New Album Demos

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New Album Demos
Studio album Demo by Brand New
Released	January 24, 2006
Recorded	2005 and 2006
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	41:24
Label	None
Brand New chronology
Second Demo (2001)	New Album Demos (2006)

On January 24, 2006, nine untitled demos, by the alternative rock band Brand New, leaked onto the internet. The demos were recorded while preparing for their third full length album, The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me, being released by Interscope Records on November 21, 2006. It is not yet known who is responsible for the leak.

The band was disappointed to hear of the leak, however they play the demos at live shows. When they announce the song, the say what track it is on this demo. For example, before playing "Untitled 06 (Mamas)" at a show, Jesse announced the song by saying, "this one is number six." In an interview with the band the question was asked, "Did the internet leak of your demos affect the progress of the new album?." The responses were as follows:

	If it affected anything, I would say it did it in a good way 'cause so many people were curious to hear what we have been doing--and for the most part, the record tracks don't sound anything like the leaked demos.
	— Garrett Tierney

	For me it was different. It had me pretty down for a while. No one likes to show their creation in mid-process, and those songs weren't done. They were like blueprints. Just the plan, right? It put me in a state where I was under the impression that those songs had been wasted or something--that we had to go and write new things because those had been heard. Now, in retrospect, I want those songs to be on the album and many of them aren't, and I'm probably more to blame for that than anyone. This record already feels incomplete to me without those tracks and probably will forever.
	— Jesse Lacey

	I can relate to both of those sentiments. In one way it was kind of refreshing and motivating to know that people were still so interested and curious as to what we were up to in that period where we sort of disappeared. But I was also worried that it would derail the process because the four of us had created a pretty safe place where the only critics were ourselves. As much as we tried to shield ourselves from letting the leak affect us, it definitely did. There was a feeling of being robbed, after keeping everything so close to ourselves and then having it heard before it was completed. As Jesse said, I wish some of those songs were on the record. But they do exist on a certain plane, so people do know that we were working and creating.
	— Vincent "Vin" Accardi

[edit] Track listing

The names in parentheses are working titles that the band has referred to the songs as while performing or discussing them.

1. "Untitled 01" - 2:11
2. "Untitled 02" - 5:08
3. "Untitled 03 (Brothers)" - 4:00
4. "Untitled 04" - 5:06
5. "Untitled 05" - 7:05
6. "Untitled 06 (Mamas)" - 4:13
7. "Untitled 07 (Fork and Knife)" - 3:03
8. "Untitled 08 (Yeah)" - 5:06
9. "Untitled 09" - 5:32

[edit] Notes

• "Untitled 06 (Mamas)" and "Untitled 08 (Yeah)" are on The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me. "Untitled 06 (Mamas)" is now called "Luca", and "Untitled 08 (Yeah)" is now called "Sowing Season".
• The UK bonus track off of The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me, "Luca (Reprise)," is a mastered version of "Untitled 06 (Mamas)."
• The working title for "Untitled 06 (Mamas)" was "The Mamas and The Papas song," thus it showed up on the setlist as "Mamas"
• "Untitled 03 (Brothers)" was recorded with different lyrics as "Coca-Cola" and released as a b-side to "Sowing Season."
• Songs from this demo that have been played live include:
  • "Untitled 01"
  • "Untitled 03 (Brothers)"
  • "Untitled 06 (Mamas)"
  • "Untitled 07 (Fork and Knife)"
  • "Untitled 08 (Yeah)"
• Kevin Devine, who is good friends with the band, has covered "Untitled 01" at some of his solo shows.
• It is rumored that the band will re-record the 6 remaining demos and release them in an EP. This has been started from Jesse reportedly saying "Me and the rest of the band have decided to take back some of the demos and re-record them". Another source stated that Lacey said "A six song EP will be coming out sometime in the near future."

[edit] External links

• Demo lyrics
• Band Interview

Brand New
Jesse Lacey | Vincent Accardi | Garrett Tierney | Brian Lane | Derrick Sherman
Albums
Your Favorite Weapon (2001) | Deja Entendu (2003) | The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (2006)
EPs
Brand New/Safety In Numbers Split EP (2002) | The Holiday EP (2003)
Demos
First Four-Track Demo (2000) | Second Demo (2001) | New Album Demos (2006)
Singles
"Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" (2002) | "The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows" (2003) | "Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades" (2004)  "Sowing Season" (2006)
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