Listen to the New Song "D-Minor"

Our boy, Aaron Weiss, has been known to revisit his own lyrics and themes from time to time, re-working those old ideas into new songs, creating sequels and, on one occasion, a prequel. This device (admittedly stolen from Neutral Milk Hotel) has become a fan-favorite, and the motif continues on Pale Horses with "D-Minor," the sequel to the Brother, Sister track "C-Minor." In "D-Minor" Aaron once again explores how his sexuality and beliefs are intertwined, this time trying to reconcile his monastic ideals and disillusioned romanticism with his new marriage.

Lyrics to D-Minor

A borrowed fern w/ a cigarette burn & a pawn shop ring in her hand

at the Idaho courts to affirm our divorce before the marriage began

in a celery boat singing triangle notes to a horn from the military band,

the spectreworks c/o Pepper & Dircks’ Bargain Ghost and Haunted Man

We awkwardly shielded the curious eyes of innocent pines from the forest floor

From the frying pan of a celibate man to the fires of the premature

who could ask for nothing more?

we’re a unshrunk patch on a tear of the edge (x2)

we’re a campaign badge, the short-lived match

of an unshrunk patch and the bellows’ edge

on the iron lungs of our language



A by-now acquired fern with a cigarette burn

in a basket with a (rectangle) note on the bedroom floor:

They repaired my fence, those bastards,

I can’t go back home no more save a roundabout way

unto each day is sufficient misfortune thereof

with which to spend in proportion to your modest pay

while shopping around for a word like ‘love.’

--With obedient trust as a babe in the womb,

impeccably chaste as a priest in the tomb

with a Deadwood map and a dynamite hat

I’ll come back to Idaho soon,

harmless as a Danish cartoon





This is not the first time

[capitalized, 3-lettered sound] has died

Pale Horses is in stores and online 6-16. Pre-orders are available now.

Also don't miss mewithoutYou on tour this Summer.

Foxing and Lithuania opening

Thu/Jun-11 Chicago, IL @ Abbey Pub

Fri/Jun-12 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club

Sat/Jun-13 Iowa City, IA @ Gabe's Oasis

Sun/Jun-14 Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room

Tue/Jun-16 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre

Wed/Jun-17 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge

Thu/Jun-18 Boise, ID @ Neurolux

Fri/Jun-19 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile

Sat/Jun-20 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre

Tue/Jun-23 Fresno, CA @ Strummers

Wed/Jun-24 Sacramento, CA @ The Boardwalk

Thu/Jun-25 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent

Fri/Jun-26 Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy

Sat/Jun-27 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar

Sun/Jun-28 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom

Tue/Jun-30 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada

Wed/Jul-01 Austin, TX @ Red 7

Thu/Jul-02 Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald's Upstairs



Foxing and Field Mouse opening

Sat/Jul-04 St. Petersburg, FL @ The Local 662

Sun/Jul-05 Orlando, FL @ The Social

Mon/Jul-06 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade - Hell*

Tue/Jul-07 Birmingham, AL @ The Saturn

Wed/Jul-08 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge

Fri/Jul-10 Tulsa, OK @ The Vanguard

Sat/Jul-11 St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway

Sun/Jul-12 Traverse City @ Common Ground Music Festival

Tue/Jul-14 Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theatre

Wed/Jul-15 Covington, KY @ Southgate House Revival

Thu/Jul-16 Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel

Fri/Jul-17 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

Sat/Jul-18 Boston, MA @ The Sinclair

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