To bid mewithoutYou a fond farewell as the band reaches its final shows, members of the Foxes in the Vineyard Facebook fan group got together across the miles to perform one of their most potent and beloved songs. It's a driving, anthemic piece that creates an indescribable atmosphere of collective catharsis at their live shows-an open-hearted, compassionate energy I hope all of us whose lives have been touched by this band will, in their absence, endeavor to carry with us and cultivate in new spaces of community.
Words fail to sufficiently convey my relationship with mewithoutYou's music, and I could feebly gesture my way through specific illustrations-the way It’s All Crazy! It’s All False! It’s All a Dream! It’s Alright found me at just the right moment to serve as a constant companion through novice explorations of ego dissolution and radical love; or how Ten Stories still rings bittersweet in my mind as an aural landmark of life before and after Hurricane Sandy devastated my "tattered rag shop" New Jersey hometown-but instead, I will just say that the care, craft, and honesty the band has always generously shared is something truly rare. What a marvelous gift to behold and be held by.
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Huge thanks to the Foxes in the Vineyard Virtual Band for being amazing collaborators! If you liked what you heard, here's where you can listen to more:
Nathaniel FitzGerald [electric guitar, vocals]:
www.weareSPACESHIPS.bandcamp.com
Sydnee Albertson [saw]:
/ perfectsuitband
Jesse Appel [harp, drums]:
www.littlearcana.bandcamp.com
Kyle Coplen [drums, accordion]:
bit.ly/3CcMmn0
Jordan Doyle [bass]:
www.gafferproject.bandcamp.com/
18 авг 2022
