New Album Demos

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.

Band reaction
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 "Luca" (then known as "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:

Track listing

When these tracks first leaked, no titles were known, and the songs were simple referred to by their tracklist order ("Untitled 01", "Untitled 02", etc.). Over time, a few of their actual titles have been revealed.

# "Good Man" - 2:11
# "Untitled 02" - 5:08
# "Brothers" - 4:00
# "Untitled 04" - 5:06
# "Nobody Moves" - 7:05
# "Luca" (early version) - 4:13
# "Fork and Knife" (early version) - 3:03
# "Sowing Season (Yeah)" (early version)- 5:06
# "Untitled 09" - 5:32

* A working title for "Sowing Season" was simply "Yeah".
* A working title for "Luca" (Reprisal version) was "Mamas" or "The Mamas and The Papas song".
* The official titles for "Untitled 02", "Untitled 04", and "Untitled 09" have not been given or may have never had an official title.

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".
* The chorus of "Untitled 09" bears a slight resemblance to the chorus of "Archers/The Archers' Bows Have Broken". It should be noted that the songs are completely independent of each other aside from this small similarity and should not be considered alternate versions of each other.

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".
* A re-recording of "Untitled 07", now officially called "(Fork and Knife)", was released through online music stores such as Amazon and iTunes on October 23rd as an independent single. This version was recorded during the The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me sessions and features a bridge not found on the early version.

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