History Music / MeWithoutYou

Describing their genre is [[GenreBusting a difficult task]], even during their first few albums. They started out as PostHardcore with ''[A→B] Life'', with uniquely spoken vocals, and gradually shifted into more experimental territory with ''Catch for Us the Foxes'' and ''Brother, Sister'', the latter of which featured some [[FolkMusic Folk]] influences as well. Their fouth album, ''It's All Crazy!", was almost entirely Folk, while their next three worked to marry the two styles together. ''Life'' and ''Foxes'' feature standard rock instrumentation, ''Brother, Sister", ''It's All Crazy!'', and ''Ten Stories'' introduce more unusual instruments such as harp, accordion, and brass, and ''Pale Horses" and ''[Untitled]'' mostly return to guitar-drums-bass orthodoxy. It's also worth noting that although the band initially came to prominence within evangelical Christian circles, they do not consider themselves to be ChristianRock.

They're best known for their [[SpokenWordinMusic spoken word vocals]], introspective lyrics, and almost hookless instrumentation. Their songs often explore philosophical and spiritual themes, or view personal circumstances through a spiritual lens; [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] to literature and [[AsTheGoodBookSays scripture]] as well as quotes from spiritual teachers are ubiquitous throughout their body of work. AnimalMotifs are also very common.

Describing their genre is [[GenreBusting a difficult task]], even during their first few albums. They started out as PostHardcore with ''[A→B] Life'', with uniquely spoken vocals, and gradually shifted into more experimental territory with ''Catch for Us the Foxes'' and ''Brother, Sister'', the latter of which featured some [[FolkMusic Folk]] influences as well. Their fouth album, ''It's All Crazy!", was almost entirely Folk, while their next three worked to marry the two styles together. Although the band initially came to prominence within evangelical Christian circles, they do not consider themselves to be ChristianRock.

** "Bullet to Binary (Pt. Two)" starts as a fast-paced Folk Rock song but then transitions into a slower, repetitive worship song with significantly softer instrumentation.
** "Lilac Queen" begins soft with little instrumentation with almost whispered vocals before transitioning midway into a heavy, dramatic rock piece with louder vocals, harder guitar, and a fast-paced drumbeat.

* OneWordTitle: "Flamethrower", "Gentlemen", "Silencer", "Leaf", "Carousels", "C-Minor", "D-Minor", "Dorothy", "Fairfield"

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Pale Horses'' is this to ''Ten Stories'', and to their entire discography as a whole. Not only is the tone significantly grimmer due to its apocalyptic motif and a healthy dose of RealitySubtext, it pushes the envelope in terms of content with some tracks. Fittingly, the album cover is colorless and the instrumentation for the tracks is composed purely of guitar, bass, and drums when every album post-''Foxes'' had included nonstandard instruments.

** In "Seven Sisters": "Please '''Catch for Us the Foxes''', in the vineyard, the little foxes".

* CrossReferencedTitles: From ''Brother, Sister'', the song titles "In a Market Dimly Lit" and "In a Sweater Poorly Knit" rhyme.

** The crisis in "Birnam Wood" is less of "Is there a God? and more "Is God good?"