mewithoutYou Band • Page 62

That's fair, that's a hard song to follow up for sure

 

Every track on Ten Stories is a winner. So are the two b-sides.

 

God damn I love Four Fires so much.

 

Julian the Onion was a song it took me a bit to come around on, but I love it now.

Four Fires is incredible.

 

Grist is one of my favourite songs on there and it's mainly because of that chorus.

 

The last chorus of Grist is quite possibly my favorite moment on Ten Stories.

 

Julien The Onion is both incredibly dark yet still somehow kind of funny? like, just the amount of puns and the setup is kinda humorous but theres this super dark undercurrent of being made fun of and wanting revenge. i fucking adore that song

 

I think he purposefully went into that song thinking "I wonder how many puns I can fit into a song?"

 

Just wanna say this thread is one of, if not, the best in the music forums. Always interesting discussion on this band's music and Aaron's lyrics that help me learn more about the band and Aaron and have a whole new appreciation for the band all over again.

Anyway, Aubergine is cool. I am a fan. It's a nice breather between Elephant At The Dock and Fox's Dream, which are two standouts for me.

 

Pale Horses and Ten Stories are their best albums

 

I always go back and forth between CFUTF and Brother, Sister being my favorite, but I am constantly impressed by how they are evolving their sound with each album. Nearly twenty years into their career and they're pumping out songs like Mexican War Streets and Rainbow Signs, that's pretty cool to me.

 

Also, I still chuckle every time I hear, "Do you ever have that reoccurring fantasy where you pushed little kids from the tops of the ride?" She shook her head no and I said, "oh...neither do I." I just love his delivery.

 

i do too. i love the idea of opening up to someone and revealing just how dark your thoughts can be, only to then pass it off as a harmless joke when they react poorly to it. i cant tell you how many times ive done that struggling with my mental health, attempting to show someone just how absolutely FUCKED my thoughts can be without medication, only to then panic when they react in a horrified way and i have to pass it off as a joke

maybe ive said too much

 

at the first sign of possible sorrow, i turned my heels and ran

 

Oh man, I do this ALL the time.

Luckily the passing thought of driving down the highway and just jerking the wheel into oncoming traffic is a fairly common intrusive thought, haha

 

"Fox's Dream" is probably my favourite mewithoutYou song.

There's some stiff competition, for sure. And some days it may be something different.

But most days...yeah, probably.

 

I can't even begin to talk about a favourite song.

It was In A Sweater Poorly Knit for years but everything is of such a high quality I can't really pick anymore.

 

I have some strong favourites but when I think about a number one, it's always gonna be Nice and Blue 2.

 

Exactly. One of those "call of the void" moments.

 

messes of men is like way up there. the way that song is put together and all the nautical imagery and the oh my god part and the little solo at the end UGH

 

"Then I landed beside your remains on the stones, where your cold fingers wrapped around my ankle bones."

I know we're starting to move past the "Fox's Dream" discussion but seriously. One of the most haunting lyrics I've ever heard.

 

In no order and quickly deciding, favorites from each album: the cure for pain, time me up untie me, messes of men, cattail down, fox's dream, dorothy

Almost doesn't even matter, I could redo that list right now and it would be as valid as any other list.

I can't think of any other band that has a consistent level of quality across their whole discography or at least their "main" albums.

Grandaddy, Every Time I Die, m83, and Why? are probably my closest, but even then they're still far off.

 

Thursday is another

Favorite song uuuh wolf am I because that's the moment I fell in love

 

Thank you for saying this because I deal with it all the time, as recently as like 12 hours ago, and it's really hard. This band deals with that idea a lot in their music.

 

anytime, im glad to know im not alone. i dont want to get too weird or for you all to think im like, crazy or violent or anything, but i legitimately have thoughts of death and lust and all kinds of shit at random times. or like @fronkensteen said, sometimes i just feel the urge to drive my car into oncoming traffic and ill think "no one will know. theyll just think it was an accident. hopefully whoever i hit is also having a bad day so maybe i can spare them as well" or some shit like that and then ill stop myself and be like dude wtf youve gotta pull yourself together.

luckily medication has helped a lot but still, BPD and depression will haunt me till the end of my days i guess