Brand NewβsΒ βThe Devil & Godβ Song & Album Facts
The two singles released from the album wereΒ βJesus Christβ andΒ βSowing Season.βΒ
The album actually had two producers originally, but due to time constraints and lack of financial resources, Brand New recruited a new producer: Mike Sapone.Β
Mike Sapone worked with the band on their first album as well, and frontman Lacey stated that Sapone was like a band member.Β
While writing the album, the band members seemed to be plagued with death and illness among their families and friends.Β
The album was recorded in the basement of Saponeβs house.Β
All lyrics on the album were written by Lacey with the exception ofΒ βHandcuffs,β which were written by Vincent Accardi. Β
βDegausserβ andΒ βSowing Seasonβ were written and composed simultaneously by the band as a whole.Β
The second verse ofΒ βSowing Seasonβ is inspired by the Rudyard Kipling poem,Β βIf.βΒ
The titleΒ βSowing Seasonβ is a reference to a Stephen King novel.Β
βLimousineβ is about a seven-year-old girl who died. The girl was from the bandβs hometown.Β
The albumβs name - βThe Devil & God Are Raging Inside Meβ - came from Laceyβs discussion with a friend who suffered from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.Β
The album cover is from an art piece,Β βUntitled 44,β that the band saw at an art show in New York City.Β
AΒ βDegausserβ is a device that de-magnetizes an object.Β
TheΒ βDegausserβ lyric,Β βTake apart the demon in the attic to the leftβ was taken from a song by Roky Erikson.Β
βLucaβ is about a gang. The lyrics discuss the gang needing to kill a member by cementing his feet and throwing him into a lake so they can find another member who can do the job better.Β
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