The Bravery - Slow Poison

The Bravery's third album -- "Slow Poison," due out Nov. 10 -- will be "darker and angrier" than its predecessors, according to frontman Sam Endicott. But it's not a wholesale reinvention of the band, either.

-by Gary Graff

The first time I heard of The Bravery is when MTV still played videos, (hey, funny that.) It was the video for "An Honest Mistake."

First thing I thought just from the video,"Hey that's different and I like it." The whole black and white just accented the look they have - post punk and new wave. You hear synth and see punk clothing, but if you listen to them they don't sound 80s, but rather took elements from that time and brought it now. I liked them because they are brought a new sound then what was currently out there.

Now they are coming out with a new album Slow Poison and the title track is their first single. Dark, angry, uptempo - I can name a few bands from the 80s that were given those descriptions. I like it though. It gives the music scene a different angle. Plus, it can give the angst-ridden people of this era of music an outlet. There is not that many moody songs out there so this seems like a good prospect.

So for your moody listening pleasure here is "Slow Poison" by the Bravery