Brand New
The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me


3.0
good

Review

by yidnarc USER (18 Reviews)
June 4th, 2012 | 47 replies


Release Date: 2006 | Tracklist

Review Summary: This is a great album if you remove the pop punk element

If there's one thing I've never understood, it's pop punk. I mean I get it's purpose; it was made in the 90s for kids to dance to, basically. But why the need for a comeback? I can appreciate Brand New's love for the music even if I don't especially appreciate it, but why Jesse Lacey needed to inject his interesting dark punk with it I'll never figure out the answer. The songs here for the most part are great if you strip away all the awful pop punk, they're certainly passable. Like Millstone has the darkest bassline of all time that would give even Flea a run for his money. But the whole album has a poppy background that I can't ignore, it's like when a fly flies right into your ear and you have to spend twenty minutes trying to get it out.

Now to be fair all the instruments are played well and Lacey is quite the talented singer vocally. But his screaming and lyrics annoy me to no end; he's not even a screamer so why pretend like he is? Its the same reason Keith Urban gets on my nerves, you're from Australia, not rural Tennessee! And Lacey, you're a crooner not a screamer, so act like it. Lyrically he's not much better. What is Luca supposed to mean anyway? I get that he's a guy from the Godfather, but what is "drink up the entire ocean" even supposed to mean? He just picked words that sounded cool; pretty lazy if you ask me, Lacey.

There are a couple highlights though: the choir, effect in You Won't Know's verse is very well-done, so props on that one. It adds a much needed coolness to the dark pop punky sound of the rest of the album. Jesus Christ has some pretty great lyrics but is ruined by an annoying guitar line that repeats and runs through the entire song, and for Sowing Season, the opposite is true: the music is great, but the lyrics are confusing as all hell. I don't know what's even going on in the verses, the lyrics are a mess. Overall, it's a pretty decent album, but nothing I'd go out of my way to listen to, and only listen to it if you can look past annoying pop punk droning and bad screaming from time to time.



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yidnarc
June 4th 2012


147 Comments


i did my hardest

recommends are welcome

VisionsFromTheDarkSide
June 4th 2012


2440 Comments


Review of the year

taxidermist
June 4th 2012


7265 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

gay review

FearThyEvil
June 4th 2012


18523 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

This screams alt rock.

TooLateToGoBack
June 4th 2012


2106 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

what the fuck.

zxlkho
June 4th 2012


3493 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Shit review, Incredible album.

Tyrael
June 4th 2012


21108 Comments


okay, what is pop punk about this? [∞]

ILJ
June 4th 2012


6942 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"it's like when a fly flies right into your ear and you have to spend twenty minutes trying to get it out."



wut

ILJ
June 4th 2012


6942 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"but what is "drink up the entire ocean" even supposed to mean?"



It's called a metaphor.



"Jesus Christ has some pretty great lyrics but is ruined by an annoying guitar line that repeats and runs through the entire song"



That fucking riff is gorgeous.





Terrible review. Go take a lap.

Gwynbleiddsfang
June 4th 2012


363 Comments


""recommends are welcome" review something that half the user base hasn't already covered to death.
"

Or learn how to review.

ConcubinaryCode
June 4th 2012


7539 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

pretty sure this is Crandynewman. or at least someone trying really hard to be him.

Trebor.
Emeritus
June 4th 2012


59810 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

my god these 5's

H61
June 4th 2012


295 Comments


but youre above all that by giving it a 4

ChaseCha
June 5th 2012


138 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

You're being very very silly.

wacknizzle
June 5th 2012


14555 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Deja Entendu is a great album if you remove all the pop-punk, are you sure this was meant to be a Devil & God review?

ThroneOfAgony
June 5th 2012


3485 Comments


good review


agree completely

wacknizzle
June 5th 2012


14555 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I walked out on Brand New when they played with Thrice a couple years ago, my quote as Sowing Season started, "Oh god, it's about to get real gay and emo up in here" and even then I would think this review is absolute shit.

Spec
June 5th 2012


39369 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

taxi how the fuck did you post such a colourful comment?

yidnarc
June 5th 2012


147 Comments


"pretty sure this is Crandynewman. or at least someone trying really hard to be him."

look at my name backwards

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/47839/The-Killers-Hot-Fuss/

Crymsonblaze
June 5th 2012


8232 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Hahaha


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