Trivia / mewithoutYou

• Creator Breakdown:
  • From the beginning [A→B] Life, and to a lesser extent Catch for Us the Foxes were largely based on a failed relationship in frontman Aaron Weiss's life
  • ''Pale Horses'' was significantly influenced by the death of Aaron's father - as a result it carries heavy overtones of grief, nostalgia, and existential anxiety as well as an album-spanning apocalyptic Motif. Additionally, Greg Jehanian recalled that during the recording, there was some "interpersonal conflict" going on as well.
• Creator Recovery: Pale Horses was also influenced by Aaron's own marriage, which, while contributing to some angst in its own right (see D-Minor), also gives some of its tracks a unique sense of emotional development, maturity, and closure compared to their previous works.
• He Also Did: Greg has a musical side project of his own known as Geology which released its first album in 2009 and which has continued releasing music since the band's dissolution.
• Manual Misprint: The lyric booklets that come with their discs and records sometimes don't match what is actually sung. It isn't entirely clear whether this was intentional, or just the result of previously written or alternate lyrics making it into the final draft.
  • In "Carousels", "And Bonner's Fair always came through" is sung, while "And St. Cyril's Fair always came through" is what's written in the booklet.
  • From "Fox's Dream of the Log Flume": "And tied my word-ropes to anchor bends" is written as "And tied my thought-ropes to anchor bends".
  • From "Nine Stories": "Laid down our guns where the soldierfish swam" is written as "I laid down my guns where the soldierfish swam".
  • From "Bear’s Vision of St. Agnes": “Our wooden sculpture hands" is sung but is written as "Bear and Fox held hands".
  • In "Birnam Wood", the lyric sung sounds like "Were sorrows measured by your worth, our grief would have no end", but is written in the lyrics booklet as "Your sorrows measured by his worth, for then it hath no end".
• Milestone Celebration: [A→B] Live was released for the fifteenth anniversary of [A→B] Life, the band's first LP.
• The Pete Best: Ray Taddeo and Daniel Pishock's roles as bassists were eventually filled in by Greg Jehanian, who happens to be one of the more well-known members due to being frequently interviewed.
• Reality Subtext: The spoken and sometimes shouted vocals that were a hallmark of their early music were utilized for one simple reason: Aaron hadn't taken vocal lessons yet. It's All Crazy! features him singing for the most part because, well, he'd actually learned how to sing.
• Similarly Named Works:
  • Brother, Sister is named almost identically to an album by The Brand New Heavies.
  • Pale Horses is named identically to a song by Moby from his ninth studio album Wait for Me.
• Throw It In!: According to manager Mike Almquist, the muffled laughter in "Orange Spider" is Aaron upon hearing different background vocals with "ridiculously inappropriate" alternate lyrics that were slipped into the playback when recording first began.
• Write What You Know: "Torches Together" was likely influenced by Aaron's time spent in Christian communes such as Bruderhof.

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