Very few bands can pull off a song that talks about going to hell and eating your young and end it with an opera. But Brand New is one of them.

Brand New released its fourth studio album, “Daisy,” Tuesday. It comes three years after its heavily praised third release, “The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me.”

The band is one that seems to recreate its sound every time it makes an album. “Your Favorite Weapon” was very punk/rock, “Deja Entendu” transitioned the band into a more serious tone and “The Devil and God” put the band in almost its own genre of rock. Daisy is no exception to the band’s unusual transitions.

While “The Devil and God” was a long, thorough and, at times, epic sounding record, Daisy is much more dense. It still packs a strong punch and, like previous Brand New records, “Daisy” takes numerous listens to comprehend everything going on in the songs and in the record itself.

The album begins with “Vices,” which starts with a opera before switching abruptly to a breakdown and lead singer Jesse Lacey screaming, “We need vices, we need vices, well you took my hope and my marriage license.”

The urgency in the lyrics (written mostly by guitarist Vincent Accardi) is a common theme in the edgier record.

The third song, “At The Bottom,” and fourth, “Gasoline,” both follow in “Vices” with that tone. In “At the Bottom,” Lacey sings, “Well I carry this box to its proper place and, when I lower it down, I let you fade way.”

The album’s closing song, “Noro,” is perhaps the album’s best.

The closing song also features layered vocals with the bellowing of “I’m on my way to hell” and closes like “Vices” opened — with an opera.

Like “The Devil and God,” Daisy features numerous references to religion and death. In the album’s title track, a line in the chorus goes, “Or if the sky opened up and started pouring rain, like he knew it was time to start things over again.”

It is not a preaching of whether people should be religious, but just Accardi and Lacey’s reflection on the subject.

“Daisy” is not as good as “The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me.” Few albums will ever match that record but, with “Daisy,” Brand New was able to create a different sounding album. Despite not being the band’s best ever effort, is still perhaps the best album of 2009.

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