Over the past few years, the men of Brand New have been shedding their pop-punk past with every new release. With great success. “Bought A Bride” is a cut from their fine new full-length Daisy, a mid-tempo beauty frontman Jesse Lacey actually penned during a recent tour. Below is an exclusive video of the Long Island rockers taking it for a spin in the studio. Keep it close and if you can, check the band out when they play Nassau Coliseum on November 28th.
To conclude our three day flight through the many orbital rings of Real Estate, we’ve got a strummer from bassist Alex Bleeker and his Freaks. You might recognize some of them from Hotbox videos past. Judging by “Never Goin’ Back”’s titular refrain, Bleeker loves summer just as much as his bandmates do. Memories.
About thirty seconds after Real Estate had finished paddling through the jams we shared with you yesterday, guitarist Matthew Mondanile asked his friends to back him in acoustic, pedal-less renditions of two Ducktails songs to which we most likely air soloed during Mondanile’s killer set at the Group Tightener party one week ago yesterday. Can’t be too sure, we drink beers. The very beautiful “House of Mirrors” and “Backyard” are below!
If there’s one band you should see live right now it’s Real Estate. The oft-buzzed about North Jersey quartet have become the most vibrant and aurally rewarding live bands to come out of the beach-fi set, that growing number of young bands whose music labels like Woodsist and Underwater Peoples have been catapulting into the musicnerdiverse with alarming frequency these days. It’s why we were so thrilled to have them by for an acoustic set in our Ace Hotel bathroom at the Levi’s®/FADER Fort last week, all three of the songs they slung handpicked from their forthcoming full-length. Kick your feet up.
Why, hello there. Have you heard this new band out of Florida, Surfer Blood? You, like the New York Times‘ Jon Pareles, may have seen them play one of 124 shows last week during CMJ. And you, like us, might have also found their 737-sized pop swells just what you needed to get through that very same week. On Friday, they rumbled over to our hotel suite at the Ace Hotel aka The Levi’s®/FADER Fort and supplied us with some acoustic re-imaginings of “Swim (To Reach The End)” and “Catholic Pagans,” two cuts from a full-length that’s been blaring from our hi-fi and shower stereo since: Astro Coast. That’ll be out on January 10th via Kanine. For now, please enjoy the memories below.
