new music

Previously:

Eisley :: Room Noises :: 7/10

Armor for Sleep :: Dream to Make Believe :: 6/10

Bright Eyes :: Cassadaga :: 4/10

The Almost :: Southern Weather :: 9/10

Bedouin Soundclash :: Sounding a Mosaic :: 8/10

Cursive :: The Ugly Organ :: 5/10

Sara Bareilles :: Little Voice :: 6/10

Catch 22 :: Keasbey Nights :: 6/10

Paramore :: Riot! :: 8/10

The Ataris :: So Long, Astoria :: 7/10

Mae :: Singularity :: 8.5/10

Brand New :: The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me :: 5/10

Kevin Devine :: Put Your Ghost to Rest :: 8/10

The Format :: Dog Problems / Invitations and Lullabies :: 7/10

Artist:  mewithoutyou

Album:  Brother, Sister

iTunes Genre:  Gospel & Religious

My Rating:  9.5/10   (nothing's perfect)

Thoughts:  Suspicion confirmed.  I love mewithoutyou.  I saw them in concert at Purple Door a few years ago, and was hooked.  Now I've finally gotten to listen to some of their music.  The poetry is outstanding, and music inventive, moving.  I love the way this album seems itself to be a work of art.  There are threads that run through the whole work, from Yellow Spider/Orange Spider/Brownish Spider to the thought that "I do not exist" which spans from the first song to the last.  Really good art, really good music.

Best Track:  A Glass Can Only Spill What It Contains

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