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 Review by: Brian See others by this writer ![[staff]](/images/icons/staffsticker.gif){kind=icon}
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Published on September 29th 2006
A serious difference occurs between Christian bands and bands composed of Christians. Enough lyrical themes inhabit mewithoutYou's Brother, Sister to suggest the act falls into the former of these groups, as does their history and association with the Tooth & Nail label (who themselves have denied strictly Christian ties while signing a number of arguably Christian-oriented acts). In punk rock, this creates a most disconcerting clashing of conflicts -- we saw it this past summer among the divisive Warped Tour lineup, notably between NOFX's Fat Mike and Tooth & Nail's own, Underoath.
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this is one of the first albums I've ever said is truly perfect this record is gorgeous. absolutely gorgeous. shit forgot the score i fuckin love this band... to the below poster. "fuck this band. its all about joan of arc. and before you get story from shit local paper, how about talking to nate himself. then youll hear how fucked this so called christian band is. oh and how all the fans for this band are christian, homophobic, nazis. eat it. long live joan of arc!!!" -to the below poster to the below poster - wow, you've just said the same thing, everyone else said. so why bother. fuck this band. its all about joan of arc. and before you get story from shit local paper, how about talking to nate himself. then youll hear how fucked this so called christian band is. oh and how all the fans for this band are christian, homophobic, nazis. eat it. long live joan of arc!!! I've been following this band since before they were on Tooth and Nail (the I Never Said I was Brave EP) and although I confess CFUTFs was not my cup of tea, it just seemed like they didn't know where they wanted to go musically. Now they do. And this is the product. The guest vocals by Jeremy, and percussion by the Psalters, was just the icing on the cake for me. "they refused to play for fans unless some of the idiots in the crowd offered testimony on nate. they are not friends and tim often mocks mewithoutyou during shows. the only reason they played together is because a member in this shit band liked joan of arc and asked them to play. tim did , just to mock the christians and try to push the limits. 90% of the shit fans started calling tim "gay" and "sinner". now thats funny. stupid christians." O and I love gay people. Nothing wrong with homosexualism. I like mewithoutYou and joan of arc/make believe. I care about the music not what happened at a show. People make mistakes. So whatever happened, happened. Make love to the present, fuck the past! i am going to pick this up, hav enot heard it yet. the score is for this nazi homophobic band. joan of arc is alive and well. thank god.....hahahaha its the fans , idiot....the fans reek of bullshit. long live joan of arc joan of arc, whos the fool.....hahahahahaha. listen to make believe now! Allure all those posts were made by the same person, hes not fooling anyone to the comment below: whats their "dangerous ideology"- don't kill or steal and take care of your fellow man. Anyone who attacks anti-Christians on this site for supposedly being closed-minded should pick up Richard Dawkins' newest book, "The God Delusion," and read the "Why so hostile?" chapter. Nazis may be entitled to their opinions, but I'm also entitled to the intense desire to stomp their dangerous ideas into the dust. So I am also entitled to do to Christians, whose ideology is demonstrably more dangerous and insidious. "they refused to play for fans unless some of the idiots in the crowd offered testimony on nate. they are not friends and tim often mocks mewithoutyou during shows. the only reason they played together is because a member in this shit band liked joan of arc and asked them to play. tim did , just to mock the christians and try to push the limits. 90% of the shit fans started calling tim "gay" and "sinner". now thats funny. stupid christians." fuck this band. listen joan of arc! id piss on these guys also. joan of arc. all hail the mighty joan of fucking arc. nate is my bro, but i hear he is not down w/ that jesus guy. one more time but not the last.....joan of arc, joan of arc, joan of arc. mewithoutjesus. joan of fucking arc id like to baptize these guys w/ the sweat from my balls. hahahahaha. 666 motherfuckers 666. hail make beleive. into the flames w/ joan of arc the new ap states that make believe is at battle w/ evryone. my moneys on tim. let the shit bands start falling. lets start w/ this fake christian homophobic band. kill them dead. hail satan! id be pissed if i was in this band and checked this review. you might as well take it down and put up a review for make believes "of course". if i was part of the joan of arc family id laugh my ass off when i saw this. every post is about make believe. every post. except for the jesus dudes preaching about sin. score is for make believe and joan of arc. they refused to play for fans unless some of the idiots in the crowd offered testimony on nate. they are not friends and tim often mocks mewithoutyou during shows. the only reason they played together is because a member in this shit band liked joan of arc and asked them to play. tim did , just to mock the christians and try to push the limits. 90% of the shit fans started calling tim "gay" and "sinner". now thats funny. stupid christians. i can't get past this bands name. I don't know what the big deal is with that dude and the whole Joan of Arc/Make Believe deal. I'm under the understanding that mewithoutYou and Make Believe are buds. Make Believe does rule. I never heard Tim offer to battle these losers, but I did hear a podcast where he offered to battle everyone at Pitchfork. how dare you mention fugazi in this shit review. off w/ your head. make believe is all that counts. this band is shit. id like to have each band member arrested for being an idiot. the blind leading the blind. make believe. hahahahaha actually tim offered to fight any one from the band and all of the shit fans.hahahahaha make believe will kick your as. hahahahahaha ""Get over yourself thinking your important enough to get preached at... because you aren't." id like to get real sweaty and ring my underwear out on the heads of this band and all of the stupid fans. id go to jail for 3 months just to do it. long live nate kinsellas, just for having the balls(and sweat) to accomplish this evil task. fuck this shit band. long live joan of arc. long live make believe. this band is homophobic and i hear they love jesus. what faggots id like to beat the shit out of the drummer. be real and buy the new make believe. this band eats poop instead listen to make believe and be a real fan of good music. fuck these guys, and the reviewer. this band is a waste. a waste of life. fuck them you cant be punk and christian. are you a moron? thats like being a filthy pig and eating bacon all day. fuck this shit band and lets just hope they fail at everything the ever do. i know, maybe a crash on the wayto the next bible study. fuck fat asshole mike while im at it. hahahaha fuck this shit band. its all about the joan of fucking arc. long live make believe. this ones for you nate kinsellas. fuck this fake ass , shit eating, band of christian brothers. hahahahaha "Get over yourself thinking your important enough to get preached at... because you aren't." "Get over yourself thinking your important enough to get preached at... because you aren't." Aaron comes from Jewish and I believe Islamic background from his mother and father, which is what i really think makes his lyrics so different from other "christian" bands lyrics. im not religious at all, but I can respect the gift that he has for writing, and I also find him to be one of the top lyricists presently because of his imagery and just attention to detail. heres my thing, christianity are founded on the basic principles of humanity something everyone, whether you believe in god or not, should follow such as "thou shall not kill". "rules" that EVERY decent human being abides by so why would someone be hated for that? cause they choose to believe these rules come from a higher power rather than ones own conciousness? yeah I know that there are christians out there doing things in the name of "christianity" that are just plain wrong, but hey there are muslims out there doing things in the name of "islam" that are just as bad, and people doing things in the name of the law, that are fucking illegal. I guess people forget this very important aspect of humanity (that God, allah, buddha or our concsious) gave us, its called "free will" the ability to do what you want regardless of its right or wrongness. for all those out there that claim to hate "religion" because it breeds hate or intolerance let me remind you that race, culture, class, and just about every other thing in the world does the same damn thing. what it really is, is just plain old ignorance and intolerance. why do punks hate hippies? i just want to know. love the music, not a huge fan of the "singing". but what i don't understand is how most people on this site can complain about christian bands "preaching" their beliefs or singing about them or whatever. don't most punk bands "preach" what they believe as well? i'm not saying they're right, i'm not saying any band's lyrics are really right. they're opinions. beliefs. if you were a lyricist who believed strongly in something, wouldn't it come out naturally in your music? there are so many kinds of punk bands nowadays... you don't have to be an anarchist, a capitalist, a communist, a christian, etc. you can believe and sing about what you want... i'm sorry, but i thought that's what punk rock was all about... car real big Bravo!! It is about time this band was recognized as what they are... STELLAR! I found it quite ironic that the new cursive album, which is the most "preachy" album I have ever heard, was so highly applauded. Where as I found this disc to be rather trite and uninspired, atleast lyrically ( In comparison to their past endeavours this CD was a definite step backwars and this is coming from a die hard cursive fan). When the last MeWithoutYou disc and even the latest Thrice CD were reviews they were both hammered from the "punks" out there as being "preachy" christianity. I half expected MeWithoutYou to be curcified (pun not intended) in this latest record. Thank you punknews for giving an honest and unbiased review! Thank you responders for giving honest opinions about this album (for the most part)! This record and band is truly something special, and to miss it because of your own stubborn biases is a shame. Thank you again for proving wrong my worst expectations of this site and this scene. I absolutely love this album. free in-store performance in richmond at 7 PM sharp. dont miss it. "yeah. i am sick of this fucking band's christian lyrics. find something else to write about! it's getting old. it sucks, becuase if they weren't trying to brainwash me into joining their bullshit religion, i would probably enjoy this band." This record is awesome. It's my favorite record this year. It's amazing how penetrating it was when I first listened to it. Start at Diary, anoymous. I think you should start by listening to their music first. i want to get into sunny day real estate, where should i start? this band is playing a free show tonight in my town, i might go. this is not multiple albums. that's what i get for pointing out someone elses typo. i stink. This album is incredible. I don't know what is up with the dude who says "fuck this band" but then talks about "joan of fuckin ark" Joan of ARK?! Have the Bible on the mind, buddy? This band can write some pretty good music, but the lead singer's voice just kills it for me. I really, really like this band. here we go with the huge posts and preachy garbage. This CD is good, its nothing like old mwY. I really enjoy it, but I can see why alot of fans wont. i generally do not like christian bands but this one has defied the odds for me, at least in [a] to [b] life. the last album was a trainwreck of badness... we'll see about this one. Frodus were a 'christian' band ladies and gents....and Frodus fucking slayed. This is an amazing band. Punknews.org Recommends ! yeah. i am sick of this fucking band's christian lyrics. find something else to write about! it's getting old. it sucks, becuase if they weren't trying to brainwash me into joining their bullshit religion, i would probably enjoy this band. I wish people would stop adding the Christian label to this band. It doesn't get in the way of their music and really, there's christian references everywhere in art. Easily in my Top 10. "In A Sweater Poorly Knit" is worth the price of the album alone. i used to think Christian bads (bands that pigeon hole themselves in the christian rock genre, not bands with christians) had bad lyrics that were all the same and uninspired (ironically enough)..... www.talkingisntsinging.com Where do you get the info that Tooth And Nail denies strictly Christian ties? I'm not saying, it's wrong, but it would be interesting to know if they've changed. When the label started, it was a strictly Christian label, and they've changed album art before to fit Christian Family stores standards (Zao, Craig's Brother). I've even heard rumor that at least one member of the band need be Christian in order to be signed. I can probably even dig out my old copy of their first five years CD boxed set, where I'm pretty sure the booklet talks about how Ebel started the label to provide a home to bands he saw getting ignored because they were Christian. fuck this shit band. long live joan of fucking ark. this one again is for you nate"make believe" kinsellas. fuck this shit band. fuck them.fuck them,fuck them. oh yeah....fuck the fans also. hahahahah. i didn't even know they had a new album coming out. now i'm very excited. they are one of the few "christian" bands i will listen to, and i myself am a christian. i have no problem with those band doing what they do, i just personally don't want to listen to it. but it is different with this band. they don't come off to me as trying to throw it in someones face. the lyrics are very poetic. this review explained it well. so i'll leave it at that. where the fuck is the new briggs review? WHERE"S THE LUCERO/SAOSIN REVIEWS??????/ |
