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Free Music Review: Amazing album
Hit: 5 Stars
Its really amazing how so many bands get caught up in the industry and forget about what making music is all about. Mewithoutyou knows how to make an awesome cd. This album is out-of-this-world. Aaron Weiss gives everything into this cd. He leaves nothing out. Every song on here can be played over and over. The lyrics are so heavy and honest. I cant begin to describe their sound. Just do yourself a favor and buy this cd and the rest of their material and watch them live.Free Music Review: So the hype has set your expectations high?
Hit: 5 Stars
Where to begin? As much hype as this record has received I didn't believe my expectations could be met. Boy was I wrong. In fact, this may be a dark horse candidate for album of the year. And with gems out this year like TV on the Radio's "Return to Cookie Mountain," Thom Yorke's "The Eraser," Anathallo's "Floating World," Band of Horses "Everything All the Time" and The Format's "Dog Problems," that's saying a lot.
This record exhibits more depth than past releases. Where "Catch for Us the Foxes" showed that the band was capable of far more than they let on in "A->B:Life," "Brother, Sister" shows an even further and more promising progression. In some ways an amalgam of their previous two releases and in other ways something completely new and special, we hear almost right away that the band has been busy evolving. Vocalist Aaron Weiss is our first example of progress as he has taken a greater interest in actually singing. While this is nothing new, the frequency with which he colors his poetry with melody has increased significantly. It seems that he is beginning to discover that power of his fragile voice as he has also begun to expand the expressive range of his "speaking" voice, ranging from a soft spoken introduction in "Messes of Men," to the now familiar shouting.
Of course, our progress doesn't stop there. While the band tends to lean more heavily on musical textures reminiscent of those found on "...Foxes," they also bring back a little bit of the post-hardcore found on their debut, all while expanding on both of those sounds and expanding their instrumentation to included harp, accordian, acoustic guitars and brass. All of these instruments lend a depth to their sound that has always been alluded to in the past, but not really fleshed out completely until now. Even their new way of using backing vocals gives them a newfound power, with the other band members sounding like a broken choir. As an added bonus, we get a guest appearance by the unmistakable Jeremy Enigk (Sunny Day Real Estate, The Fire Theft). Normally the use of a guest vocalist doesn't lend much added depth to a song. Not the case here. Enigk's high, shredded cry brings a chilling effect to the backing vocals on "Dryness and the Rain," as well as to the not-so-background vocals on "O, Porcupine."
Perhaps the most accomplished aspect of this record is its construction. Though each song works well on its own, it's really the experience of the record as a whole from start to finish that helps it stand out. Even more impressive is their ability to convey a sense of the epic without resorting to epic song lengths.
Lyrically, this release is just as strong as ever, if not their strongest yet. However, this album is also their most "christian" album, frequently referencing the likes of Moses, Job, and, of course, Jesus. Those turned off by such blatantly religious content shouldn't be too disauded as Aaron's lyrics tend to come across as more personal than preachy.
If you didn't know before, you should know now: this is a band to watch in the coming years. Having a record this accomplished this early in their career is impressive enough, but having each one out-do the last is more rare still. Check this album out. You won't be disappointed.
Free Music Review: Another Amazing Release
Hit: 5 Stars
mewithoutYou did it AGAIN.
Brother, Sister is mewithoutYou's third release. The CD's just keep getting better with each concurrent release. A to B: Life was amazing, and somewhat dark. Catch For Us The Foxes has greater instrumentation that A to B but with the same amazing lyrical content. And in Brother, Sister the instrumentation is improved FURTHER, and the lyrics are just as amazing as ever.
The sound of Brother, Sister is a kind of mix between A To B: Life and Catch For Us The Foxes. Kinda 'dark sounding' at times, but with the feel that Catch For Us The Foxes had.
Just about every track is amazing. My personal favorites are Messes Of Men, Wolf Am I! (And Shadow), O' Porcupine, In A Sweater Poorly Knit, and the three "spider" songs (they're short). This CD is just brilliant...but what can you expect from mewithoutYou?
Free Music Review: quite simply amazing...
Hit: 5 Stars
I also have had this album for about a month now. and it gets more amazing as I listen to it more and more. Some fans may be skeptical at first, but give it a chance to marinate alittle bit.
This 3rd effort from the amazingness that is mewithoutYou, fuses A to B Life and Catch for us the foxes in the best way possible. From the opening messes of men, to the last epic song In a sweater poortly knit, this cd is as solid or more so than anything these men have put out. I was very impressed by what thery had done musically and vocally to change it up. I really like where they are going in style and I hope you do too. I would fully recommend this cd to anyone that has ears or a heartbeat.
Free Music Review: Even better than Catch for Us the Foxes
Hit: 4 Stars
Quite simply, if you liked Catch for Us the Foxes, you'll like Brother, Sister as well--maybe even more. The music is solidly "post-punk", at times sounding like Jawbox or Fugazi, but the arrangements are more interesting than on mewithoutYou's previous album (guitar parts seemingly borrowed from U2's The Edge are plentiful) and the recording and production is perhaps a tad better. The lyrics are as mystical as on Catch for Us the Foxes, too, with allusions to poets like Blake and Rumi. No single track stands out the way that "Torches Together" did on the previous album, but as a whole I find Brother, Sister more listenable.