Brand New’s Jesse Lacey addresses stepson’s death and performs emotional new song about grief

nme.com:

Brand New’s Jesse Lacey performed a new emotional song at a recent gig and addressed the passing of his stepson.This past weekend (March 2), Lacey took over the Eastside Bowl in Nashville, TN for an intimate performance.

The setlist was filled with a handful of Brand New tracks as well as a cover of Neutral Milk Hotel’s ‘Two-Headed Boy’ and the live debut of songs such as ‘Adios’, ‘When I Died’ and ‘Helium’ with the Human Surfers.During the encore of the set, Lacey took the time to perform a track titled ‘Death’ (per Setlist.FM).

Prior to beginning the track, the musician spoke about the death of his stepson Miles King Lacey who had tragically passed back in February 2022.“It was as hard as you can imagine.

I didn’t want to go on stage… I would say his name, because you have him to thank also for me being up here. He was a very, very, very easy boy to love.