BRAND NEW
Daisy
(DGC/Interscope) Rating: 
Brand New frontman Jesse Lacey evolved from predictably emo in 2001 (Your Favor ite Weapon) to brilliantly self-aware in 2005 (Deja Entendu). But 2007’s The Devil and God Are Raging Inside of Me was a scattered mess. He rebounds with Daisy, which captures the sound of one hand punching itself in the face. “I’m never gonna be a perfect man,” he rages on “In a Jar.” Else where he veers into cracked country and screamo, but never seems to find what he needs. The search makes for good listening, though.
