Brand New's Jesse Lacey breaks the silence

After releasing their major label debut, The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me with nary a word to the press, Brand New frontman Jesse Lacey has broken the self-imposed silence and granted an interview.

In the piece, Jesse explains a number of things, including the three year delay between albums:

I can't give you one reason why the new record took three years to make. A lot of the kids who like us thought we had some sort of a plan, but that wasn't the case. A lot of the delay was due to us trying to become humans again; we realized we were taking the road home with us after touring. You change the way you relate to people when you're always moving on, and after a while, you have to just accept the shallowness.

He also seemed mystified by fans asking for his autograph, though he spent three hours doing so:

The kids tonight were very civil, and really sweet, but the reason they wanted my autograph escapes me.

You can check out the entire interview here.