mewithoutYou - It’s All Crazy! It’s all False! It’s All A Dream! Its Alright - 2009

I picked this band because Hayley Williams & Paramore are obsessed with them. I needed to find out why. I picked this album because the album title / art looked the most interesting.

There’s one Paramore song that the lead singer of this band is featured in and that song is kind of intimidating, so I was expecting this slight aggressive screamo sound.

I was wrong.

First off, all the songs were written in third person. It kind of made me think that some music is non-fiction and some are fiction. This felt like a fiction album. That’s the first thing I noticed.

They had a much softer, rhythmic, rock sound. There was a lot of variety in each song, and some standout instrumentals that I really appreciated. There’s a part in "Goodbye, I!” where the vocals drop, the guitar and drums continue through the bridge and then pick up tempo as the vocals start up again. That kind of stuff was sprinkled throughout the album which made it fun to listen for.

Going back to the fiction/non fiction thing… I think another bit that adds to this is because the leader singer isn’t quite singing, he’s sort of talking but not quite rapping. But it’s not monotone. You can hear the effort as he brings in different emotion into different songs. So interesting and rouge and odd.

I think I missed the general concept on this album, but I’ll blame that mostly on me for needing to play catch up on this challenge lol.

I might have to dive into their greatest hits to decide if I actually like it. I just did a quick read about them on their bios and websites. Sounds like all their albums/ music changes as time goes on because they’re more a experimental band. Cool. I guess its nice to know there are bands out there willing to shift their song, develop a new tone for all the music they put out there.