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Brand New will not release a new album in 2016, playing Devil & God in full on tour

Brand New previously said they’d release their fifth album in 2016. Now in a new Twitter post, they say the album is still coming but not this year:

First, an apology. At some point previous, we, Brand New, admitted our plans to release a record this year. These plans were authentic, but we are changing them. While there exists a collection of songs that, right now, some would call fit to be an album, to us it is not complete enough, refined enough, or edited thoroughly enough to be something we would call finished or essential. Brand New will not release a record in 2016.

Well, that’s a bummer, but hopefully the album still sees the light of day sooner or later.

The band also reveal in the same message that they’ll be playing The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me in full for its tenth anniversary on their upcoming fall tour with Modern Baseball and The Front Bottoms. They’ll be playing music from other albums, and maybe new stuff, too. No NYC show but all dates — including New Haven, some upstate NY shows, and more — are listed below.

Here’s the band’s full statement:

To whom it may concern,

First, an apology. At some point previous, we, Brand New, admitted our plans to release a record this year. These plans were authentic, but we are changing them. While there exists a collection of songs that, right now, some would call fit to be an album, to us it is not complete enough, refined enough, or edited thoroughly enough to be something we would call finished or essential. Brand New will not release a record in 2016.

Secondly, we have been reminded that this fall will mark the tenth year since the release of our third album, The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me. It is an important record and piece of work to us, and one that ten years later we still use as a measuring post with which we compare the music we make now. So we have decided that on the upcoming fall tour, which begins on October 13, we will be performing the record, each night, in its entirety. It will be included within a larger set of songs, and will not exclude us playing music from other albums, or new music, nightly.

What’s left should be a strange demise, but hopefully one as loud and as fun as the rest of our time together has been. All are invited. Please send flowers.

Sincerely, Brand New

And here’s their great 2016 single “I Am A Nightmare”:

Brand New / The Front Bottoms / Modern Baseball — 2016 Tour Dates
October 13th @ Main Street Armory in Rochester, NY
October 14th @ Glen Falls Civic Center in Glen Falls, NY
October 15th @ Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, ME
October 17th @ Oakdale Theater in Wallingford, CT
October 18th @ Ithaca College Athletic & Events Center in Ithaca, NY
October 20th @ Wolstein Center in Cleveland, OH
October 21st @ DeltaPlex in Grand Rapids, MI
October 22nd @ Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee, WI
October 23rd @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul, MN
October 25th @ The District in Sioux Falls, SD
October 27th @ Adams Center in Missoula, MT
October 28th @ Revolution Event Center in Garden City, ID
October 29th @ Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, NV
October 31st @ Event Center at San Jose State University in San Jose, CA
November 1st @ Chelsea Theater in Las Vegas, NV
November 3rd @ El Paso County Coliseum in El Paso, TX
November 5th @ Concrete Street in Corpus Christi, TX
November 7th @ Alabama Theatre in Birmingham, AL
November 8th @ Bon Secours Arena in Greenville, SC
November 10th @ Eagle Bank Arena in Fairfax, VA
November 11th @ PPL Center in Allentown, PA
November 12th @ Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, PA

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