Bravery, The - Bravery

...scene are New York's the Bravery, consisting of Sam Endicott (vocals/guitar), Michael Zakarin (guitar), Mike H. (bass), John Conway (keyboards) and Anthony Burulcich (drums) This is their self-titled debut release. It's not very good. Oh, there's a decent tune or two on this album. But over-riding this is the fact that it's all just so calculated, so studied and therefore so lacking in any kind of passion and integrity that this makes this album ...
...tune or two. For the Bravery, artifice is everything and unfortunately, when you scratch the surface, there's very little substance. 'No Brakes' is an effective demonstration that this is a band with no artistic roots of their own, everything they possess, from the tunes to the lyrics to the brand of clothing they wear has been borrowed from somebody else. 'No Brakes' could be anything by any number of bands at the moment: bands who did this kind ...

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The bravery are one of the many bands circulating the narrow minded writers of NME and Radio 1 DJ's. The bravery were mostly a newbie band lurking in the back of my mind stuck in the cobwebs perhaps that's where I should have left them although the opening track of this song made me change my mind slightly. Until some one of my mates at Uni. put 'An honest mistake' on the halls bar jukebox one night together with New Orders 'Blue Monday' anthem was ...
...begin with and it later transpired that the opening drum beat from New Order had been ripped off and stuck onto a Bravery song. Although slightly fuming I gave the song a chance and boy I was glad I did 'An honest mistake' is seriously addictive, everytime I entered the bar I slapped it onto the jukebox. Ironic how at the same time I was really getting into New Order and Joy Division perhaps this band played a minor role in that craze. The year ...

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...and take notice of The Bravery, an aching rocker about loneliness. It seems like Sam Endicott is a fan of Bono, and you can tell by the way he wrings every last drop of emotion out of his vocal chords, like his idol. Endicott's understated lyric of wanting 'something for nothing' hints at a great songwriter lurking below the tongue-in-cheek cock-rock exterior. Opening with beautiful twinkling keys and a bassline that sounds like a motorbike being ...
...verses, before a fury of drums and guitar duke it out on the bridge, before an epic chorus, led by that gorgeous keyboard melody. A masterfully constructed synth-pop song. "I'm a beggar and a chooser, I'm accused and accuser, but nothing's unconditional" 10) 'The Ring Song' Not the best follow-on from the brilliance of its predecessor, this nevertheless has its own charms. It's a welcome change of pace from the high-paced syth-pop explosions of ...

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...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 ...
...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 the sound, it's almost like the raw grating of metal in an echoing warehouse, only orchestrated perfectly. This track alone is certainly worth hearing, even if you don't like average 'indie'. The third track, FEARLESS, is the only ...

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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 ...
...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. One of these is the song that I first heard, "An Honest Mistake." It kicks off with a great pumping line on the ...

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Well I first learned of "The Bravery" when I checked out a copy of "Rip and Burn" at Asda one early morning and thought "are these guys for real?" or words to that effect. I thought it was an initial Ramones meets A Flock of Seagulls with Oasis and The Clash thrown in. As usual I dismissed The Bravery out of hand-without a second thought. Now the saying goes-"Don't judge a book by it's cover". And a modification should be "Don't judge a band by ...
...on Radio 1 "Fearless", I was forced to re-evaluate my hasty decision and charged out to HMV and paid £9.99 for the album as I was on my dinner break and couldn't wait to listen it. Well the Bravery are a New York based band who have a very Eighties style to them with some rock thrown in-so possibly a new catergory of music has come about called "Electro-Rock" This is a band at the beginning of their career and I haven't been so excited with what ...

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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 ...
...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 list and at the end they even added a bonus track called 'Hot Pursuit' that has almost a banjoey sound to ...

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This debut album from New York band "The Bravery" shows a lot of promise, containing hit singles "An Honest Mistake" and "Fearless", as well as the slightly less well known, but still good quality album tracks such as "Out of line" and "The Ring Song". This is an album that falls into the marmite theory, as it will appeal to the latest UK Indie-pop listeners, with a slight electrical influence possibly interesting fans of that style, yet the people ...
...its songs. This album in my opinion is a grower, and after listening to it for a couple of times you will enjoy it a lot more than the first listening. Overall, this album is worth a buy, as they have an original style, with some catchy hooks and lyrics that is almost sure to please most people of the indie following ...

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After hearing the Bravery's debut single 'Unconditional', i plucked up the courage to buy their album. The album on the first hearing was not incredibly inspiring, apart from the two singles 'Honest Mistake' and 'Unconditional' that have been realeased. However, this does not mean that the album is not good. What makes the Bravery stand out is that they are not afraid to mix indie with electric sounds. Also, the lead singer has an amazingly distinct ...
...i had become to appreciate the catchyness and cheesiness of the songs. Although, the songs are not groundbreaking i can see this album going down well due to the easy to sing along, catchy tunes. I would recommend this album strongly to any indie fans who are looking for something more original. ...

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Once upon a time there was an Indie Rock band called the Killers, and they liked to use a synthesizer in their songs....it worked for them a treat and they became very popular. All of a sudden, The Bravery emerged, very similar, indie rock, synthesizer, all the same, and everyone starts to say,,,ooooo they are just copying the Killers. But, as many of you who know the killers(and if you dont i recommend them), is it really that big a deal to copy ...
...rock, or if you like the Killers, go for it. The Bravery have come along and supplied us all with a very slight variation to the Killers just to keep us interested in the indie rock synthesizer! Well Done Lads! Brilliant! There are weak songs on the album, but we all have to understand that it is a debut album and they cant be perfect...yet!! But buy it now!!! Its a good catch in the indie rock music industry ...

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