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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, 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

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 (Good Man)" - 2:11
2. "Untitled 02" - 5:08
3. "Untitled 03 (Brothers)" - 4:00
4. "Untitled 04" - 5:06
5. "Untitled 05 (Nobody Moves)" - 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

Appearances on The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me

• "Untitled 06 (Mamas)" was reworked into the song "Luca", released on The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me.
• "Untitled 08 (Yeah)" was reworked into the song "Sowing Season (Yeah)", released on The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me.
• "Untitled 03 (Brothers)" was reworked into the song "Coca-Cola" featured on some versions of the album and also on the "Sowing Season" single. On all official releases, the song is listed as "aloC-acoC".
• "Untitled 09" bears resemblance to "Archers/The Archers' Bows Have Broken", in particular the chorus.

Official Releases

• "Untitled 06 (Mamas)" was released as "Luca - Reprisal Version" as a bonus track on the UK edition of The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me.
• "Untitled 03 (Brothers)" was released on the 7" vinyl single version of "Jesus Christ".
• On October 19th, 2007, the band announced via MySpace bulletins that "(Fork and Knife)" would be released via iTunes on October 23rd, 2007:

"(Fork and Knife)" will be available on iTunes (and most other download services) this coming Tuesday, October 23rd. It should be available in most places worldwide. We have 100% confirmation on The USA, Canada, UK, Italy, Belgium, Holland & Norway. Japan will not be released until October 31st. This will be a single track download and is not part of any other release.

You may know of this song as "Untitled #7" or "Piano Song" from the leaked demos. To our knowledge, it's only been played once live (at Starland Ballroom last year). This version of the song was recorded during the TDAGARIM sessions. It was produced by Mike Sapone and written by Accardi/Lacey. The lyrics are slightly different than the demo and there is a beautiful bridge that was not included in the previous version.

Notes

• The working title for "Untitled 06 (Mamas)" was "The Mamas and The Papas song," thus it showed up on the setlist as "Mamas"
• Songs from this demo that have been played live include:
  • "Untitled 01 (Good Man)"
  • "Untitled 03 (Brothers)"
  • "Untitled 05 (Nobody Moves)"
  • "Untitled 06 (Mamas)"
  • "Untitled 07 (Fork and Knife)"
  • "Untitled 08 (Yeah)"
• "Untitled 05" was played for the first time on May 24, 2007 in Hartford, CT, and referred to as "Nobody Moves" on the setlist.
• Kevin Devine, who is good friends with the band, has covered "Untitled 01" at some of his solo shows.
• At the Kevin Devine/ Jesse Lacey solo show in Richmond, VA on July 31, 2007 Jesse introduced "Untitled 01" as being about his "best friend's sister", possibly hintign that the song is about Michelle Nolan, who is the sister of John Nolan, who is one of Jesse's close friends.

Trivia

• New Album Demos are ranked at #5 for Top Bootlegs/Unauthorized Albums of All-time by Rate Your Music.

External links

• Demo lyrics
• Band Interview

References

1. "Top Bootlegs/Unauthorized Albums of All-time". rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved 2007-09-16. #5 - The Demos

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