Pale Horses (album)

Pale Horses
Studio album by MewithoutYou
Released June 16, 2015
Genre Indie rock,[1] post-hardcore[1]
Length 39:23
Label Run for Cover, Big Scary Monsters, Cooking Vinyl[2]
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.[3]

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[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
Alternative Press[5]
Pitchfork7.2/10[6]
Sputnikmusic4.0[7]
Under the Gun Review9.5/10[8]
Consequence of SoundC+[1]

Track listing

Music by mewithoutYou, lyrics by Aaron Weiss.

No. Title Length
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. Title Length
12. "Chapelcross Towns"   2:11
Pale Horses: Appendix
No. Title Length
12. "Hebrew Children"    
13. "Werewolf King (Demo)"    
14. "Chapelcross Towns"    
15. "Chernobyl, 1985"    
16. "Mexican War Streets (Revisited)"    
17. "Blue Hen (Geology Version)"    
18. "Fairfield"    
19. "Red Cow (Golden Calf Version)"    

Weekly charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[9] 62
US Billboard Alternative[10] 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. ↑ "Pale Horses Now Available For Pre Order". mewithoutyou.com. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Listen to mewithoutyou's new album, 'Pale Horses'". noisey,vice.com. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Pale Horses by mewithoutYou". Metacritic. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  5. ↑ Appleby, Jack (June 16, 2015). "mewithoutYou - Pale Horses". Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ "mewithoutYou: Pale Horses (Pitchfork review)". June 24, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  7. ↑ "mewithoutYou - Pale Horses (staff review)". Sputnikmusic. June 17, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  8. ↑ Caruso, Drew (June 16, 2015). "Review: mewithoutYou - 'Pale Horses'". Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Billboard Album Chart". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 25, 2015. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Billboard Alternative Album Chart". Billboard. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
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