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30-503: The Menzingers went on a co-headlining tour with MewithoutYou in November 2015 in support of their fourth album Rented World (2014). Vocalist/guitarist Greg Barnett was hoping that following the tour's end, the group would "wind down and start work on the next record." The group took a break in November and December, before spending January–March 2016 writing After the Party . From the start of

60-602: A Sufi Muslim household; their mother had converted from the Episcopal church and their father from Judaism. Due to the Christian imagery in some of Aaron Weiss' lyrics, the band has been categorized as a Christian band, although in an interview, Aaron stated he does not think they are a Christian band. He added that their lyrics reflect a personal relationship with God and are not evangelistic . Other lyrical themes explored include suffering and self-doubt. Many lyrics are taken from

90-502: A "fun" album where, according to Barnett, "you throw it on a jukebox in a bar and be fucking punk the whole night." At the same time, they wanted to retain the "integrity" with the storytelling aspect of their songs. Vocalist/guitarist Tom May described the album as "us saying, 'We don't have to grow up or get boring—we can keep on having a good time doing what we love.'" Dan Ozzi of Noisey wrote that "Lookers" features Barnett "looking at an old photo of himself with someone, and longing for

120-408: A Sufi Sheikh , by Bawa Muhaiyaddeen . The album was a departure from Weiss' trademark shouting and the band's rough grooves. The fast rants, thick with lyrical angst, were traded for simpler melodies with lyrics about anthropomorphic food and animals. Similarly, the band scaled back their edgier post-hardcore sound, at times trading riffs for chords and guitars for pianos and harp; a classical composer

150-436: A food fight by a few kids. On December 12, a music video was released for "Lookers", directed by Sean Stoute. It is predominantly a live-performance video, along with footage of the group in their touring van. On January 9, 2017, "After the Party" was made available for streaming. "Thick as Thieves" was released as a single on January 30. After the Party was released on February 3, through Epitaph Records . Shortly afterwards,

180-574: A mid-year tour and revealed that the record would be released on June 16. On August 11, 2017, the band announced an [A→B] Life 15th-anniversary tour with Pianos Become the Teeth , Strawberry Girls , and Slow Mass and also reissued the album on vinyl and cassette. On August 13, 2018, they touted the release of a new single, "Julia (or, 'Holy to the LORD' on the Bells of Horses)", from their seventh album. The single

210-669: A pre-release of Ten Stories could be streamed in its entirety on Spotify . In April 2014, the band announced a Catch for Us the Foxes ten-year anniversary tour along the US west coast and southwest, followed by a second leg along the east coast. In September 2014, they announced a vinyl reissue of the album. In March 2015, they stated that their sixth album would be released in mid-2015 on Run For Cover Records , and in April 2015, they announced that they would support their album Pale Horses with

240-451: A show at Cornerstone Festival the same year. Around this time, Taddeo had moved on, and Daniel Pishock was recruited to be the first official bass player of the band. The Operation disbanded soon after, and mewithoutYou's debut full-length album, [A→B] Life , was released in 2002. The band garnered more attention for their second release, 2004's Catch for Us the Foxes , which was produced by Brad Wood . In December 2004, Pishock had made

270-475: A time in Aaron's life where he is "sort of revisiting [religion] and holding himself up to those teachings that there's no one religion that's going to be the only way to God [...]". He adds, "If you really want to just try to follow a path to God, I don't believe you need anything beyond [Jesus Christ], but it's just the idea that you're fixed on the only way and that everybody else is just completely misguided [...] that

300-578: A tour of Europe with The Bouncing Souls , before going on a brief headlining tour of the UK in October. On October 27, After the Party was announced for release, and the album's artwork and track listing was revealed. On the same day, "Bad Catholics" was released as a single. On November 15, a music video was released for "Bad Catholics", directed by Kevin Haus. The video is centred around a church picnic, which gets turned into

330-544: Is Christian rock record label that is an imprint of Tooth & Nail Records. The label was formed in 1997 in partnership with EMI Christian Music Group . Releases from The Juliana Theory , MxPx , and Starflyer 59 made Tooth & Nail known in music circles, as well as a niche underground subculture in itself. Brandon Ebel and Michael Knott conceived the label as a joint venture, before Knott backed out. Prior to forming Tooth & Nail, Ebel worked for Frontline Records . Tooth & Nail's first album released

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360-473: Is a sort of obtuse attitude that can hurt your own spirit". Final lineup Previous members Touring musicians Tooth %26 Nail Records Tooth & Nail Records is a record label founded by Brandon Ebel in California in November 1993. The label later moved to Seattle where it is today. Tooth & Nail has an imprint Solid State Records . BEC ( B randon E bel C ompany) Recordings

390-421: Is no need for dreading their physical separation or distance because their spiritual love will always keep them together. The title of the band's second album, Catch for Us the Foxes , is taken directly from Song of Songs 2:15: "Catch for us the foxes, / the little foxes / that ruin the vineyards, / our vineyards that are in bloom" ( New International Version ). In a 2007 interview, Aaron Weiss stated that

420-409: The "King Beetle" from The Divine Luminous Wisdom that Dispels Darkness . Other concepts from the teacher are explored in "Allah, Allah, Allah", about seeing God in every blade of grass and in "Fig with a Bellyache", dealing with sexual temptation from The Divine Luminous Wisdom and The Golden Words of a Sufi Sheikh . Guitarist Mike Weiss has been quoted as saying that the themes of the album reflect

450-503: The Great Line debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in 2006. NPR described the label as having "altered the course of the Christian rock industry by launching and legitimizing the careers of MxPx, The O.C. Supertones and Underoath." Tooth & Nail contains multiple imprints, each catering to a different genre of music: On March 13, 2013, it was announced that Brandon Ebel had sold

480-578: The Operation, with bassist Greg Jehanian. Aaron wanted to start another project, to experiment with new sounds. With the help of Ricky Mazzotta, Ray Taddeo, and his brother Mike, Aaron formed what is now formally known as mewithoutYou. At first, the band was a four-piece, with Aaron on both bass and vocals. However, in only a few months, Chris Kleinberg joined to play third guitar. The band released their first EP, I Never Said That I Was Brave , in 2001 and shortly thereafter signed to Tooth & Nail Records after

510-469: The Sufi poet Rumi , including the song "The Cure for Pain" from [A→B] Life and a line in the song "Seven Sisters" from Catch for Us the Foxes . In the song "Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt", from their album [A→B] Life , Aaron' lyrics are based on a poem from the metaphysical poet John Donne , called " A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning ". Donne wrote the poem to his wife to explain that there

540-408: The band had parted ways with Tooth & Nail Records, due to perceived restrictions placed on them by the label. They hinted at starting their own label as they prepared to release their fifth album. Other band members, however, expressed satisfaction with and gratitude and affection toward their old label, citing different reasons for ceasing to work with them: namely, having completed their contract,

570-414: The band to pursue a degree in medicine. Pete Syoum filled in on guitar in the fall of 2007, but later, Kleinberg returned to play with the band on their 2008 summer tour. In September 2008, the band finished recording the follow-up to Brother, Sister , titled It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright . The name of the album is taken from parable 518 in the book The Golden Words of

600-540: The band went on a brief tour of Australia. The band embarked on a headlining tour of the UK with support from The Flatliners in April 2017. After the Party received mostly positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 80 based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". All tracks were written by The Menzingers . MewithoutYou MewithoutYou , usually stylized as mewithoutYou ,

630-415: The decision to retire bass duties in order to pursue a career in teaching and explore other musical ventures, and former Operation frontman, Greg Jehanian, was selected to replace him. In 2005, they won mtvU 's Left Field award for most original artist, for their song "January 1979". Their third album, Brother, Sister , again produced by Wood, was released on September 26, 2006. In late 2007, Kleinberg left

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660-408: The declining relevance of record labels in the current music world, and simply the excitement to try something new. In February 2011, Alternative Press announced that the band's fifth album, due in early 2012, would be produced by Daniel Smith. Thirteen songs were recorded in the studio sessions, eleven planned for the album, and two b-sides. On May 8, 2012, the band announced on their blog that

690-555: The title of their third album, Brother, Sister , comes from a verse in the Bhagavad Gita . The band's fourth album, It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright , explores many of the teachings of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen . The Sufi teacher's story of "The Fox, the Crow, and the Cookie" from My Love You My Children: 101 Stories for Children is told, as well as his story about

720-432: The title-track as the "central emotional epiphany" of the record, "written in images." Barnett wanted to "use imagery as unexciting as the sludge in the bottom of a coffee cup to tell a bigger story." "Lookers" was made available for streaming on August 11, 2016, before being released as a single four days later. In August and September, the band went on a tour of the U.S. with Bayside and Sorority Noise . The band went on

750-464: The writing process, Barnett became aware that the album would be "a love letter to our twenties." The band took a break from writing to perform a couple of shows, which Barnett referred to as "that little extra push" near the end of the writing process. The group began recording in April for a period of five and a half weeks, ending in May. The band worked with Will Yip at Studio 4. The band intended to create

780-450: The youth captured within." Collin Robinson of Stereogum wrote that "Bad Catholics" is about "balancing the messiness of being human with the virtuousness impressed upon us by societal, religious, and personal beliefs." The track was originally planned for release on a split , until "all of a sudden, everybody just started falling in love" with it, according to Barnett. Barnett referred to

810-446: Was Wish for Eden's Pet the Fish. In 2002, the label bought out Takehold Records. In 2013, Brandon Ebel sold the entire back catalog of the label and all of its imprints to Capitol Christian Music Group . Eight Tooth & Nail-affiliated albums have been RIAA -certified as gold for sales of 500,000 or more copies. The label had one of its greatest successes when Underoath 's Define

840-500: Was an American rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . The band consisted of Aaron Weiss (vocals), Michael Weiss and Brandon Beaver (guitars), Greg Jehanian (bass guitar), and Rickie Mazzotta (drums). The band's music is generally dominated by spoken-word vocals and free-ranging drums, bass, and guitar. The band was originally conceived as a side project. The Weiss brothers, Aaron and Michael, together with guitarist Christopher Kleinberg, were playing together in another band, called

870-429: Was called into their Fishtown, Philadelphia studio for various arrangements on several tracks. The album was produced by Dan Smith and Brian McTear, and mixed by Brad Wood. The band toured in a 42-foot 1976 MC8 Charter bus that ran on vegetable oil. In 2011, they added Brandon Beaver of Buried Beds to play second guitar, as stated on their blog by Rickie Mazzotta. In August 2011, Mazzotta stated in an interview that

900-736: Was published on Run for Cover Records. In an interview with Billboard , the band confirmed that Will Yip would be returning to produce the new record. The album [Untitled] was released on October 5, 2018. In October 2019, they announced that 2020 would be their final year as an active band. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they extended the timeline of their farewell, stating that 2022 would be their last active year. The band played their final gigs in August 2022. The Weiss brothers are of Jewish descent and their songs use Jewish, Muslim, and Christian imagery to explore spiritual themes. The two were raised in

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