Keyboardist John Conway posted on the band's blog that The Bravery were in the studio with producer John Hill, who has previously worked with Santogold and M.I.A., and that new tunes were "already taking shape".[citation needed] Throughout summer 2009, The Bravery have performed songs from their forthcoming third studio album at various shows, including those whilst supporting Green Day on their 21st Century Breakdown Tour. These include Hatef**k, Red Hands and White Knuckles.

While recording the new album, Sam Endicott and John Hill co-wrote three songs for the new Shakira album, including the single "She Wolf".

The Bravery have announced a headlining tour kicking off Friday, September 18, at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas, Nevada. The band will be performing new songs from Stir the Blood, slated for release in November 2009. The band is currently in the studio finishing the album with producer John Hill (Santogold, M.I.A.) and mixer Michael Brauer (My Morning Jacket, Doves).

New single "Slow Poison" debuted on the September 8, 2009, Sam called into these morning shows to debut The Bravery's new single. KROQ - Los Angeles, WRXP - New York, WFNX - Boston, The End - Seattle, 91X - San Diego, The Edge - Phoenix.

The band posted a new track "hatefuck" and video via myspace.

US modern rock radio stations received the CD pro for The Bravery’s first single "Time Won't Let Me Go" the same week as the band played in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and the SXSW festival. The single reached the Alternative Top Ten Hit in America.[16]

On May 22, 2007, The Bravery’s second album The Sun and the Moon was released, debuting at number 24 on the US album charts. Endicott describes the new album as a departure from the synth-heavy sound of their debut. The cover and artwork are candid photographs taken by Jo McCaughey and Drew King. Sam Endicott and art designer Andy West, took a newsprint/collage approach to the layout of the album. The Bravery's second single "Believe" reached number 4 on the US Alternative Charts in April 2008, eleven months after the original release of the album. "Believe" stayed at number 4 for six weeks, becoming the band's biggest radio hit to date.

Two weeks before the release, The Bravery played a number of special shows in New York City, including two secret shows on May 8 at Arlene's Grocery, the very club that the band credits as the club where they were discovered.[17] The Bravery toured extensively in the US, headlining dates until June. The band headed to Europe on their own headlining tour, stopping to play in Oxegen and T in the Park festivals. Between July and September, The Bravery supported Incubus on their outdoor amphitheatre summer tour. The band then supported The Smashing Pumpkins on their US theatre tour. In October, The Bravery headed to Mexico where they played Motorkr Festival in Mexico City.[18] They finished 2007 headlining more dates in the US.

iTunes announced The Bravery as the first artist ever to pre-release a different song every week prior to the album release. On February 19, 2008, the first single, a rerecording of "Believe" debuted on iTunes. A song a week followed: "This Is Not the End" was released on February 26, "Bad Sun" on March 4 and "The Ocean" on March 11.

While on the road, The Bravery continued working on "The Moon" recording on the back of their tour bus, in hotels and dressing rooms. In December 2007, The Bravery headed back into their New York City home studios to finish up their more raw and electronic version of the songs. In January 2008, The band announced the new release of The Sun and the Moon Complete, a two-disc set featuring "The Sun" (the original Brendan O’Brien produced 12 songs) and "The Moon" (the same exact 12 songs, in the same order, but re-imagined and re-worked by the band). The Sun and the Moon Complete was released on March 18, 2008. A new album cover and packaging accompany the two-disc set. The Bravery's single "Believe" reached number four on the Modern Rock Charts during the week of April 13, 2008. It is the highest chart position for the band in the United States. "Believe" stayed at number 4 for six weeks.

The Bravery is an American rock band from New York City that consists of Sam Endicott (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Michael Zakarin (lead guitar [also known as Moose], backing vocals), John Conway (keyboards, backing vocals), Mike Hindert (bass, backing vocals), and Anthony Burulcich (drums, backing vocals). Their music is a synthesis of both post-punk revival and new wave.

2005
The Bravery’s first single "An Honest Mistake", was released in the UK on February 28, 2005 and debuted at # 7 on the UK Singles Chart. The single reached # 12 on the US Modern Rock Chart. The CD single contained the b-side “Hey Sunshiney Day.” The 7” Vinyl contained the b-side “Hot Pursuit (Duet Version),” a duet with lead singer Sam Endicott and Gillian Conway (sister of keyboard player John Conway). The Bravery’s second single, "Fearless" was released in the UK on May 23, 2005. The single's slim line CD featured a cover of "An Cat Dubh" by U2 as the b-side. The b-side for the 7" vinyl was a cover of The Cars' "It’s All I Can Do". The DVD single contained the Fearless Video as well as Live Footage of "No Brakes" recorded at club Koko in London on March 1, 2005. C. Finley’s artwork entitled "Lady With A Blunt" was used as the cover art. The "Unconditional" single was released in the UK on August 29, 2005. The slim line CD single contained a Michael Brauer radio Mix as the A-side and a Benny Benassi dance remix as the b-side. The remix reached the top 10 on the UK dance charts. The Maxi single contained the b-sides "Oh, Glory" and "An Honest Mistake" remix by Superdiscount. The CD was enhanced with the video for "Unconditional". "Phoenix Girl", an acrylic and graphite drawing on paper by C. Finley’s was used for the cover art.

The Bravery, was released on March 14, 2005 in the UK (March 29, 2005 in the US). C. Finley’s painting “Phoenix” was used as the cover art. The first 10,000 copies in the UK were made with a silver foil cover and a black embossed Phoenix. The band was featured on the cover of the March 12th issue of NME. The album was released in Europe on April 4, 2005. The band was featured on the cover of the French music magazine Magic. Australia released the album on May 4. “An Honest Mistake” became a top ten hit on Triple J radio in Australia.

On May 28, 2005, The Bravery played three shows in one day taking a Helicopter from Homelands festival in Winchester, to Birmingham for Duran Duran's concert at the Birmingham City football ground, and then on to London. The Bravery’s last show of the day was the first of three sold out headlining shows at the Astoria.[10] On June 14, 2005, The Bravery supported the opening night of U2’s European tour in Manchester, UK.[11] During The Bravery’s opening song "Rites of Spring", the power failed on stage. The band left the stage coming back 10 minutes later, only to have the power shut off again. Bono wrote a letter to the band thanking them, stating "P.S. If you ever need anything, call Edge, Adam or Larry". The Bravery went on to support other European dates for U2 including a sold out 90,000 capacity Croke Park concert in Dublin on June 27.[12] The Bravery played at Glastonbury Festival on 26 June 2005. Their set was due to be aired live on BBC Three in the daytime, but had to be shown well after the watershed, as bass guitarist Mike Hindert stripped naked on stage due to the hot weather and threw himself into the drumkit to end their set.[13] A photo of Mike "Dirt" Hindert’s bum on stage with 40,000 people in the distance was featured in the following issue of the NME and Blender Magazine where Mike is quoted as saying "A bottle of Jager will usually do that to you. It wasn't the best showing of my life. I should get a girl to fluff me beforehand".[14] Dirt’s nakedness is now immortalized on film in Julien Temple’s Glastonbury The Film.[15] Throughout 2005, The Bravery sold out headlining shows all over the world and played some of the largest fest