mewithoutYou - [untitled] e.p. & [Untitled] LP (2018) Album • Page 177

One day they’ll find us
Feathers on a tiger’s body
Quiet as a clear blue glacier lake

...And it won't matter how long you waited for the deluxe to ship

 

wait it out

 

Hoping this is a situation where some Tigers Jaw fans leave after their set because fuck this venue for overselling this place so much

 

tj headlined my show but their showing was significantly less than mwY's

 

I wish Tigers Jaw played first on the show I saw a few months back. I missed mwY's set and was livid. TJ does nothing for me.

 

It's now over six months since [Untitled] came out, which has given me enough time to properly digest the album and consider how I would rank this stellar discography. I don't like to jump into a ranking game after a few days of listening to something.

I still go with Brother, Sister & CFUTF at the top because my emotional connection to them is hard to ignore. I prefer Pale Horses to [Untitled] as well, but only just. The thing that most surprised me about [Untitled] is that I was drawn to it more on the musical side of things than the lyrical - this is the first ever time this has happened to me with Aaron Weiss lyrics (not that the lyrics are bad, I just think they may be so personal to Aaron that they haven't connected with me as much as previous releases. I hope that makes sense.)

These albums are separated by the smallest of margins. What a privilege it is to have had so many releases from this phenomenal band! Hope we get a UK tour at some point on this cycle.

Brother, Sister
Catch For Us The Foxes
Pale Horses
[Untitled]
[untitled] e.p.
Ten Stories
it's all crazy
[A-->B] Life
Pale Horse Appendix
I never said I was brave

 

so insane to see ratings and think about how good the 7th or 8th item on the list always is. one of the most special bands out there...

 

I think the lyrics work on Untitled in a very specific, different way that's grown on me since the album came out. They really do work the same way the title & artwork do, especially coupled w/ the musical style. It's like the most fully realized version of Aaron's deconstruction & wrestling w/ meaning, truth, etc. Works in an almost impressionistic way. It didn't hit me the way I thought or hoped when it came out, but it's been quite the album to sit with on certain days, depending on where my mind & heart are that day.

Anyways, yeah, Foxes will always be my #1, & (only counting full lengths) it's all crazy will always be last, w/ A->B just above it. I think Pale Horse is still my #2 & an album that could be #1 w/out nostalgia, but Untitled has become a very strong #3; those top 3 together are what I'd consider top tier mwY.

 

[Untitled] has probably hit me harder on a lyrical level than anything they’ve put out since B, S honestly.

 

I’d probably put the Untitled’s above Pale Horses right now, but this is pretty accurate for me, too.

 

Foxes
Brother, Sister
Pale Horses
Ten Stories
Untitled
Crazy
AB

 

Brother, Sister
Pale Horses
Ten Stories
Crazy=Untitled
Foxes
AB

 

Untitled
Pale horses
Brother sister
Ten stories
Catch
It’s all crazy
AB

 

Brother, Sister
[Untitled]
Pale Horses
Catch For Us The Foxes
[untitled] - EP
Ten Stories
it’s all crazy! it’s all false! it’s all a dream! it’s alright.
[A -> B] Life

And every one of them is so good.

 

Untitled = Pale Horses = Brother Sister
CFUTF
Ten Stories
It's All Crazy
AB

 

Untitled EP
Ten Stories
Untitled
Pale Horses
Brother, Sister
CFUTF
Crazy
AB

 

b,s
Pale Horses
Ten Stories
Catch
AB
Untitled
Crazy

 

I would like to see one of those interviews where they make a member of the band rank their albums.

 

it was before PH but Rank Your Records: The Weiss Brothers Rate mewithoutYou's Albums

 

That was a great read. Interesting perspective on Foxes, and It's All Crazy. A lot of stuff I didn't know about the band.

 

oh look Michael’s got the right idea

 

I've tried ranking them over and over and I really can't be definite in any order. They're all amazing for their own reasons.

 

Crazy is the only one thats difficult to place

 

The only one I could say is last is [A->B] Life. All the others could be my #1 any day of the week.

 

[untitled] (album and ep)
ten stories
tie: brother, sister / pale horses
catch for us the foxes
it's all crazy
a b life