The Bravery: The Sun and The Moon Album Review
The New York Rock Band's Second Studio Released Album.
Mar 5, 2009
The alternative rock band, The Bravery, was first formed in 2003 by band members, Sam Endicott and John Conway. The New York band’s unique industrial sound of alternative rock in combination with dance electronica quickly brought the rising band record label attention.
The Bravery’s self-entitled debut album was released in 2005 to high critical acclaim, featuring the band’s massive hit single, “Honest Mistake”. Here is a review of the band’s second album, “The Sun and The Moon”, which was released in 2007 and re-released in 2008.
Album Information for “The Sun and The Moon” (2007)
In June of 2006, the New York rockers relocated to Atlanta, Georgia to begin recording their second album, “The Sun and The Moon”. The album was produced by Brendan O’ Brien, who has worked with the bands, the Stone Temple Pilots, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Rage Against the Machine.The album, which started off a bit lengthy with 18 songs, was eventually cut down to 12 during its recording.
The majority of the album’s songs had been written by the band’s lead singer and co-founder, Sam Endicott, while on tour with Depeche Mode the previous year. Endicott spoke with NME magazine on July, 17 2006, about the difficulties of writing an album while on tour, the lead singer told the popular music magazine, "At first it was really hard, but I got used to it. You’re just crammed into a corner of the bus with a coat over the amp between two people who are trying to sleep.”(July, 17 2006. “The Bravery begin work on new album”. NME.com)
The Bravery released their new album, “The Sun and The Moon”, on May 26, 2007. The album debuted at #24 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and featured two hit singles “Believe” and “Time Won’t Let Me Go”.
Album Review
"The Sun and The Moon"
The Bravery’s second album, “The Sun and the Moon”, contains a less industrial sound than their 2005 debut, garnering a more reserved use of the band’s trademark synthesizer-rock beats within the album’s tracks. The album encompasses an extremely dark and morbid overall theme, with several songs featuring lyrics about death and hopelessness.
The songs, “Above and Below” and “This is not the End”, are perfect examples of the album’s gloomy and melancholic tone, both songs speak explicitly about death throughout their lyrics. Although there is no escaping the album’s morose theme, there are a few songs that contain a captivating and whimsical sound, while still keeping with its dark tone, such as “The Ocean” and “Tragedy Bound”.
In 2008, the band re-released their album as a part of a two side rendition named, “The Sun and The Moon Complete”. The re-release contained both the original version of “The Sun and The Moon” and an additional album of synthesizer remixes created from its 12 tracks.
The Bravery’s second album, “The Sun and The Moon”, is rated a 7 out of 10, due to its inventive blend of gloomy and whimsical songs.
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