Taking a canter through the career of a band is often one of the best and most enlightening things about doing this podcast, and we hope it’s something you appreciate too. In fact, we know it is, cause that’s why most of you tune in. But when it comes to going through the back catalogue of Brand New, well it can start to feel a little icky.

Once again, emo scholar and new friend of the pod Marisa Androvik joins us to dissect the band and in particular their acclaimed third album. 

We touched on the ickiness of some of the band’s lyrics during last week’s episode, of course, particularly on the first two Brand New albums. Things do get a little better towards the end of their career, but much to no one’s surprise there’s also a lot of questionable lyrics on The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me.

Or, we say questionab ...