The Sun and the Moon: Complete

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Like many of-the-moment bands, the Bravery know that yesterday's trends are today's trash. And, like the band's former sparring partners and fellow new wave revivalists the Killers, the Bravery move away from the style that made them famous (or, at the very least, incorporate new sounds into their music) on their second album. Unlike the Killers, who cross-pollinated their love for Bruce Springsteen, U2, and the mythic American West into the rambling but intriguing Sam's Town, on The Sun and the Moon the Bravery try different ideas on for size, but don't commit enough to make them completely convincing. The bandmembers spend a significant chunk of the album trying to be as serious and earnest as they were stylish and giddy on The Bravery. On "Time Won't Let Me Go," they adopt a more mainstream rock sound, ditch the synths, and even name-drop Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69" in the lyrics; "The Ocean" delivers strings, acoustic guitars, and all the other trappings of a formerly fun band getting too serious for its own good. Worst of all is "Tragedy Bound," a song about loving a damaged woman that has questionable lyrics like "I'm starting to suspect she likes the abuse." Elsewhere on The Sun and the Moon, the band delivers competent pop songs that fall just short of being truly memorable; "Bad Sun," which could pass for a Dandy Warhols B-side, is the best of the bunch. In between all of their attempted makeovers, the Bravery return to their bracing, '80s-inspired sound, albeit with sleeker, slicker production than on their debut. And while "Every Word Is a Knife in My Ear" is melodramatic and "Split Me Wide Open" is pure Cure pastiche, this is still the sound that the Bravery seem to feel the most, and do the best. [In 2008, the Bravery re-released The Sun and the Moon with a disc of all the album's songs "reimagined" by Sam Endicott. The reworked version opts for a sleek electro-rock sound that improves many tracks, including "Believe" and "This Is Not the End." While a few of the songs that were standouts on the original suffer from their makeovers -- "Every Word Is a Knife in My Ear" in particular -- The Sun and the Moon: Complete is good enough to not just please existing Bravery fans, but earn the band some new ones as well. ] ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Artist	The Bravery
Format	CD
Genre	Rock
Label Name	Island
Producer	Brendan O'Brien
Release Date	2008 03 18
Song List	1: Intro (0:28) 2: Believe (3:46) 3: This Is Not the End (3:59) 4: Every Word Is a Knife in My Ear (3:35) 5: Bad Sun (4:02) 6: Time Won't Let Me Go (4:11) 7: Tragedy Bound (2:22) 8: Fistful of Sand (3:10) 9: Angelina (3:11) 10: Split Me Wide Open (3:38) 11: Above and Below (3:30) 12: The Ocean (3:40) 13: Intro [New Version] (0:18) 14: Believe [New Version] (3:19) 15: This Is Not the End [New Version] (4:02) 16: Every Word Is a Knife in My Ear [New Version] (2:36) 17: Bad Sun [New Version] (4:24) 18: Time Won't Let Me Go [New Version] (3:51) 19: Tragedy Bound [New Version] (2:26) 20: Fistful of Sand [New Version] (2:59) 21: Angelina [New Version] (3:19) 22: Split Me Wide Open [New Version] (3:33) 23: Above and Below [New Version] (3:11) 24: The Ocean [New Version] (4:03)
Style.Categories	New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock

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