Catalog: DLBR-LP-001
Originally released in 2006 on Immortal Records, Brazil’s "The Philosophy of Velocity" was a daring, dystopian/Edwardian rock opera co-produced with Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Mogwai, Mercury Rev).
The album built a labyrinth of sound woven together with surreal short stories and themes of fractured identity, entropy, and decay. AllMusic called it “a natural extension of all that has come before, yet a giant step forward for the band,” while Alternative Press wrote, “Even name-dropping their peers can’t contain or adequately describe what they have crafted.” Lollipop Magazine described it as a “thrilling, thick album,” a record that demanded repeated listens to absorb its depth.
The momentum was short-lived. Just a year after the album's release, Immortal Records collapsed, the album went out of print, and the original masters vanished into industry limbo. For nearly two decades, "The Philosophy of Velocity" existed only in the hands of those who had managed to buy it before its disappearance, becoming a cult artifact among fans and traded in rare CD exchanges.
In early 2025, after years of searching, Brazil recovered and assumed ownership of the long-lost original sessions of "The Philosophy of Velocity." For the first time in 18 years, the album returns, remastered and pressed in the Czech Republic on colored vinyl through singer Jonathon Newby’s label, Death, Love & Broken Records.
Side A
- On Safe-Cracking & Rubella
- Crime (and the Antique Solution)
- You Never Know
- The Vapours
- Candles (Cast Long Shadows)
- Au Revoir, Mr. Mercury
- The Remarkable Cholmondley Chute System
Side B
- Captain Mainwaring
- A Year in Heaven
- The Remarkable Cholmondley Chute System
- Cameos
- Breathe
- Strange Days
Produced by Dave Fridmann and Brazil.
Recorded at Tarbox Studio, Cassadaga NY.
Mastered for vinyl by Carl Byers at Clandestine Arts, Indianapolis.
Artwork by Matt Hay at Forefathers Group.
Reissued on vinyl by Death, Love & Broken Records, 10/31/2025.