January 15, 2010

Best of the Decade, Number One: mewithoutYou – Catch for Us the Foxes

mewithoutYou - Catch for Us the Foxes Artist: mewithoutYou
Album: Catch for Us the Foxes
Release Date: Oct. 5, 2004
Label: Tooth and Nail

I don’t think anyone is surprised to find mewithoutYou in the number one spot. If you are, you probably haven’t been around these parts too long. It’s okay. You’ll catch on someday.

If A–>B Life was mewithoutYou’s introduction to the world, Catch for Us the Foxes was their coming-of-age masterpiece. With a Fugazi-esque punk rock ethic and a poetic, art-rock streak, the Weiss brothers and their merry men gave the Tooth and Nail crowd something much deeper than the faith-based pop punk and metalcore the label was pushing heavily in 2004.

The album’s brutal honesty shook us to the core and set it apart from the pack. Themes of faith, failure and doubt reflected through a multi-dimensional spiritual foundation clearly struck a chord with many of us who had questions and concerns that traditional venues of faith were not addressing.

While it’s rare for us at Buzzgrinder to take things too seriously, many of us share a background of faith in some form that has branched out in many directions, and we value that in our community here. mewithoutYou’s work has been essential in our little world of punk, hardcore and emo kids who were seeking “something more,” and you, loyal readers, have made that clear by voting Catch for Us the Foxes the best album of the decade.

32 Responses to “Best of the Decade, Number One: mewithoutYou – Catch for Us the Foxes”

  1. On 01/15/10 3:10 PM, EricMc said:

    All but one album on the list came out in 2004 or earlier. Pretty interesting. Overall, a very good list!

  3. On 01/15/10 3:27 PM, Jay DiNitto said:

    Post will get 100+ comments.

    I don’t think I’ve heard one song from this album.

  5. On 01/15/10 3:29 PM, Cool dude said:

    “While it’s rare for us at Buzzgrinder to take things too seriously”
    SO TRUE

  7. On 01/15/10 3:46 PM, conditioned said:

    “I don’t think anyone is surprised to find mewithoutYou in the number one spot. If you are, you probably haven’t been around these parts too long. It’s okay. You’ll catch on someday.”

    Nice vague way of not just saying that this blog houses a bunch of Christian-music peoples.

  9. On 01/15/10 4:24 PM, Sean Cannon said:

    it houses a lot of folks who were forced to listen to MXPX in middle school.

    plus buzzgrinder was originally based in eastern pennsylvania, so mwy are kinda hometown boys.

  11. On 01/15/10 4:33 PM, mad martigan said:

    i thoroughly approve of this choice.. and the entire list.
    it reminded me why i have continued to come to buzzgrinder over the years.

  13. On 01/15/10 4:43 PM, alex said:

    surprised Wilco’s YHF didn’t show up on the list at all, but a great list nonetheless.

  15. On 01/15/10 4:56 PM, Sean Cannon said:

    you know, i was surprised it didn’t make the cut, too.

    but if you want to see where it landed, we’ll be releasing the full survey results with all the nominations that made the final list on monday.

  17. On 01/15/10 5:02 PM, Topher said:

    Finally a mwY record gets on one of these lists. This would probably be my number one as will. That or Brother, Sister. And I’m not even part of it’s target audience.

  19. On 01/15/10 5:22 PM, Jake said:

    just what i’d hoped.

  21. On 01/15/10 5:31 PM, Derrick Lawson said:

    This is definitely deserved. MewithoutYou is one of those bands who hardly get acknowledgement.

  23. On 01/15/10 5:37 PM, George said:

    I believe “Carousels,” off of this album, is their best song.

  25. On 01/15/10 6:09 PM, Brandon Bernhard said:

    I think a-b life was better. But catch is a great albumry.

  27. On 01/15/10 6:13 PM, mewithoutYou’s Catch for us the foxes voted best album of the 2000s « Tearing Down Stars said:

    [...] are finally recognizing the genius of mewithoutYou. You can read their review of Catch For Us here. You can also check out the complete list of albums here. The people of Buzz Grinder have spoken [...]

  29. On 01/15/10 7:44 PM, jc said:

    congrats to mwy! They deserve it

  31. On 01/16/10 2:17 PM, Knife+Throat said:

    Really? Number one of the decade? Jesus, that is a terrible album.

  33. On 01/16/10 4:24 PM, Jay DiNitto said:

    Uh oh…

  35. On 01/16/10 9:33 PM, ryan. said:

    cheers.

  37. On 01/16/10 10:48 PM, thestormmaster said:

    I think Aaron’s whole poetic delivery thing is to much of an acquired taste to be name album of the decade, but this is mwy’s best album.

  39. On 01/17/10 10:33 PM, Elise said:

    I didn’t really dig most of the list, but you redeemed yourself by putting this at #1. LOVE this album.

  41. On 01/18/10 1:51 AM, Krispin said:

    MWY’s best. I like all their albums, but they will never be as great as Catch for Us The Foxes.

  43. On 01/18/10 12:25 PM, luke said:

    what a shitty number 1. oh well.

  45. On 01/19/10 1:20 PM, sammy said:

    I thought Jane Doe was gonna be #1. I liked Brother, Sister way better than this album.

  47. On 01/19/10 1:36 PM, Sean Cannon said:

    i was really surprised jane doe didn’t make it higher. i figured it’d at least be in the top 5.

  49. On 01/31/10 1:26 PM, Rowan Badhwar said:

    Catch for us the foxes has been my favorite album since the 1st song I ever heard from it. My most favorite songs ever written have to be, My Exit Unfair and Carousels! Please… I beg of you, Catch for us the foxes!~

  51. On 02/8/10 4:12 PM, A Cornocopia Of Tooth & Nail Updates/News Items « CMZ said:

    [...] mewithoutYou- “Catch For Us The Foxes” #1 album of the decade at Buzzgrinder.com: http://www.buzzgrinder.com/2010/best-of-the-decade-number-one-mewithoutyou-catch-for-us-the-foxes/ [...]

  53. On 02/9/10 8:30 AM, Tooth & Nail updates « Music isn't life, but it sure does make it better! said:

    [...] mewithoutYou- “Catch For Us The Foxes” #1 album of the decade at Buzzgrinder.com: http://www.buzzgrinder.com/2010/best-of-the-decade-number-one-mewithoutyou-catch-for-us-the-foxes/ The Museum has debuted their first radio single from their debut album – check it out! [...]

  55. On 02/9/10 1:01 PM, mewithoutYou Album Named Best of Decade | said:

    [...] Read mewithoutYou article [...]

  57. On 02/9/10 5:48 PM, Updates on several T&N artists | HM said:

    [...] mewithoutYou- “Catch For Us The Foxes” #1 album of the decade at Buzzgrinder.com: http://www.buzzgrinder.com/2010/best-of-the-decade-number-one-mewithoutyou-catch-for-us-the-foxes/ [...]

  59. On 02/26/10 2:55 AM, Soren Lorensen said:

    Even without having any faith or questions about faith, this would still be my number one

    because of the music, because of the words, and the passion

    because of the humanity in it, that is enough

  61. On 02/28/10 1:23 PM, mike jr. said:

    One thing about this album really fucking irritates me: ALL the songs have the same song structure. Drum and bass verse, big chorus, drum and bass verse 2, big chorus 2, bridge/ending. Not much creativity. Definitely not album of the decade.

  63. On 04/19/10 6:56 PM, Zack said:

    Best Album ever. Of all the albums I’ve bought over the years, this is the one I keep coming back too.

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