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Brand New Lie

from Ghost Town Reckoning by DIVEST

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"Brand New Lie" is the most popular song from people who know this album. I get asked about it fairly often, actually.

I love that this song has a semi-reggae feel to the haunting riff, which was fitting since we worked with Dr. Know. It is a tune about integrity in the music industry and underground and how bonds are more important than commercialism and fame.

Sometimes the familiar is better than a new toy.

Bodie's drum beat is perfect, such a great groove. Like "Rain Bridge" on the IN CROWDED FACES EP, this song also talks a bit about hanging up fliers and being DIY. The line, "Hats off to the staple gun brigade" is about giving props to DIY kids who go out and promote their own shows. Nowadays you have the interwebs but in the 90's when I came up it was driving around plastering questionable punk rock fliers on telephone poles.

"God child" in the song is a term for innocence.

Contrary to what most people think, Chris Bittner (first 3 basisst and a producer at Applehead Studios) in fact played bass on this song and "Trophy Bride".

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Why would I take your paper on my sighs and put all your weight onto my own thinking?

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from Ghost Town Reckoning, released October 8, 2003
Dave Parker and Kurt Brown - Guitars
Morgan Y. Evans - Vocals
Dave Bodie - Drums
Chris Bittner - Bass

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DIVEST Kingston, New York

The Woodstock/Kingston, NY heavy melodic band Divest was together for 7 crazy years, eventually with a full length GHOST TOWN RECKONING in 2003 (produced by Dr. Know of Bad Brains, D. Ilchuk+ Mike Birnbaum / Chris Bitner of Applehead Studios).

DIVEST featured members who would go on to or previously played in bands like PPSP, Kayo Dot, Coheed and Cambria, Dead Unicorn and Nightmares For A Week. ... more

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