Brand New – At The Bottom (Single)
10/08/2009
“Some men die under the mountain just looking for gold, some die looking for a hand to hold.”
Once again Brand New have taken their sweet time between albums in a similar fashion to the three year wait between 2003′s ‘Deja Entendu’ and 2006′s ‘The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me’. Despite front
man Jesse Lacey promising a much quicker turnaround this time we are here in 2009 anticipating the September 22nd release of the bands latest outing ‘Daisy’.
There has been a taster of the record for Uk fans on the recent tour with Kevin Devine and Moneen as they showcased two new album tracks in the form of the raucous ‘Gasoline’ and ‘Bought a Bride’. Both signal a heavy and noisy direction for the album.Lead off single ‘At The Bottom’ is not too disimilar in that respect drawing interesting comparisons to Nirvana and Modest Mouse mostly due to the ‘In Utero’ style guitar work and the slight drawl of Lacey’s voice apparent in the verses. The lyrical theme is by no means original (seemingly about longing for love) but as ever Jesse Lacey manages to provide lyrics that delve a little deeper than most as well as providing a typically catchy chorus. This isn’t to say the song is overly poppy. In fact the middle 8 consists mostly of feedback and crashing drums with not much evidence of a melody before working its way back into the addictive chorus.
Whilst not an obvious single ‘At the Bottom’ does provide a great taster for a hugely anticipated album that will serve to at least tide ever eager Brand New fans until September 22nd.
8/10
