mewithoutYou released an album yesterday. I was a bit put off when I heard the samples of it last week, worried that they had morphed into another one of those bands (although the formula I was afraid they had followed is also one I like). I didn’t want them to lose themselves in making music that sounds like everyone else. And they did not disappoint. Very good. In fact, I would toy with calling this album a superb achievement… One of the band’s strong points in any point in their history has been their lyrics. Although the music has changed radically over the course of four albums, heavy guitars and hoarse yells replaced by strings, harps, and often quiet, careful singing, the lyrics have remained strong. The music, if anything, has matured. The words have gone from fantastic figures of speech to crafted stories, whimsical and inventive with equally uplifting and heart-breaking morals. Very interesting. It’s worth a listen.
