Daisy is the 4th studio album from Long Island band Brand New. Made up of 11 tracks and 40 minutes, this album shines with everything that makes this band so recognisable. I have found there to always be something slightly romantic about this bands music. Behind the desperate screaming of witty lyrics is this feeling of heartbreak, and Daisy is no exception, while still demonstrating a progression in the bands song-writing capabilities.

The album opens with ‘Vices’, with vaudevillian female vocals and piano, with the muted timbre of an old radio, before breaking into this fast-paced and hectic number, passionate and static. ‘At the Bottom’ is a slower tunes, with this weird sort of Neil Young-like vocal thing going on, effective, though not something you would expect from Brand New. Track number four is ‘Gasoline’ and my personal favourite. It begins reasonably calm with Jesse Lacey shouting to short, sharp and distorted drum and bass rhythm. The guitar comes in and you can practically see before you the distraught break down of the band’s frontman.

Short, but not lacking in the unusual country influence that seems to be running through the album is ‘Be Gone’, featuring foot stomping, banjo and disjointed vocals, almost unrecognisable. Title track ‘Daisy’, again begins with the radio, this time a gentleman speaking, hearing is at if through old crackly speakers, though this time we are greeted by Jesse’s more solemn vocals, mixed and matched in between is a small spoken words of a child, enhancing the delicate nature of the song, light drums and echoey and simple guitar, with the chirping of birds in the background. This song perfectly creates the atmosphere of the photograph on the cover of the album.

This is the perfect night time driving album, it’s sort of spooky but romantic, precious, dark and haunting.

Review Score: 7.5/10