mewithoutYou discography
The discography of mewithoutYou, an American rock band,[lower-alpha 1] consists of seven studio albums, a live album, seven extended plays (EPs) or maxi singles, eleven music videos, and twenty-nine appearances on compilation, tribute, soundtrack, and split albums or in video collections. The band was formed in 2001 as a side project to The Operation, an alternative band active from 1999 to 2001 that shared most of its members with mewithoutYou.[5][6] The debut demo EP by mewithoutYou, Blood Enough For Us All, was released in 2000, the year before the band was officially founded.[7] The first undisputed release by the band was I Never Said That I Was Brave which was released on Kickstart Audio in 2001.[8] Over the next year, the band signed to Tooth & Nail Records and released their debut album, [A→B] Life.[3] The album is post-hardcore with shouted and screamed vocals.[9] In 2004, mewithoutYou released their second album Catch for Us the Foxes, which was their first album to chart, reaching number 13 on the Top Christian Albums chart.[10]
mewithoutYou discography | |
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Studio albums | 7 |
Live albums | 1 |
Music videos | 11 |
EPs | 5 |
Live EPs | 2 |
Demo EPs | 1 |
Appearances | 29 |
Brother, Sister, mewithoutYou's third album (released in 2006), was moved away from the emo and hardcore punk influences of their earlier work and featured less abrasive vocals by Aaron Weiss.[11] Brother, Sister was the first mewithoutYou album to chart on the Billboard 200.[12] With It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright in 2009, the band shifted genres entirely, recording an album that is almost entirely acoustic and has been compared to "campfire songs".[13] The band left Tooth & Nail Records in 2011 and released Ten Stories, a concept album about the crash of a circus train, on their own Pine Street Records in 2012.[14] Ten Stories was mewithoutYou's first and only number one album on the Top Christian Albums chart.[10] The band signed with Run for Cover Records in 2015 and released Pale Horses the same year.[15][16] They released both their seventh studio album, [Untitled], and their only live album, [A→B] Live, in 2018.[17][18] The band announced in 2019 that the following year would be their last as "an active band".[19] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, mewithoutYou postponed their final tour until 2022 and is scheduled to play their last concert on August 20, 2022, in Philadelphia.[20]
Albums
Studio albums
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Ref. | ||
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US [12] |
US Christ [10] |
US Indie [21] | |||
[A→B] Life |
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— | — | — | [9][22] |
Catch for Us the Foxes |
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— | 13 | — | [23] |
Brother, Sister |
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116 | 7 | — | [24][25] |
It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright |
|
72 | 3 | — | [26] |
Ten Stories |
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47 | 1 | 12 | [27][28] |
Pale Horses |
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62 | 2 | 3 | [16][29] |
[Untitled] |
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— | — | 22 | [17][30] |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Live albums
Title | Details | Ref. |
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[A→B] Live |
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[18] |
Extended plays and maxi singles
Studio extended plays and maxi singles
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Ref. | |
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US Indie [21] | ||||
I Never Said That I Was Brave |
|
— | [8] | |
Other Stories |
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— | [31] | |
East Enders Wives |
|
— | [32] | |
Pale Horses: Appendix |
|
— | [33] | |
[untitled] |
|
47 | [30] | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Live extended plays and maxi singles
Title | Details | Ref. |
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Daytrotter Session |
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[34] |
mewithoutYou Audiotree Sessions |
|
[35] |
Demo extended plays and maxi singles
Title | Details | Ref. |
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Blood Enough For Us All[lower-alpha 2] |
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[36][37] |
Music videos
Title | Director | Album | Ref. |
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"Bullet to Binary" | Shane Drake | [A→B] Life | [38] |
"January, 1979" | Shane Drake | Catch for Us the Foxes | [38] |
"Disaster Tourism" | Casey McBride and Daniel Davison | [38] | |
"Paper Hanger" | Lex Hallaby | [38] | |
"Nice & Blue (Pt. Two)" | Shane Drake | Brother, Sister | [38] |
"The Fox, The Crow, and The Cookie" | Amy Carrigan and David Bell | It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright | [38] |
"February, 1878" | Andre Comfort | Ten Stories | [38] |
"All Circles" | Michael P. Heneghan | [38] | |
"Watermelon Ascot" | Phil Thomas Katt | Pale Horses | [38] |
"Red Cow / Dorothy" | Daniel Davison | [38] | |
"Julia (or, 'Holy to the LORD' on the Bells of Horses)" | Michael Parks Randa | [Untitled] | [38] |
Appearances on compilations, tributes, soundtracks, and splits
Music
Year | Title | Track(s) | Ref. |
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2002 | Split with Norma Jean | "Bullet to Binary" and "Gentlemen" | [39] |
2002 | What Are You Listening To? Hard Rock and Nu-Metal | "Nice & Blue" | [39] |
2002 | The Ordinary Radicals | "Torches Together" | [39] |
2003 | The Nail, Vol. 1 | "The Ghost" | [39] |
2003 | Tooth & Nail Tenth Anniversary Box Set | "Bullet To Binary" | [39] |
2004 | The Nail, Vol. 2 | "Gentlemen" | [39] |
2004 | This Is Solid State, Volume 5 | "4 Word Letter" | [39] |
2004 | A Near Fatal Fall | "Torches Together" | [39] |
2004 | Music With Attitude, Vol. 67 | "January 1979" | [39] |
2005 | Tooth & Nail Vs Solid State | "January 1979" | [39] |
2005 | You Can't Handle The Tooth, Vol. 1 | "Paper Hanger" | [39] |
2005 | Punk the Clock Vol. 2 | "Torches Together" | [40] |
2006 | The Cornerstone Player 069 | "Nice And Blue Pt. 2" | [39] |
2007 | Gilead Media 2007 Sampler | "January 1979" | [39] |
2007 | Friends With Microphones | "Torches Together" | [39] |
2007 | Tooth & Nail Records: The Ultimate Collection | "January 1979" | [39] |
2009 | Songs From The Penalty Box Vol. 6 | "Every Thought A Thought of You" | [39] |
2012 | Come As You Are: A 20th Anniversary Tribute To Nirvana's 'Nevermind' | "In Bloom" | [39] |
2012 | Topshelf Records 2014 Digital Sampler | "Fox's Dream of the Log Flume" | [39] |
2014 | Split with Circa Survive | "Rainbow Signs (Fa So La Version)" | [39][41] |
2016 | Big Scary Monsters Sampler CD | "Red Cow" | [39] |
2016 | Split with Say Anything | "Cleo's Ferry Cemetery" | [42] |
2019 | Let’s Just Do It And Be Legends | "Kristy w/ the Sparkling Teeth" | [43] |
Video
Year | Title | Track(s) | Ref. |
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2003 | This Is Solid State, Vol. 4 | "Bullet To Binary" | [39] |
2003 | The Nail: Tooth & Nail Video, Vol. 8 | "Bullet To Binary" | [39] |
2005 | The Nail: Tooth & Nail Video, Vol. 9 | "Disaster Tourism" and "January 1979" | [39] |
2005 | The Cornerstone Player 060 DVD | "January 1979" | [39] |
2006 | The Nail, Vol. 3 | "Paper Hanger" | [39] |
2007 | Dominate Vol. 1 | "Nice and Blue, Pt.2" | [39] |
Notes
- The genre of mewithoutYou has been described as post-hardcore,[1] emo,[2] indie rock,[3] and folk rock.[4] Additionally, due to the religious themes in some songs and four albums released on Tooth & Nail Records, mewithoutYou has been categorized as Christian rock or Christian punk, which the band denies.[1]
- Blood Enough For Us All was released the year before mewithoutYou officially began and there is some controversy over whether it counts as a release by the band. However, two of the people who played on the album are official members of the band and it was released under the name mewithoutYou.[7]
References
- Farah, Troy (June 24, 2015). "mewithoutYou Frontman's Sexuality Is an Open Book". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- Siese, April (February 29, 2020). "Growing up with MewithoutYou, the emo band bigger than the sum of its genre". Daily Dot. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- Brown, G. D. (January 16, 2020). "Tipping the Swear Jar: How mewithoutYou Used the F-bomb to say More Than the F-word". PopMatters. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- Ayers, Michael D. (April 29, 2009). "MewithoutYou Goes 'Crazy' Orchestral". Billboard. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- Flores Alvarez, Olivia (February 22, 2007). "The Gospel of mewithoutYou". Houston Press. Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- Fryberger, Scott (November 21, 2009). "There Is Hope For A Tree Cut Down". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- Bautts, Jonathan; Weiss, Michael (May 28, 2009). "mewithoutYou". bautts.me. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- Guida, Stephanie (January 25, 2017). "An Interview With mewithoutYou: I Never Said I Was Me Without You". The Aquarian. Archived from the original on November 28, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- Loren, Casey (September 26, 2002). "MewithoutYou A to B:Life". The Herald News. The Wichita Eagle. p. C12. Retrieved February 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Mewithoutyou Chart History: Top Christian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
- Shultz, Brian (September 29, 2006). "Brother, Sister". PunkNews. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- "Mewithoutyou Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
- Fryberger, Scott (May 16, 2009). "It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright". Jesus Freak Hideout. Archived from the original on August 12, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- Murdock, Sebastian (July 19, 2012). "Messes of mewithoutYou". Boulder Weekly. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- Zimmerman, Jeremy (March 17, 2015). "mewithoutYou signs to Run for Cover Records; watch a haunting Instagram teaser vid". WXPN. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- Gotrich, Lars (May 27, 2015). "Viking's Choice: mewithoutYou, 'D-Minor'". NPR. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- Nelson, Brad (October 15, 2018). "[Untitled]". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- Hall, Mariah (July 10, 2018). "Listen to mewithoutYou revisit their debut at the TLA in the new A–>B Live album, watch a trailer for its companion documentary". WXPN. Archived from the original on October 24, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- Minsker, Evan (October 21, 2019). "mewithoutYou Say 2020 Will Be Their Last Year 'As an Active Band'". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- Sacher, Andrew (March 25, 2022). "mewithoutYou announce farewell tour". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
- "Mewithoutyou Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
- "Albums coming up". The Des Moines Register. June 13, 2002. p. 2DB. Retrieved February 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- Regalado, Ansell (October 1, 2004). "Undefined, unique sound of mewithoutYou". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. p. 70. Retrieved February 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- Coombe, Tom (October 7, 2006). "mewithoutYou Brother, Sister". The Morning Call. p. D6. Retrieved February 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Brother, Sister". Bandcamp. mewithoutYou. Archived from the original on February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
- Peterson, Jan (August 20, 2009). "Without mewithoutYou". The Springfield News-Leader. p. Weekend 3. Retrieved February 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- Pederson, Tori (May 15, 2012). "Ten Stories". PunkNews. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- "What You'll Listen To". The Daily Times. May 13, 2012. p. D1. Retrieved February 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- Nelson, Brad (June 24, 2015). "Pale Horses". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- Hojsak, Sarah (August 17, 2018). "mewithoutYou surprise release a new EP and announce a full-length on the way this fall". WXPN. Archived from the original on May 16, 2019. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- "Other Stories". AllMusic. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- "East Enders Wives (Maxi Single)". Record Store Day. Archived from the original on July 28, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- "mewithoutYou release b-sides collection". Upset. June 22, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- "Daytrotter Session". Paste Magazine. July 17, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- "Watch mewithoutYou play five tracks from 'Pale Horses' in session". Upset. July 8, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- "Blood Enough For Us All". Jesus Freak Hideout. Archived from the original on August 12, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- Gallagher, Alex (October 21, 2019). "mewithoutYou Will Quit Being An "Active Band" Next Year". MusicFeeds. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
- "Videos". mewithoutYou. Archived from the original on January 29, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- "mewithoutYou". Jesus Freak Hideout. Archived from the original on August 12, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- "Punk the Clock, Vol. 2". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- "Circa Survive/mewithoutYou". Record Store Day. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- Mandel, Leah (April 22, 2016). "Say Anything And mewithoutYou Covered Each Other's Songs". Fader. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- "Big Scary Monsters Celebrate 250th Release with a Special 12 inch Picture Disc". DIY Mag. February 20, 2019. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
External links
- MewithoutYou discography discography at Discogs