The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me - Brand New Reviews

Where to start? Brand New have certainly changed a lot since their first album, "Your Favourite Weapon", which is being re-released for it's 10th anniversary this year. Switching their sound away from the pop-punk based two albums, "Sowing Season (Yeah)" builds up from a nice slow acoustic track into a massive rock ...  Read the complete review

___Background_____________________________________________ The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me is the third album from Long Island band Brand New. It builds on the successes of their previous albums and takes the band further away from the simple pop-punk of their debut to more experimental, boundary-pushing rock, with ...  Read the complete review

Incredible album. I was not really that keen on it when it was first recommended to me by a friend, but after a few weeks of it playing, I have come to realise what a true masterpiece this album is. I don't know about you, but albums which I can listen to all the way through from start to finish, and not feel the ...  Read the complete review

After seeing Brand New again recently, I was inspired to write a review of The Devil and God Are Raging inside me. I hadn't actually listened to the album in a while, and when I did I instantly remembered why I loved it so much in the first place. It is not necessarily that it gets forgotten, but when it is rediscovered it sounds like a ...  Read the complete review

Brand New ROCK!! This latest installment from the band did not disappoint any of their existiong fan base. In fact it gained quite a few in the mean time!! I found this album to be very personal and in depth, some of the lyrics are very pro found and even haunting in a way, Jesse's vocals have seem to come on a long way compared to their ...  Read the complete review

The follow up to their 2003 album Deja Entendu, New York emo rockers ; Jesse Lacey (lead vocals, guitar), Vincent Accardi (guitar, backing vocals), Garrett Tierney (bass) and Brian Lane (drums). Came together for a third time to make their best album to date. Released in 2006 it debuted at number 31 on the U.S Billboard 200 ...  Read the complete review

I was first introduced to Brand New in 2006, when my friend was suggesting "emo" songs that I might like, and sent me "Me vs Maradona vs Elvis" which is an awesome song. I downloaded the album it was on, 'Deja Entendu', and listened away, it becoming a staple album in my regular collection. But it wasn't ...  Read the complete review

This latest collection of songs from Brand New is a completely different beast from their previous two. Almost all of the pop-punk elements from their first album 'Your Favourite Weapon' have vanished, leaving behind a dense, complex group of emotional tunes - Sometimes difficult to understand the meanings behind them. The highlights ...  Read the complete review

The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me. This is Brand News 3rd album release and was started way back in 2005. The hype behind this album grew vastly when, in January 2006, nine demos leaked on to the internet from an unknown source. The album was finally finished in June 2006 and released in November 2006 via Interscope. The ...  Read the complete review

Brand New returned from a three year recording hiatus with this devastatingly moving release from 2007. This sees a move away from the pop-punk stylings of debut album 'Your Favourite Weapon' and the catchy commercial sound of sophomore release 'Deja Entendu' and it sounds all the better for it. The group let their emotions out on 'The ...  Read the complete review