Archers.

Album Rating: 4.0

Just reading through your review fully man, while simultaneously listening to this album. Nobody Moves is so amazing but, as I’m listening to, I realized that it’s similar in that it’s an epic, winding and long track that slowly builds in intensity until it explodes into a wall of noise, distortion and an epic guitar solo. In short, while they sound different, the backbone/structure is extremely similar. I can see why it got cut. Limousine is just comparatively more meaningful and “important” considering the subject matter.



Of course then you have Jesus Christ, which also have a very similar progression/structure, only obviously on the polar opposite side of the spectrum asits a more chill, more quiet epic song.

Album Rating: 4.0

Re Battalions — True. Not sure which one I prefer. Maybe Archers slightly.

Missing You is definitely the masterpiece from this thing

Album Rating: 4.5

Re: Limousine vs Nobody Moves -

I 100% agree about them having very similar structures, especially the way they build to an epic solo. I may actually prefer the solo/ breakdown of Nobody Moves - it has more going on. Limousine easily takes the cake in the emotional and lyrical department. I also prefer Limousine as an entire package - the song as it is with Nobody Moves' solo is the dream, though.

Album Rating: 4.0

...though I actually think the solo from In the Water is my favorite one from these guys. I guess it’s not quite as epic and complex but it hits me in the feels the most. Elicits a very emotional reaction.



Love the ones from Nobody Moves and Limousine too, hard to choose one. Slightly leaning towards Nobody Moves though. Are there any I’m forgetting about? Doesn’t You Stole have one (my fav Daisy FTR).





No way man, Nobody Moves is the centerpiece here. Love Missing You too though.

Album Rating: 4.5

Interesting comparison to Jesus - did you mean it's similar to Nobody Moves? I'd be interested in hearing why you think that.

And hell yeah Slex. Possibly the catchiest song they've ever written.

Album Rating: 4.0

Basically just in the way they build to a cathartic, emotional release. I’m not a musician (I’m a screenwriter), but I feel like the general structure is similar to Nobody Moves. I was talking about that and Limousine, but the way that song unfolds is pretty unique in that it changes sounds to where it almost sounds like a different song. I would be interested in hearing from someone who really understands music/song writing, but is there something tying each different “song” in Limousine together? Like maybe the key is the same but the sound is completely different — which would maybe be what makes them feel right together.



I don’t know if I’m making sense right now, I’m on my second 10 % alcohol Stone Enjoy By lol. FTR, The enjoy by date is July 4th, but my wife and daughters went to eat dinner and see fireworks, so I never got to it. Hope I don’t die lol.

Album Rating: 4.5

Nah what you said makes sense about the cathartic release, although the same could probably be said about a lot of BN songs lol. I know that lyrically Limousine is told from the perspectives of everyone involved in the fatal accident (Katie Flynn, the mother, the limo driver) but I'm not sure what - from a musical/ key/ time signature standpoint - that they all share. That'd be an interesting research project.

Album Rating: 4.0

No doubt. Hopefully someone with more expertise can chime in regarding that.



I did know the “suites” of Limousine were told from the various POVs of people involved in that horrific wreck — but tbh, I haven’t grasped each and every role completely.

Album Rating: 4.0

I didn't know about a damn extra brand new song from any album until an hour ago and now I'm sitting here analyzing the differences between the 4 minute and less than 3 minute versions of Fork and Knife and I'm excited to see what the finished versions of Brother's Song, Missing You, and 1996 are like and I haven't even heard the demos of those yet. But I'm about to...