Album
It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright
2009 · Rock
6 collectors on Gatefold own this
It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright is an Alt/Indie album by mewithoutYou, originally released in 2009. On Gatefold: 19 pressings tracked, owned by 6 collectors.
About
The ungainly title of Me Without You’s 2009 album hints at the eccentricities its tracks contain. Those with a taste for alt-folk fables will find this project the most satisfying release since Joanna Newsom’s <i>Ys</i>. But there’s much more going on here than song-stories about birds, insects and vegetables. Band leader/vocalist Aaron Weiss grapples with big questions of faith and mortality, presenting them in the form of whimsical parables (“The Fox, the Crow and the Cookie,” “The King Beetle On a Coconut Estate”), fervent prayers (“Every Thought a Thought of You”), creepy gospel ballads (“The Angel of Death Came to David’s Room”), and strange travelogs (“Fig With a Bellyache,” ”Cattail Down”). The musical settings are equally exotic, matching quirky acoustic instrumentation with ’60-style brass and background choirs. (The faux-childlike touch of co-producer Daniel Smith can be discerned in all of this.) Beneath its summer camp sing-along ambiance, <i>It’s All Crazy…</i> is a substantial, even profound work that isn’t afraid to amuse, disturb, and enlighten, sometimes at all once.
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Tracklist
- 1Every Thought a Thought of You3:31
- 2The Fox, The Crow and the Cookie3:30
- 3The Angel of Death Came to David's Room3:53
- 4Goodbye, I!3:49
- 5A Stick, A Carrot & String3:06
- 6Bullet to Binary, Pt. Two5:12
- 7Timothy Hay3:37
- 8Fig With a Bellyache3:30
- 9Cattail Down3:46
- 10The King Beetle On a Coconut Estate6:01
- 11Allah, Allah, Allah4:54
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- raw
- whimsical
- poetic
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
— Lyrical References:
Tracks 2 & 10 and album title inspired by stories told by M.R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral., my love you).
Track 3 based on folk tradition of King David (A.S.) and some Hebrew Bible.
Our favorite lyric on track 4, "Those who know don't talk, those who talk don't know," from Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching.
End of track 5 adapted from the New Testament, Christ (A.S.) in Gethsemene.
Opening line of track 6 (along with MANY words from older songs) taken from Coleman Barks' translations of R
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Aaron Weiss
- Daniel SmithBACKING VOCALS
- Eliza Hardy JonesBACKING VOCALS
- Greg Jehanian
- Jeremy DenmanTRUMPET TRUMPET, FLUGELHORN
- Jie JinCELLO
- Joshua StamperARRANGED BY ARRANGED BY , WRITTEN-BY , CONDUCTOR CONDUCTOR
- mewithoutYouWRITTEN-BY, PERFORMER
- Michael CemprolaBASS TROMBONE CLARINET FLUTE
- Michael KileyBACKING VOCALS
- Mike KileyBACKING VOCALS
- Mike Weiss
- Paul ArbogastBASS TROMBONE TROMBONE TROMBONE, BASS TROMBONE, TUBA
- PsaltersBACKING VOCALS BOUZOUKI, PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
- Richard Mazzotta
- Ruotao MaoVIOLIN
- Timbre CierpkeHARP
6 collectors on Gatefold own this · 19 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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