mewithoutYou have always put a premium on progression, never anchoring themselves to a single sound and instead gleefully wandering across genre lines. It’s that same spirit that informed the band’s seventh album [Untitled], as well as the accompanying EP, [untitled]. Across both releases, mewithoutYou come away with a body of work that is downright revelatory but still mighty fun.
Track List:
9:27a.m., 7/29 Julia (or, ‘Holy to the LORD’ on the Bells of Horses) Another Head for Hydra [dormouse sighs] Winter Solstice Flee, Thou Matadors! Tortoises All the Way Down 2,459 Miles Wendy & Betsy New Wine, New Skins Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore Break on Through (to the Other Side) [pt. Two]
LP7 / Run For Cover Records / 2018 Produced by Will Yip
Track List:Bullet to BinaryNice and BlueThe GhostEverything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt(A)GentlemenSilencerBe Still, ChildWe Know Who Our Enemies AreI Never Said That I Was Brave(B)SilencerThe Cure for Pain
LP1 / Tooth & Nail Records / 2002Produced by J. Robbins
mewithoutYou's sophomore album blends indie-rock into their post-hardcore sound as singer/lyricist Aaron Weiss delves even deeper into themes of community, existentialism, and the Devine while also continuing to hone his signature vocal style. Track List:January 1979Torches TogetherTie Me Up! Untie Me!LeafDisaster TourismSeven SistersThe SovietPaper HangerMy Exit, Unfair!Four Word...
Track List:Messes of MenThe Dryness and the RainWolf Am I (and Shadow!)Yellow SpiderA Glass Can Only Spill What It ContainsNice and Blue (pt. Two)The Sun and the MoonOrange SpiderC-MinorIn a Market Dimly LitO, PorcupineBrownish SpiderIn a Sweater Poorly Knit LP3...
mewithoutYou's fifth album, Ten Stories, is an allegorical collection of songs that, at first listen, follows a winding narrative about a circus train crash in 19th century Montana. The album also finds the band returning to their more aggressive roots...