"The band consists of vocalist Aaron Weiss, guitarists Michael Weiss and Christopher Kleinberg, bassist Greg Jehanian and drummer Richard Mazzotta. Though their sound is hard to classify accurately, mewithoutYou's music is generally dominated by Aaron, who, rather than singing, talks in dramatic, varied tones and pitches. The band usually strays from typical song structures, featuring effects-laden guitar, a very prominent and distorted bass tone and bombastic rhythms, resulting in a rather experimental style. In their most recent album, Brother, Sister, the band incorporates more varied instrumentation including various percussion instruments, accordion, and harp.
Brother, Sister is third and most recent album by indie rock band mewithoutYou and was released on September 26, 2006 through Tooth & Nail Records. It is also known by the title Brother Sun, Sister Moon based on a canticle written by St. Francis of Assisi. Indeed, the album art has drawings of a sun and moon in the title, and one song is entitled "the Sun and the Moon." The sun and the moon are also said to represent the Christian and Hindu faiths as many of the lyrics from the song "the Sun and the Moon" are drawn from the Bhagavad Gita, a Hindu scripture. The album sees the band expanding on the more atmospheric elements of the previous release Catch for Us the Foxes, without entirely abandoning the post-hardcore roots of their debut. Brother, Sister features many guest vocal and instrumental appearances (which included members from Anathallo and the Psalters), where previous albums had very few or none at all." ~Wikipedia
1. "Messes of Men" – 3:52
2. "The Dryness and the Rain" (guest vocals by Jeremy Enigk) – 2:57
3. "Wolf Am I! (and Shadow)" – 2:36
4. "Yellow Spider" – 1:10
5. "A Glass Can Only Spill What It Contains" – 3:45
6. "Nice and Blue (Part Two)" – 3:43
7. "The Sun and the Moon" – 5:15
8. "Orange Spider" – 1:10
9. "C-Minor" – 3:21
10. "In a Market Dimly Lit" – 4:27
11. "O, Porcupine" (guest vocals by Jeremy Enigk) – 4:31
12. "Brownish Spider" – 1:19
13. "In a Sweater Poorly Knit" – 5:26
