Pale Horses (album)

Pale Horses
Studio album by MewithoutYou
Released June 16, 2015
Genre Indie rock,[1] post-hardcore,[1][2] art rock[2]
Length 39:23
Label Run for Cover, Big Scary Monsters, Cooking Vinyl[3]
Producer Will Yip
MewithoutYou chronology
Ten Stories
(2012)		 Pale Horses
(2015)

Pale Horses is the sixth full-length studio album by American indie rock band mewithoutYou. The record was produced by Will Yip.

On June 10, 2015, the record became available for streaming on Vice's Noisey website.[4]

The artwork was painted in 1978 by longtime collaborator Vasily Kafanov, who also painted the artwork for the band's previous five albums.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Alternative Press[6]
Pitchfork7.2/10[7]
Sputnikmusic4.0[8]
Under the Gun Review9.5/10[9]
Consequence of SoundC+[1]

Track listing

Music by mewithoutYou, lyrics by Aaron Weiss.

No.TitleLength
1."Pale Horse"  2:26
2."Watermelon Ascot"  3:09
3."D-Minor"  3:20
4."Mexican War Streets"  3:35
5."Red Cow"  4:03
6."Dorothy"  1:40
7."Blue Hen"  3:05
8."Lilac Queen"  3:58
9."Magic Lantern Days"  3:52
10."Birnam Wood"  4:18
11."Rainbow Signs"  6:04
UK/EU bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Chapelcross Towns"  2:11
Pale Horses: Appendix
No.TitleLength
12."Hebrew Children"  1:59
13."Werewolf King (Demo)"  3:19
14."Chapelcross Towns"  2:58
15."Chernobyl, 1985"  4:21
16."Mexican War Streets (Revisited)"  3:34
17."Blue Hen (Geology Version)"  3:12
18."Fairfield"  2:15
19."Red Cow (Golden Calf Version)"  3:28

Weekly charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[10] 62
US Billboard Alternative[11] 10

References

  1. 1 2 3 Corcoran, Nina (June 11, 2015). "mewithoutYou – Pale Horses". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved December 12, 2015. On Pale Horses, [mewithoutYou] seek a comfortable spot between weighty post-hardcore and artful indie rock introspection, but ultimately sound suppressed.
  2. 1 2 Breslin, Jay (July 1, 2015). "mewithoutYou Confronts Karma on Pale Horses". Rock On Philly. Retrieved November 11, 2016. On ... Pale Horses, the band molds their art rock and post-hardcore aesthetics...
  3. ↑ "Pale Horses Now Available For Pre Order". mewithoutyou.com. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Listen to mewithoutyou's new album, 'Pale Horses'". noisey,vice.com. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Pale Horses by mewithoutYou". Metacritic. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  6. ↑ Appleby, Jack (June 16, 2015). "mewithoutYou - Pale Horses". Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ "mewithoutYou: Pale Horses (Pitchfork review)". June 24, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  8. ↑ "mewithoutYou - Pale Horses (staff review)". Sputnikmusic. June 17, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  9. ↑ Caruso, Drew (June 16, 2015). "Review: mewithoutYou - 'Pale Horses'". Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Billboard Album Chart". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 25, 2015. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Billboard Alternative Album Chart". Billboard. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
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