The 7" Single / B-side release of “Mene” includes the songs “Mene” and “Out of Range”, which marked the first release by Brand New in 6 years.
While “Mene” was first released as a free digital standalone single in 2015, the song’s 7" release was made available along with B-side “Out of Range” in 2016. The new single/B-side was also available for download.
In an interview, Lacey said the songs from the “Mene” release were written around the time the band released The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me back in 2006, close to 10 years before the band decided to release them. While at the time the band didn’t like the songs, it wasn’t until the band later rediscovered the songs the band decided to perform the songs live instead of certain songs from Daisy.
If you look at Daisy, you’ll see that the melodies were a little more complicated – I don’t want to write or listen to music that tires me out after hearing it and I think that’s our goal with the new music.
