Book of Fables Inspires New Mewithoutyou Music  Aaron Weiss
Emily Zemler  Philadelphia rockers mewithoutyou are beloved for
their introspective, thoughtful lyrics and the spiritual
elements they imbue into their music. So it should come as no
surprise that a book written by an actual guru deeply impacted
their fourth album, It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A
Dream! It's Alright, released last month.  In this latest entry
in our ongoing Book Club series, mewithoutyou frontman Aaron
Weiss explains how the short, moralistic fables in M.R. Bawa
Muhaiyaddeen's My Love You, My Children -- which seem directed
at children but are intended for a broader audience -- inspired
his band's creative process, and, quite specifically, a song
from the new album, which you can stream below.  How did this
book come into your life? My mom read it to me when I was a
child. She met Bawa in the 1970s. He came from Sri Lanka to
Philadelphia, and lived in Philadelphia from 1971 to 1986, when
he left the world. He told stories