Album Rating: 4.5
mewithoutYou doesn’t use Christianity as their only religious platform, either. Weiss can be found singing the praises of Allah on ‘The Dryness And The Rain’, in which he proclaims “nastagh-firuka ya Hokan, ya Dhal-Jalah wal-Ikram, Isa ruhu-lah 'alaihis-salat was-salam, ya Halim, ya Qahhar, ya Muntaqim, ya Ghaffar! la Ilaha ilallahu, Allahu Akbar” which loosely translates to the many names given, including “judge”, “avenger”, and “forgiver” (among others) before trailing off with the more well-known “there is no god but Allah....” Once again, mewithoutYou’s willingness to respect other religions and even promote them as not evil (like many lesser Christian groups might do) is what allows them to cross the boundary between “a religious band” and spiritually wise philosophers. He can also be found singing about Jesus in Arabic, when he sings, “Isa ruhu-lah 'alaihis-salat was-salam” – or Jesus is the soul of God, may peace be upon Him. In essence, Weiss is well-versed in religion period – not just Christianity. The detailed stories, religious allusions, and life lessons go on seemingly forever, so at a certain point it just becomes necessary to listen to the album in order to gain the full effect that comes with his versatility and all the accompanying references that he’s able to make. mewithoutYou even has a line for my own long-winded explanation, to quote: “the writing of a thousand lifetimes could not explain; if all the forest trees were pens and all the oceans ink.”
This caught me off guard after listening to this album without looking at reviews. Mad respect to the band from a muslim.
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