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The Bravery - The Bravery

Advantages: The fresh, deep sound of the guitars and synthesizers
Disadvantages: Maybe for some it brings back those 80's hair nightmares?

There are some albums which I'm quite proud to own, usually because the majority of the songs aren't filler. THE BRAVERY by, The Bravery, is one of these. I decided to buy this album, more or less, on the basis of a single song - HONEST MISTAKE. First released I think, around February/March 2005, it was definitely the best song I'd heard so far that year. The tune, combined with the raw sound of the guitars made it powerful and distinctive. It was certainly different to much of the 'indie' genre I normally listen to. I'll come back to that guitar sound, because that's probably where the 'x factor' lies. The unique tones of the different guitars break in at just the right moment, always adding something to the whole piece. The chord changes are perfect and it all rolls together into one beautiful track. If I had to describe ...

amazoco 12.07.2005 · Read full review
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The Bravery: The 80s revivealists

Advantages: Excellent work by lead singer Sam Endicott and Synthing by John Conway
Disadvantages: Only 11 songs on the album

I first heard of the Bravery when watching the Friday Night Project a while back. Not the best of programs to appear on really didn't really like it myself. The one good thing to come out of watching that program though was that I heard about The Bravery. The Bravery made a name for themselves playing the small clubs around NYC. The songwriter Sam Endicott teamed up with John Conway who synthed up the songs that Sam had written. Slowly a band was put together, until five men made up the group. Sam wrote the songs before he met up with the rest of the group. You really can see that Sam is enjoying himself during performances and, with his striking hair, he is the image most people have of the band. John has done some excellent work to match up the synth to Sam's voice. There are some great tunes on the album that I really enjoy ...

benlewis1988 20.05.2005 · Read full review
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The Bravery - An Excellent Band!

Advantages: Good Listen! Different Style of Music!
Disadvantages: Album is too short!!

I came accross the bravery when there hit song 'An Honest Mistake' came out, I loved that song and decided to go and buy the album for about £9.99 but you can get it a lot cheaper now from places such as amazon and ebay. Anyway, i really liked the 'new wave' sound that they had produced on the album and all of the songs are done in a similar way. 'Unconditional' is a brilliant uplifting song to get you going, as is 'An Honest Mistake' which is also the first track on the album. All of the songs generally have a very bassy feel to them some fantastic drumming and also the synthesizer, it is a brilliant sound. I agree with another bravery review that I read that said they were "similar to the killers but if you like the killers you will like the bravery". 'Fearless' is another uplifting song that they stuck in the middle of the track ...

stey2k 11.06.2006 · Read full review
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