Catch For Us The Brackets (mewithoutYou bracket) Bracket • Page 33

Bethlehem

 

August 6th

 

August 6

 

August

 

August 6

Some of AW’s best lyrics:

“[scenes from old air raid] on screens in blue dusk
Perfumed neighborhoods/graveyards the breath feels like
Flies in my lungs, voice like ambulance
Sirens whose light floods the ground
(“praying mantis spreads arms”
Said the lines of whose palm?)
Skyline shifting like clouds
Became “airplane descends”
[fade to scenes on the ground]
Human foreheads all smashed
Foreign cars upside down
Insect mouths open wide
I stared down a huge insect
Bright red-glowing eyes
[does it feel wrong to say a thought “metastasized”?]
Legs on both highway sides
(Said insect was mechanized)”

 

August 6!

 

s a i d i n s e c t w a s m e c h a n i z e d ! ! ! ! !

 

Went back and forth a dozen times, ended up flipping a coin.

Bethlehem, WV

 

August 6th is one of the best songs that has come out of this era and it therefore gets my vote. Brilliant.

 

Agreed.

 

I wasn’t huge on August 6 til I really paid attention to the lyrics, now I think it’s one of my favorites of theirs overall

 

August 6th

 

Bethlehem

 

August

 

Current Totals:

August 6th - 13
Bethlehem, WV - 5

 

Damn :(

 

That does it for the [untitled] EP! August 6th takes it over Bethlehem, WV.

Final Totals:

August 6th - 13
Bethlehem, WV - 5

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[Untitled] is up next.

 

[Untitled] - Round One:

1) Flee, Thou Matadors! vs. Another Head For Hydra
2) Wendy & Betsy vs. Break On Through (To The Other Side) [pt. 2]
3) Tortoises All The Way Down vs. Winter Solstice
4) Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore vs. New Wine, New Skins

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[Untitled] - Round Two:

1) Match 1 Winner vs. 2,459 Miles
2) Match 2 Winner vs. Julia (or, 'Holy to the LORD' on the Bells of Horses)
3) Match 3 Winner vs. [dormouse sighs]
4) Match 4 Winner vs. 9:27 a.m., 7/29


Round One begins now!

 

Flee, Thou Matadors!
Wendy & Betsy
Winter Solstice
New Wine, New Skins

 

Another Head for Hydra
Wendy & Betsy
Tortoises All the Way Down
Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore

 

Another Head For Hydra
I love this song. I mean, we've got references to the Hungry Caterpillar. You can't make this stuff up. But in all seriousness, I like the lyrics and particularly Aaron pondering how to be a father in this world. Musically great too and showcasing mewithoutYou at their best.

Wendy & Betsy
By far my favourite song on this album, which in some ways is a surprise. I just love the guitar lead and I love when Aaron lets rip. If you'd said the heaviest song on the album would have been my favourite pre-release I would have said "never!" but it is. Great lyrics too.

Tortoises All The Way Down
This is tough - neither are favourites but both are solid listens. Tortoises edges it.

New Wine, New Skins
Another fantastic track. I love the vulnerability and the overall sound. One of the best on the album.

 

Flee, Thou Matadors!
Wendy & Betsy
Tortoises All The Way Down
New Wine, New Skins

Pretty easy round for me

 

Another Head For Hydra
Wendy & Betsy
Tortoises All The Way Down
Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore

 

Hydra
Wendy
Winter solstice
New Wine

 

Flee
Wendy
Tortoises
New wine