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mewithoutYou Brother, Sister “I do not exist,” mewithoutYou frontman Aaron Weiss mutters to open the band's third full-length, Brother, Sister, setting the tone for an album that explores philosophical, spiritual and interpersonal relationships with equal aplomb. However, while Weiss has become known for his stream-of-consciousness lyrics communicated via his half-sung/half-shouted vocals, Brother, Sister is a huge progression for Weiss personally, as well as the rest of the Philadelphia-based band—guitarist Michael Weiss, guitarist Christopher Kleinberg, bassist Greg Jehanian and drummer Rickie Mazzotta. Oh, and it also has the potential to finally break the underground's best-kept secret wide open. In a musical landscape dominated by genre divisions and marketing campaigns, Brother, Sister is simply an album made by five people who create art without any limitations—and that's what makes it so important. While the album retains the band's instantly recognizable post-hardcore sound, Weiss' vocals and the implementation of atypical instrumentation are the most instantly recognizable shifts from 2004's Catch For Us The Foxes. “A lot of our old stuff is all shouting and that's still there,” explains Weiss. “But I've never really listened to heavy music; with this record, my goal was to make music that I wanted to listen to. Not everyone agreed at first, but I wanted to incorporate different types of melodies and instrument—and those are probably some of my favorite moments on the record.” While Foxes and the band's Tooth & Nail debut [A -> B Life] were rife with delay-driven guitars, explosive drumming and driving songs like “January 1979,” the beauty of Brother, Sister alternately lies in its subtleties. Opening with a lone Wurlitzer and minimal percussion, “Masses of Men” crams more emotion into three-minutes than screaming ever could; “The Dryness and the Rain” incorporates an middle-eastern orchestra for its chorus; and the quasi-ballad “A Sweater Poorly Knit” is probably the most epic song the band have ever crafted, featuring acoustic guitar, accordion, harp and horns into a musical journey that shifts from beautiful to foreboding and back again seamlessly. Simply put, Brother, Sister is the sound of a band discovering its identity—but that couldn't have happened without the experiences the band shared traversing the freeways in their vegetable oil-powered Greyhound Bus for the past two years alongside peers like Thursday, The Blood Brothers, and Minus The Bear. “The wild ideas we tried on Catch For Us The Foxes have become very normal on this record,” explains Michael Weiss, fresh off the band's acceptance of an MTV Woodie Award for best new artist. “But after we toured on those songs for two years, we thought we could just take what we liked from the last record and expand on that stuff and throw away the rest.” But there's only so much you can articulate via adjectives and sound bytes about an album as artistically moving as Brother, Sister. Ultimately, it has to be experienced. “I don't want to say everything's all right and just sing songs about the birds and the clouds,” Aaron explains regarding the revelatory nature of the disc. “I do want to wrestle with the difficult things we all go through; but ultimately I have a faith that the light is more power than the sorrow and the love is stronger than the hatred,” he continues. “Even if it's hard to find, when it's discovered, it's so powerful that everything else is completely insignificant.” Brothers and Sisters, it's time to rise to that challenge. This is our soundtrack.

Latest bulletin 09.09.09

Article Up on The Atlantic

Hello everyone, we wanted to tell you about an extremely well-written article on mewithoutYou up on The Atlantic. Take some time out to read it if you have a chance.

Thank you,
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Article Up on The Atlantic Sep 9
Interview at Spin.com Jun 24
the Fox, The Crow and the Cookie Music Video Jun 19

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Sep 09, 04:51 PM

Article Up on The Atlantic

Hello everyone, we wanted to tell you about an extremely well-written article on mewithoutYou up on The Atlantic. Take some time out to read it if you have a chance.

Thank you,
mewithoutYou
Jun 24, 04:43 PM

Interview at Spin.com

hello friends,
We just wanted to let you know that there is an interview with Aaron up at Spin Magazine with some insight into the inspiration behind "it's all crazy! it's all false! it's all a dream! it's alright."

Thank you
mewithoutYou
Jun 19, 02:04 PM

the Fox, The Crow and the Cookie Music Video

Our video for "the Fox, the Crow and the Cookie" is playing exclusively now at Entertainment Weekly. We really enjoyed making it and are excited for you all to see it.

We are on tour now! Hope to see you soon.

mewithoutYou
May 19, 09:55 AM

it's all crazy! it's all false! it's all a dream! it's alright

hello everyone!
We are extremely excited to say that our new album "it's all crazy! it's all false! it's all a dream! it's alright" is available today! You can find it at your local Best Buy or record store, or download the album online at iTunes or Amazon MP3.

If you are interested, you are also able to stream the album in its entirety over at AOL Music.

We hope that you enjoy the album and thank you for all your patience and continued support. It is sincerely appreciated.
May 18, 11:25 AM

bullet to Binary (pt. two)

hi friends,
We have put up a new song today, "bullet to Binary (pt. two)" on our <a href="http://www.myspace.com/mewithoutyou" target="_blank">page</a>. Our new album "it's all crazy! it's all false! it's all a dream! it's alright" comes out tomorrow and we are very excited for all of you to hear it and hope you are too.
May 11, 02:17 PM

the Fox, the Crow and the Cookie

Hello all,
Today there is a new song up on our page called "the Fox, the Crow and the Cookie." This song is also featured in the album trailer that we put up last week, if you haven't already seen it.

Our new album "it's all crazy! it's all false! it's all a dream! it's alright" will be available next week! We're looking forward to hearing your feedback on it. Again as a reminder, it is quickly approaching your last chance to preorder the album with the different options available at the Tooth & Nail Store, Smartpunk with mewithoutYou tea or Interpunk with a mewithoutYou bag.

Hope you enjoy the song.
May 07, 12:49 PM

mewithoutYou Widget and Facebook Application

Hello everyone, We've just been introduced to the new mewithoutyou widget and Facebook application for our album "it's all crazy! it's all false! it's all a dream! it's alright which are rather slick. And if you add it to your page or profile, you'll get the most up-to-date news, photos and tour information.

As a reminder, you can currently pre-order the album at the Tooth & Nail Store, Smartpunk with mewithoutYou tea or Interpunk with a mewithoutYou bag.

"it's all crazy! it's all false! it's all a dream! it's alright" will be available May 19th.
Apr 29, 05:26 PM

Available Pre-Order Options

hi everyone,
We wanted to give you a quick update on the current pre-order options for "it's all crazy! it's all false! it's all a dream! it's alright." Firstly, though they have been sold out, more journals have been ordered and are available with the album at the Tooth & Nail Store. There is a bundle available at Smartpunk that includes mewithoutYou tea. And lastly there is an option at Interpunk that offers a mewithoutYou bag.

We will be posting more new music very soon. "it's all crazy! it's all false! it's all a dream! it's alright" will be available on May 19th.

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