Fight Off Your Demons

As soon as I got wind of this, I knew I had to order it. Have I had these songs for years and years under the guise of Fight Off Your Demons? Sure I have, in fact I've had them so long that my friend Mark sent me them over MSN nearly a decade ago. But I still couldn't contain my excitement, especially considering this band have been more active in the last few months than they have been in the last few years. Plus, these songs are great and it's wonderful to see them get some sort of official release from the band. 

Of course I was talking about this: 

Brand New - Leaked Demos 2006 - Procrastinate! Music Traitors - 1st Press - Red Shell /? 

Straight away the cover got me excited. I never knew any of the band had a love for horror films, so seeing Leatherface on the cover here was something neat. The shell is pretty swell too, nice and simple design. This is the first cassette release from this band, and for these songs it's the perfect format. 

From the sound of things, the songs also got a bit of a remastering job for this release too which is always nice. Considering these songs are from such a long time ago, nothing about this seems even remotely throwaway. Not that I was concerned about that in the first place, it's just comforting. This was also self - released on the band's label, and it's cool to know that this came out at the right time for them.

The full extent of the J-Card is pretty neat. I assume the shark is a bit of Jaws action, but the rest of the panels I have no clue about. Either way, the artwork is quite dark and a definite departure from their previous releases. 

A note from the band, explaining the nature of the release. Although knowing that more demos exist out there makes me really want to know the full extent of what they were working on at the time. Knowing that these demos have kept in circulation for nearly a decade is quite a testament to how good these songs are, and how much this band mean to a lot of people (myself included). 

I don't know what the 418 means, and Brand New still don't know who leaked their demos. 

Free stickers with an order is always a bonus right? 

Also as a parting note, this is my The Devil And God tattoo, taken from the insert of the P!MT press of the album. I believe it to be in Lacey's hand-writing.