The most beautiful and life-affirming album I've ever heard, and possibly my favourite album ever.
The reactionary and semi-popular consensus towards this album as a 'sell-out Christian campfire songs' album is frankly absurd considering its obvious influence from Islamic and Hebrew texts (there is literally a song called Allah, Allah, Allah, a ton of the songs are based on Sufi poems, and the opening track is mostly in Arabic). mewithoutYou is incorrectly labelled a ... read more
"And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder
One of the four beasts saying, 'Come and see'
And I saw, and behold a white horse"
You can't expect anything starting with Revelations 6 to be anything but really fucking sad.
mewithoutyou has been one of my favourite bands for many years. a post-hardcore band with overt and zealously religious lyrics should not go this incredibly hard but lo and behold it does. Despite being pretty agnostic myself, aaron weiss writes some of the most brutal and relatable confessional lyrics i've ever heard. He occasionally sounds like a cooler Hobo Johnson at times, which is a really really funny thing to notice, and something I feel like a heathen for thinking, but he makes it ... read more
expected thundercat mix of bangers and mids, but there's many more bangers than mids this time.
fav tracks - no more lies, she knows too much, i did this to myself, funny friends, i wish i didn't waste your time, anakin learns his fate, walking on the moon, this thing we call love, great americans
this is not the greatest albumoftheyear review in the world this is just a tribute
my favourite album of 2024 and an absolute masterwork of synthy hardcore chaos. desperate to catch these guys live and so glad that they seem to be gaining more traction lately.
louis cole is top 10 white guys ever
fav tracks - dead inside shuffle, message, failing in a cool way, i'm tight, planet x, forgetting, park your car on my face, laughing in her sleep, outer moat behaviour, let it happen
I find this album to be lesser overall than The Queen is Dead with me preferring that album's jangly grooves over this one's slower more melancholic tone but it's still really good with lots of iconic bangers.
fav tracks - reel around the fountain, you've got everything now, this charming man, what difference does it make?, i don't owe you anything
this song is so fucking stupid and bad but really nostalgic and funny to me
hi-fi indie rockcels when they meet lofi noisepop chads
this album is so beautiful man
i love this album front to back. each and every track are individually perfect, but when they're all put together this album creates a captivating musical journey. the anxious, angular grooviness of the first 5 tracks makes the quieter, more experimental final 3 tracks stand out for their calm dread.
david byrne's vocals and lyricism are on point. eno's production is crazy and boundary-pushing (like the double sin-wave kinda thing going on in once in a lifetime, or the squeaky ... read more
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