Pale Horses (album)

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Pale Horses
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 16, 2015
Genre Indie rock, [1] post-hardcore, [1] [2] art rock [2]
Length39:23
Label Run for Cover, Big Scary Monsters, Cooking Vinyl [3]
Producer Will Yip
MewithoutYou chronology
Ten Stories
(2012)
Pale Horses
(2015)
[Untitled]
(2018)

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

Contents

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

The artwork was painted in 1987 by Vasily Kafanov, [5] who also painted the artwork for the band's previous five albums.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Pitchfork 7.2/10 [8]
Sputnikmusic4.0/5 [9]
Under the Gun Review9.5/10 [10]
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"2:58
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 [11] 62
US Billboard Alternative [12] 10

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References

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  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...
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