mewithoutYou - [untitled] e.p. & [Untitled] LP (2018) Album • Page 29

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Honestly, as an atheist, I love the religious shit in mwy’s music. It creates for some very evocative imagery and awesome storytelling.

 

I was raised in a super christian household and, even though I never felt whatever the rest of them apparently felt, I believed in all of it for a decent amount of time. And struggled heavily with tons of conflicting information, misplaced guilt, outright disagreement of horrific shit that was heralded, etc... and I truly believe that mewithoutYou was essential in me realizing it's okay to question religion.

 

I am not a christian not sure what I am.. but.. I've never been bothered by christian lyrics at all.

 

The lyrics are still so powerful and evocative that it doesn't matter if it's about god, I still get goosebumps from them.

 

honestly i would love for more christian bands to spend 2-3 albums exploring the notion that the self is a fiction and in fact there is no "self" ("you're not you. you're everyone else"; "the i is an unintelligible lie")

 

Goodbye, I!

 

I’ve always liked music with lyrics based in Christian philosophy and thought, but not necessarily evangelistic in nature.

The bands who do this, well, mewithoutYou is one of them.

 

As just one guy who writes sad Christian songs, I'll keep this in mind. Look out for The Phantom Self-Identity Trilogy coming at you in 2020!

My favorite artists are those who are pretty blunt about their faith (like My Epic and early As Cities Burn) but are able to capture it as poetically as those who are a bit less so (like mewithoutYou, Sufjan, and Julien Baker). Unfortunately, those are few and far between. Somehow the Christian music industry has become anti-Christian and anti-music all at once. Probably has to do with the word "industry". Ha.

 

It was really smart that they released the EP so far ahead of the LP. It's not fair, but it seems that EPs are generally overlooked or considered "less than" because they didn't make it on a full length release. Obviously that just isn't true, but I think if they released these at the same time that these 7 songs wouldn't get the attention they definitely deserve.

 

yeah i think as a result this ep's gonna get a lot of positive attention. which it totally deserves, it's like the best ep i've ever heard besides like idk dog on wheels by belle and sebastian

 

another thought re: this band's supposed "preachiness": i'd just point to the line in "fox's dream of the log flume," "it's pretty obvious that there's no god / and there's definitely a god." that lyric seems like the center of aaron's whole project

 

I Lied My Face Off is still the best EP ever made but this is damn close to that standard imo

 

European shipping options are on their way! So pleased. I was going to order from BSM (who handle the European release) but was disappointed there were no collector's editions in their store. I'll see what the price is when they add it to the mewithoutYou EU/UK store and make a decision!

 

Full discography run today.

 

Cities of the Plain is just too good

 

i have the dang promo and i'm starting to wonder if i should spend a million dollars on this album

 

I wonder if any other singles will come out before the album does. I'd have to guess it will, like they did with Pale Horses, but we'll see.

 

I'm pretty sure I knew this band was something special when I first heard these lyrics:

After years with a crown on my head I've grown overfed, unconcerned, and comfortably numb
Kept busy indulging in pleasures of the wealthy (someone make me afraid of what I've become!)
At the first sign of possible trouble I turned my heels and ran (Oh, I'll never learn)
My life is a cup of sugar I borrowed before time began and forgot to return

 

It's been raining here in KC and I've sat on my front porch listening to this a couple times through the last two days. Very relaxing.

 

Did y'all know that I'm a donkey's jaw on a desert dune beside the bush that Moses saw that burned and yet was not consumed?

 

Did you know this band doesn't have a single bad song? They have songs that aren't as good as their other songs, but not a bad one

 

If we're not counting their first EP, I 100% agree.

 

That's nice for you folks over the pond. As for me in Canada. I just got this email RE: POSTAGE ERROR on their website when i pre ordered :(

Hello Colin,

We're writing with the unfortunate news that due to an error in our shipping system you were not properly charged the correct amount for postage. You paid $4.21 for international shipping, but the actual cost for us to ship your order is $48.97.

We realized that his may seem like a very steep price but the package you ordered will be very heavy and when shipping internationally prices tend to skyrocket.

We are extremely sorry for this inconvenience. You were one a small number of people affected by this system error and we wanted to offer our sincerest apologies.

If you would like us to ship this order than please send the difference of $44.77 to [email protected] via PayPal. If you are unable to pay this amount please let us know and we will cancel your order.

Please let us know how you would like to proceed by responding to this email.

mewithoutYou

 

Damn, that sucks.

What you gonna do?