…r senses’ immediate desires. It will be equally taxing, frustrating, gratifying, joyful, exhausting—but at the end you’re left with something greater than yourself, and that is the point. Everything is hard, only some things are worth it.
Brand New’s fans have always been some of the most ravenous out there, sort of like Beliebers, but more “I’m sad too” than “fuck me” vibes. Science Fiction recaptures the fervor all those who grew up in the ’90s/early ’00s felt as part of t…