The experimental rock group from Philadelphia, digitally released an EP (untitled) Friday and announced a new album (Untitled) scheduled for release on October 5th, via Run For Cover Records. Prior to these announcements, mewithoutYou, released the new track, “Julia, (or, ‘Holy to the LORD’ on the Bells of Horses)” on Monday. Listen to the new track below.

Since the Weiss brothers started the band in 2001, mewithoutYou have released six full-length albums and several EPs. Not wanting to restrict themselves to the confines of one genre, the band prefers to merge styles creating a unique progressive sound. It’s this approach that shaped the new album (Untitled) and its accompanying EP (untitled).

“It’s a perennial question within the band of how far to push out into the unknown,” says vocalist Aaron Weiss. “Of course, it’s nice to do something new, but to what extent, and to what end?”

While Aaron worked from his makeshift studio in his new home of Idaho, guitarists Mike Weiss and Brandon Beaver stockpiled ideas from their homes in Philadelphia. It was this distance allowing, members to write freely and Aaron’s self-examination, that provided an abundance of material to create the two new releases.

The new songs are more a reflection of Weiss’ lived experiences than previous works. He describes his attempts to “go into greater depths of whatever I am and face what’s there-however petty, incoherent or humiliating- and emerge with some reason for hope, a reason for joy regardless.” Both new releases are an expansive collection of poetic lyricism backed by intricate guitar melodies.

(untitled) e.p. track list

1. Bethlehem, WV
2. Winter Solstice (alt. version)
3. Dirty Air
4. Cities of the Plain
5. Existential Dread, Six Hours’ Time
6. August 6th
7. Kristy w/Sparkling Teeth

(Untitled) track list

1. 9:27a.m., 7/29
2. Julia (or, “Holy to the LORD’ on the Bells of Horses)
3. Another Head for Hydra
4. (dormouse sighs)
5. Winter Solstice
6. Flee, Thou Matadors!
7. Tortoises All the Way Down
8. 2,459 Miles
9. Wendy & Betsy
10. New Wine, New Skins
11. Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore
12. Break on Through (to the Other Side) pt. Two

Presale tickets are available here for mewithoutYou live at the dates listed below and find presale details for (Untitled) here.

mewithoutYou 2018 tour dates

10/3 Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere
10/4 Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
10/5 Pawtucket, RI @ The Met
10/6 Ottawa, ON @ Babylon
10/7 Toronto, ON 2 The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
10/8 Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
10/9 Columbus, OH @ Skully’s
10/10 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small’s
10/31 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme
11/1 St Paul, MN @ Turf Club
11/3 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
11/4 Salt Lake City @ Metro Music Hall
11/6 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
11/7 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
11/10 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Shop
11/12 Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
11/13 Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom
11/15 Austin, TX @ Mohawk
11/16 Dallas, TX @ The Curtain Club
11/17 Memphis, TN @ HI-Tone Café
11/19 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
11/28 Akron, OH @ Musica
11/29 Indianapolis, IN @ The HiFi
11/30 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
12/1 Lexington, KY @ The Burl
12/2 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Hell)
12/4 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
12/5 Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of the Living Arts