Diario

Thu 18 Jun – mewithoutyou & The Dear Hunter

Lets start by saying I was so intensely excited for this show and I knew there was no way in hell I was going to miss it. The Dear Hunter and mewithoutYou were two of my favorite bands, and to get them under one roof with another pretty cool band then it was something I couldn't resist. Even after having the girl of my dreams ditch me the day we were supposed to go together I was still going, even if it was alone. And boy was I glad I still went.

The show started sometime around 7:30 - 8:00 with Bear Colony, they kicked it off with a swooning electronic-pop melody and while they weren't any where near as interesting or genre-bending as The Dear Hunter or mewithoutYou, they really gave everyone a begging taste of what was to come that night. They continued on with the only song I could recognize, their most played song here on last.fm, hospital rooms aren't for lovers which got even the people strictly there for mewithoutYou to get up and move about. …

do you ever have an album for a while and then a year or two later you're obsessed with one of the songs, even though it's completely after-the-fact?

my delayed reactions drive me crazy

if you're wondering which song(s) i'm talking about :

For Reverend Green (especially)
Styrofoam Plates
Timorous Me
In a Sweater Poorly Knit
In Lust You Can Hear the Axe Fall


those are the songs that have been dragging ass on my itunes as of right now
what is your list?

1. The Mars Volta
First Song: Son et Lumiere
Fell In Love With: Inertiatic ESP
Current Favorite: Cygnus... Vismund Cygnus

2. mewithoutYou
First Song: Torches Together
Fell In Love With: Paper Hanger
Current Favorite: In a Sweater Poorly Knit

3. Coheed and Cambria
First Song: A Favor House Atlantic
Fell In Love With: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
Current Favorite: Cuts Marked in the March of Men

4. Led Zeppelin
First Song: Immigrant Song
Fell In Love With: That's the Way
Current Favorite: Whole Lotta Love (live), from The Song Remains The Same

5. Four Year Strong
First Song: The Take Over
Fell In Love With: Prepare To Be Digitally Manipulated
Current Favorite: Heroes Get Remembered, Legends Never Die

6. Manchester Orchestra
First Song: the Procession
Fell In Love With: Slow To Learn
Current Favorite: Colly Strings

7. The Sound of Animals Fighting
First Song: Overture
Fell In Love With: Act I: Chasing Suns
Current Favorite: Skullflower

8. Brand New
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This is fun to do.

RULES:

1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write the title down no matter how silly it sounds!!!

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

If someone asks "Is this okay?" you say?
What If It's True-Lifesavas
That's right I answer a question with another question

What would best describe your personality?
Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck -Blood Brothers
Well at least I am complex

What do you like in a man?
Pony Up! -Minus the Bear
Haha that's right James, pony up.

How do you feel today?
Fat Lip -Sum 41
That is not really true I never feel like a fat lip.

What is your life's purpose?
Trouble -Coldplay
Gettin into trouble that is

What is your motto?
Anyone Can Play Guitar -Radiohead
...Hero!

What do your friends think of you?
In a Sweater Poorly Knit -Mewithoutyou
My clothes are ugly or I can't knit?

What do you think of your parents?
Wild Packs Of Family Dogs -Modest Mouse
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I was really into mewithoutYou's first album [A-->B] Life. But wasn't too much into Catch For Us The Foxes. I enjoyed Brother, Sisterwhen it first came out, but I didn't get into it as much as the first one.
For the past couple days though I've been really getting into the newest one. The lyrics I would defiantly claim to be poetry, something that isn't too common. I especially like the repetition of the lead singer, Aaron Weiss, assertion that he doesn't exist. The end of In a Sweater Poorly Knit has become almost a mantra to sing to myself.

Thu 22 Feb – Sparta, mewithoutYou, Aloha I only stayed for Aloha and mewithoutYou but still felt like I got my "money's worth." Aloha was on point as usual. I think they get sharper every time I see them. Missed their first song, but halfway through All The Wars I was freaking out. I think I lost my shirt when Cale started playing the cowbell. Was I the only one who wanted to jump up on stage and start playing along during the outro of their last song? Was I the only one who wanted to yell, "Yeah, you have time for like five more," when they asked if they had time for one? Please tell me.

mewithoutYou played a mediocre set. I mean, it is lent and all, but come on guys. The vocals were uncomfortable at best. Aaron's high moment was when he was singing with his shirt half covering his head. That fuzzy hat thing made me smile. It was nice to see the original line-up back on stage, but I have come to realize that the new bassist brings something the old guy just can't. …

In a Sweater Poorly Knit by mewithoutYou is the best song I heard in what feels like ages and ages. In too long. I listen to it over and over again in what has turned into days.