World album of the day (#474): New Brigade by Iceage - Music

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New Brigade by Iceage (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 2011.
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Overall rank: 5,541
Average rating: 74/100 (from 52 votes).

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Tracks:
1. Intro
2. White Rune
3. New Brigade
4. Remember
5. Rotting Heights
6. Total Drench
7. Broken Bone
8. Collapse
9. Eyes
10. Count Me In
11. Never Return
12. Youre Blessed

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I prefer their latest but this is dope too.

Mercury

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lethalnezzle wrote:

I prefer their latest but this is dope too.

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Le_Samurai

Excellent, excellent record. They're released 2 of my favorite records of the decade so far. I don't think it's suppose to be this, but this is easily one of the most fun albums to listen to I have.

HoldenM

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Such a blast of energy. So good.

Track picks
3. New Brigade
7. Broken Bone
8. Collapse
11. Never Return

benpaco

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Weirder than most of what's Album of the Day, and I love it.
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lethalnezzle wrote:

I prefer their latest but this is dope too.

Can you explain why you like their latest album better as this first one to me is absolutely perfect and I haven't been able to "get" their new one? Maybe a difficult question to answer but I thought I'd give it a toss.

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PatrickD wrote:

Can you explain why you like their latest album better as this first one to me is absolutely perfect and I haven't been able to "get" their new one? Maybe a difficult question to answer but I thought I'd give it a toss.

Well I heard their latest first and, upon thoroughly enjoying it, went back to listen to their debut, so perhaps that has molded my opinion on the matter somewhat. I think their first is certainly more accessible and, whilst that isn't a bad thing in and of itself, it does lead to some predictability, particularly on songs like 'Broken Bone' and the title track. I think they just sounded like a band who were still coming into their own, a little beholden to their influences (see the Ian Curtis rip-off vocals of the opening song, the post-punk-by-numbers wiry guitar line that runs through 'Collapse', or the Bad Brains-lite thrash of 'Count Me In'), whereas on You're Nothing they really came through with a sound that was altogether more murky, more sinister and more unique to them. They sound like they truly don't give a fuck on You're Nothing, often scarily so, and I like how the songs are less immediate - I feel like I have to peel away layers of fuzz to get to the songs underneath at times, but once I have they are all the more satisfying for it. Things don't reveal themselves immediately, and I still get caught fishing around for the rhythm during the opening minute of 'Ecstasy', even though I must have heard it thirty times. Overall the record is just heavier, more confident, more dangerous. And there isn't a song that comes close to 'Burning Hand' on New Brigade. Hope that answers your question.

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lethalnezzle wrote:

Well I heard their latest first and, upon thoroughly enjoying it, went back to listen to their debut, so perhaps that has molded my opinion on the matter somewhat. I think their first is certainly more accessible and, whilst that isn't a bad thing in and of itself, it does lead to some predictability, particularly on songs like 'Broken Bone' and the title track. I think they just sounded like a band who were still coming into their own, a little beholden to their influences (see the Ian Curtis rip-off vocals of the opening song, the post-punk-by-numbers wiry guitar line that runs through 'Collapse', or the Bad Brains-lite thrash of 'Count Me In'), whereas on You're Nothing they really came through with a sound that was altogether more murky, more sinister and more unique to them. They sound like they truly don't give a fuck on You're Nothing, often scarily so, and I like how the songs are less immediate - I feel like I have to peel away layers of fuzz to get to the songs underneath at times, but once I have they are all the more satisfying for it. Things don't reveal themselves immediately, and I still get caught fishing around for the rhythm during the opening minute of 'Ecstasy', even though I must have heard it thirty times. Overall the record is just heavier, more confident, more dangerous. And there isn't a song that comes close to 'Burning Hand' on New Brigade. Hope that answers your question.

Thanks. Listened to this a couple times today and really starting to love it.