Pale Horses (album)

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

Pale Horses
Studio album by MewithoutYou
Released	June 16, 2015
Genre	Indie rock,[1] post-hardcore,[1][2] art rock[2]
Length	39:23
Label	Run for Cover, Big Scary Monsters, Cooking Vinyl[3]
Producer	Will Yip
MewithoutYou chronology
Ten Stories (2012) Pale Horses (2015) [Untitled] (2018)

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
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Alternative Press	[7]
Pitchfork	7.2/10[8]
Sputnikmusic	4.0/5[9]
Under the Gun Review	9.5/10[10]
Consequence of Sound	C+[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"	2:58

Pale Horses: Appendix

No.	Title	Length
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

References

1. 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. 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...
3. "Pale Horses Now Available For Pre Order". mewithoutyou.com. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
4. "Listen to mewithoutyou's new album, 'Pale Horses'". noisey.vice.com. June 10, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
5. "Original art for mewithoutyou album "Pale Horses" — VASILY KAFANOV". April 21, 2023. Archived from the original on April 21, 2023. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
6. "Pale Horses by mewithoutYou". Metacritic. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
7. Appleby, Jack (June 16, 2015). "mewithoutYou - Pale Horses". Alternative Press. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
8. "mewithoutYou: Pale Horses (Pitchfork review)". Pitchfork. June 24, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
9. "mewithoutYou - Pale Horses (staff review)". Sputnikmusic. June 17, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
10. Caruso, Drew (June 16, 2015). "Review: mewithoutYou - 'Pale Horses'". Retrieved June 19, 2015.
11. "Billboard Album Chart". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 25, 2015. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
12. "Billboard Alternative Album Chart". Billboard. Retrieved June 25, 2015.