Not since hearing about the Deftones in '98 have I been so excited about a band. I got a call in '05 from my roommate when he was in Florida and he told me to check out this song called 'Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt' by mewithoutYou. At first listen, I noticed right away the soft vocal harmonies accompanying the bass line and the guitars adding that extra emotion to the drums that bring in the mood progression to the song. The band brings in the perfect climax where Aaron Weiss takes control of the song with his powerful spoken words. All the instruments there after add just the right emotion to make this song brilliant. I chose Disaster Tourism as the song to put on the Volume 6 because I love how the guitars start the song off and Aaron's lyrical approach.
Found this on Wikipedia about mewithoutYou:
mewithoutYou is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based Christian experimental rock band. The band consists of vocalist Aaron Weiss, guitarist Michael Weiss, bassist Greg Jehanian and drummer Rickie Mazzotta. mewithoutYou's music is generally dominated by spoken-word vocals and free-ranging drums, bass, and guitar. In their most recent album, Brother, Sister, the band incorporates more varied instrumentation including percussion instruments, accordion, and harp. Aaron Weiss writes lyrics about issues such as unity or division in the church, suicide, money, war and love. They tour in a 40 foot 1976 MC8 Charter bus that runs on vegetable oil. [1]
The band was originally conceived as a side project. The Weiss brothers and Kleinberg were playing together in another band called The Operation (who released one album, 2001's There Is Hope for a Tree Cut Down, on Takehold Records), but Aaron wanted to start another band to experiment with new sounds. After picking up Rick Mazzotta on drums and Ray Tadeo on bass, Kleinberg and the Weiss brothers released their first EP (I Never Said That I Was Brave) in 2001 and shortly thereafter signed to Tooth & Nail Records after a show atCornerstone Festival the same year. Around this time Tadeo had moved on, Daniel Pishock picked up as the bass player, and The Operation disbanded soon afterward. mewithoutYou's debut full-length album, [A→B] Life, was released in 2002. The band garnered more attention for their second release, 2004's Catch for Us the Foxes, which was produced by Brad Wood(Smashing Pumpkins, Fire Theft). In December of 2004 Pishock had made a decision to retire as the bassist for the band and former Operation frontman, Greg Jehanian, was selected to replace him. In 2005, mewithoutYou won mtvU's "Left Field" award for most original artist. Their third album, Brother, Sister, again produced by Wood, was released on September 26, 2006. In late 2007, guitarist Christopher Kleinberg left the band, to pursue a career in medicine, however, he is still supporting the band with their summer 2008 tour, since school is not in session. He is currently working on becoming a Doctor. mewithoutYou posted a blog on their myspace page on Saturday, May 17, 2008 about them booking studio time to record the follow-up to Brother, Sister.
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