The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me

Description

Brand New have specialized in pain ever since the pop-punk emo-rage
of their 2001 debut release Your Favorite Weapon. But they’ve outdone
themselves on The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me. If the songs on Weapon
were paper cuts, the ones here are gaping chainsaw wounds, full of seismic,
howling agony. The moody rumbles of 2003’s Deja Entendu were pointing here,
but this is something else, with Mogwai-level dynamic range and tracks that
careen from introspection to fury and back again. Lyrically, lead singer Jesse
Lacey’s words remain excruciating and harrowing things, but that’s nothing
new. It’s the music propping them up which gives this effort such depth and
punch. “Degausser” starts so innocently, then uses a bridge augmented with a
bitter children’s chorus straight out of The Wall as a lead in to Lacey’s
bitter refrain of “I’ll never say anything right.” Then there’s the nearly
8-minute “Limousine (MS Rebridge),” epic, and epically sad, constantly
threatening to descend into pure cacophony (and eventually succeeding).
Repeated listens will tune your ear to the band’s still-intact pop sense
(especially on “Not the Sun” and “The Archers Bows Have Broken”), which keeps
the record lively and unpredictable, and away from becoming a depressing,
head-in-the-oven mope. Brand New went through three years of intense recording
sessions to make it happen, but it was worth the effort. –Matthew Cooke The
CD’s would be contained in the side pockets of the album, please open the
pockets to find the CD’s.

Features:

Product Details:

• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.96 x 5.55 x 0.39 inches; 1.83 Ounces
• Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Universal Music Group
• Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2074305
• Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2006
• Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 21, 2007
• Label ‏ : ‎ Universal Music Group
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
• Best Sellers Rank: #5,580 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl) #17 in Emo #125 in Indie Rock #555 in Alternative Rock (CDs & Vinyl)