― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 18:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 18:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― John Cocktolstoy (John Cocktolstoy), Thursday, 15 December 2005 01:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sean Braud1s (Sean Braudis), Wednesday, 9 August 2006 14:38 (seventeen years ago) link
Because I have a car and lots of my friends don't, I often make them listen to ...And The Glass-Handed Kites when driving. They usually like it a lot but then never ask about it later. This mostly pleases me. It's now had a Pitchfork review (thanks, Nitsuh) but I bet it still won't make a dent. This also pleases me. Very personal music.
― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 10 August 2006 04:18 (seventeen years ago) link
...And the glass handed kites = still waiting for it to click, hasn't yet :-(
― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 10 August 2006 06:51 (seventeen years ago) link
I took the plunge at lunch yesterday and listened to the first half on the way to work this morning. I'm pretty impressed, there's some damn decent ensemble playing in those songs. I also love the sort of metallic post-punk guitar tones, keyboards doubling vocal melodies, and smooth segues from song to song. The whole affair is still kind of silly, but if it makes me rock out on the bus at 8 am it's probably doing a couple of things right. It's the kind of derivative but really solid and agenda-free music I try hard to root for.
― Sean Braud1s (Sean Braudis), Thursday, 10 August 2006 12:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― BlastsOfStatic (BlastsofStatic), Thursday, 10 August 2006 12:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sean Braud1s (Sean Braudis), Thursday, 10 August 2006 13:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― BlastsOfStatic (BlastsofStatic), Thursday, 10 August 2006 13:56 (seventeen years ago) link
there's a thousand other reasons why i like it so much, but the perfectly-pitched bombast is what i keep noticing (predictably, i guess).
― eggzakly huhh? (zachary v.), Saturday, 27 January 2007 04:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― unfished business, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 15:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ben Boyerrr, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 16:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marty Innerlogic, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 17:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― unfished business, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 17:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― nabisco, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 19:15 (seventeen years ago) link
Just bought the new one yesterday after hearing it once halfway through...one of those that you hear the first time and think, yes, I'll be enjoying this many times in the future. Have not heard Frengers yet but am looking forward to it.
― calstars, Monday, 28 May 2007 17:27 (seventeen years ago) link
there is a new one?!
or are you talking about the one that came out nearly 2 years ago :|
― Just got offed, Monday, 28 May 2007 22:19 (seventeen years ago) link
I also love the sort of metallic post-punk guitar tones
Are you kidding me?
I'm listening to a Mew song (for the first time) right now, and it sounds like the horrific, derivative baby of a Coldplay/Sigur Ros union. I have this mental image of the Icelandic guy fucking Chris Martin while they harmonize to this bombastic (the Queensryche comparison is spot on) mess of an arrangement. Please God, NO.
― stephen, Saturday, 22 March 2008 20:42 (sixteen years ago) link
new hyper-pretentious titled one
No more storiesAre told todayIm sorryThey washed away
No more storiesThe world is greyIm tiredLets wash away with three songs from the recent e.p., achieves occasional epic liftoff. still digesting, still waiting for the superELOtramp moments promised me
― kamerad, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 01:40 (fourteen years ago) link
no "stephen" i was not kidding i like the scratchy metallic telecaster tone these guys use.
― north sea jazz dit weekend (call all destroyer), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 01:54 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2379/mew2.jpg
― bamcquern, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 05:16 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbQLeYkeYK0
― Jamie Harley (Snowballing), Friday, 17 July 2009 10:35 (fourteen years ago) link
If you play the track "New Terrain" backwards, it reveals another song, "Nervous."
― Jamie Harley (Snowballing), Friday, 17 July 2009 10:36 (fourteen years ago) link
No More Stories/Are Told Today/I'm Sorry/They Washed Away//No More Stories/The World Is Grey/I'm Tired/Let's Wash Away is the upcoming fifth studio album by the Danish band Mew. It will be released in Scandinavia on August 19, the UK on August 24, and the United States on August 25. It will also be available for digital purchase on August 17.
According to Jonas Bjerre, this album will be happier, "dancier", and more upbeat than its predecessor, And the Glass Handed Kites, which had a dark theme of fear.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/15/Mew-No-More-Stories-Cover.jpg
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 23:47 (fourteen years ago) link
1. New Terrain2. Introducing Palace Players3. Beach4. Repeaterbeater5. Intermezzo 16. Silas The Magic Car7. Cartoons and Macramé Wounds8. Hawaii Dream9. Hawaii10. Vaccine11. Tricks of the Trade12. Intermezzo 213. Sometimes Life Isn't Easy14. Reprise
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 23:53 (fourteen years ago) link
These guys were great in concert a few weeks back. Have high-ish hopes. 2nd track isn't what I wanna see as a Charlton fan, mind.
― cockles (country matters), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 23:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Despite the questionable cover art and the Fiona Apple inspired title, I am quite enjoying this. Might just be my favorite of theirs yet (but tbh, have not heard anything before Frengers. "Reprise" is softly killing me right now.
― 3 mods 1 banhammer (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 27 August 2009 13:56 (fourteen years ago) link
On first listen it sounds like a less bombastic 'Kites' and maybe a little lazy, repeating a lot of the same songwriting and arrangement ideas as previous records.
But every Mew release has taken time to settle in with, I was horrified at 'Kites' on first listen, now I love it, except it has the worst cover of any record in recent history imo.
― MaresNest, Thursday, 27 August 2009 15:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Hm, I like them when they're bombastic and proggy. I'd love to see them go all the way in the direction of "The Circuitry of the Wolf/Chinaberry Tree". I'm eager to hear the new one anyway since Kites is basically my favourite thing ever.
― Sundar, Thursday, 27 August 2009 17:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh, I really like this. It sounds like they've preserved their strengths but are branching out a bit more with some complex or non-standard rhythms, elaborate melodies, and polyphony and fewer standard verse-chorus song forms. The vocals seem to shoot even higher than before at times. "Cartoons and Macrame Wounds" is dazzling.
― Sundar, Thursday, 27 August 2009 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
BTW, are the first two albums worth seeking out? To my ears, Frengers is enjoyable but rather slight compared to Kites or the new one. "156" and "Snow Brigade" are really good though.
― Sundar, Friday, 28 August 2009 04:57 (fourteen years ago) link
New compilation on the way, "Eggs are funny" (out this or next month, depends on where you live, according to mewsite.com )
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9o7mpJoPd1qzmlfno1_500.jpg
Contains one new track, streaming here and there's going to be a special edition with a DVD - tracklist:
1. “Am I Wry? No”2. “Snow Brigade”3. “Introducing Palace Players”4. “Beach”5. “Silas the Magic Car”6. “Wheels Over Me”7. “Saliva (New Mix)”8. “She Came Home for Christmas”9. “Sometimes Life Isn’t Easy”10. “Do You Love It?”11. “Eight Flew Over, One Was Destroyed”12. “156″13. “Special”14. “The Zookeeper’s Boy”15. “Comforting Sounds”
― StanM, Saturday, 23 October 2010 09:34 (thirteen years ago) link
totally stopped listening to Mew somewhere around the time of ..Glass Handed Kites. how is his more recent stuff? any particular highlights? i really must check out that compilation.
― piscesx, Saturday, 23 October 2010 10:38 (thirteen years ago) link
The only one I ever listen to anymore is Frengers, tbh.
― StanM, Saturday, 23 October 2010 11:32 (thirteen years ago) link
wow the engineer I was working with this weekend was REALLY into this guy
― in my world of loose geirs (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 28 March 2011 23:36 (thirteen years ago) link
So, they still exist, apparently:
"First teaser of new Mew app is out
Dear Frengers and alikes all over the planet of sound.
The fountain of wonderfulness will soon start to flow. We are happy to present to you the first teaser of the new app we have created with B&O PLAY. The app is called ‘Sensory Spaces' and it all starts here:
http://www.sensoryspaces.com The full version will be launched (free of charge) leading up to the first single off our new album, later in the Summer!
We are looking forward to seeing some of you in the next days. We'll be playing Vega in Copenhagen tonight, Hultsfredfestivalen on Thursday, Provinssirock on Friday and Bergenfest on Saturday.
Sincerely, Silas, Jonas, and Bo"
Upcoming shows:
12/6 Vega, Copenhagen13/6 Hultsfredfestivalen14/6 Provinssi Rock15/6 Bergenfest8/8 Smukfest10/8 Summer Sonic, Tokyo8-11/8 Summer Sonic, Osaka8/11 Ja Ja Ja Festival, London
― StanM, Wednesday, 12 June 2013 18:01 (ten years ago) link
They are returned.
http://allstonpudding.com/mew-announces-new-album-shares-satellites/
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 19 January 2015 17:20 (nine years ago) link
definitely their best ever cover art
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 19 January 2015 17:35 (nine years ago) link
Oh cool!
― MaresNest, Monday, 19 January 2015 18:21 (nine years ago) link
new song feat. kimbra http://scarywitch.tumblr.com/post/109933652451/you-bring-the-night-believer-the-wrong-key
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 20:58 (nine years ago) link
very very very psyched for this album
Whoa, I only found out about this now. There are no real surprises with these new songs but they're totally enjoyable. I still love the last two albums and am looking forward to this.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 7 February 2015 00:37 (nine years ago) link
Glad to hear about this. It's been much longer than I imagined.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 7 February 2015 16:24 (nine years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/2015/04/19/399615381/first-listen-mew
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 20 April 2015 17:45 (nine years ago) link
album is GREAT
Can't wait.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 20 April 2015 18:16 (nine years ago) link
What's on the second disc of the deluxe version?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 20 April 2015 18:17 (nine years ago) link
no idea
wow @ "rows"
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 20 April 2015 18:28 (nine years ago) link
stream not available in my country :(
― MaresNest, Monday, 20 April 2015 19:09 (nine years ago) link
after one listen I'm not sure about this one at all...+- seems by far the superior album
but I'll give it a few chances. opening track is a screamer at least (and as with Frengers, it's so good you sort of ignore any mediocrity elsewhere)
― imago, Friday, 28 April 2017 19:10 (seven years ago) link
doesn't help that it's mastered to remove your ears
― imago, Friday, 28 April 2017 19:12 (seven years ago) link
& I usually dgaf about that. but this is that rare occasion when dgaf autocorrects to deaf
― imago, Friday, 28 April 2017 19:13 (seven years ago) link
it has maybe less obvious standouts than +/- but felt about equal in overall quality. looking forward to spending more time with it
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 28 April 2017 19:20 (seven years ago) link
er fewer obvious standouts*
Looking forward to this, has the line-up change noticeable?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 28 April 2017 20:55 (seven years ago) link
"Candy" is nice...
― calstars, Friday, 28 April 2017 22:39 (seven years ago) link
But I tuned out soon after. It's so dense
― calstars, Friday, 28 April 2017 22:46 (seven years ago) link
is the second track's beat deliberately making me think of Bowie's Modern Love or am I imagining things?
― StanM, Saturday, 29 April 2017 16:01 (seven years ago) link
I'm really enjoying this (and binging, via Spotify so far, as predicted). I think it's probably better than +/-. "Candy" is def a highlight of the songs that had not been released ahead of time.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Saturday, 29 April 2017 17:08 (seven years ago) link
I can see how you could think of "Modern Love". Based on a quick scan, this is an attempt at a v approximate transcription of the main bass/snare patterns in the two songs, where ">" indicates a snare hit. They move at roughly similar tempi. The Mew drummer varies the beat throughout the song, though, and sometimes gets a little closer to the Bowie beat. In the outro, the second bar just becomes quarters.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Saturday, 29 April 2017 18:07 (seven years ago) link
wow, thank you for that!
― StanM, Saturday, 29 April 2017 18:27 (seven years ago) link
Video for "In a Better Place". Also, I swear this Youtube stream sounds better than the 'mastered for iTunes' version I bought. The drums seem pretty squashed on mine. Did anyone get the CD or LP?
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Friday, 12 May 2017 12:36 (seven years ago) link
Seriously, does anyone who listens to Scandinavian indie-prog actually want this?
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Friday, 12 May 2017 12:39 (seven years ago) link
Yeah it's literally intolerable. St Anger-level compression. I only have the album on Spotify
― calstars, Friday, 12 May 2017 14:49 (seven years ago) link
Man, listening to Stories after a while really drives home how much grander, lovelier, and more unique it was compared to the last two.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Friday, 12 May 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
Hm, maybe that's not fair. I think the highs are higher, though.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Friday, 12 May 2017 16:17 (seven years ago) link
And lol now I'm listening to Visuals again and thinking it's really good pop-rock, despite the mastering.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Friday, 12 May 2017 17:03 (seven years ago) link
the mastering doesn't sound that offensive to me, and certainly not at St Anger levels
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 12 May 2017 17:24 (seven years ago) link
+/- was mastered pretty loud too
― ciderpress, Friday, 12 May 2017 17:26 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I had the same problem with +/-. Simon, what format are you listening on? In both cases, I bought these from iTunes.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Friday, 12 May 2017 17:41 (seven years ago) link
After a few listens I think this is their most consistent album. Pretty strong all the way through
― c (calstars), Saturday, 20 May 2017 11:36 (seven years ago) link
Some kind of live appearance in Manchester will apparently be streaming at 2 pm UK time (9 am EST): https://www.facebook.com/LowFourStudio/videos/vb.561341794046895/757016621146077/?type=2&theater¬if_t=live_video_share¬if_id=1495454566979368
― Tomorrow Begat Tomorrow (Sund4r), Monday, 22 May 2017 12:23 (seven years ago) link
Nice little set but mostly disturbingly similar to the studio versions.
― Tomorrow Begat Tomorrow (Sund4r), Monday, 22 May 2017 13:31 (seven years ago) link
On my CD version of Visuals I didn't notice any compression problems, it sounds wonderful.
Was thinking this that is where they take a slight step down but I'm not sure. Perhaps on a par with Frengers but not as good as Kites, Stories and +/-? It's a lot subtler, I was worried about the poppiness taking over too much but perhaps I needn't have, although I do miss some of the dynamism that only really takes center stage on track 3 on this album.
"I am a quiet light chaser
aint I painful?
it's already nightfall"
Nobody mentioned "Twist Quest"! obvious highlight for me.
Is there any male rock vocalist who has a sweeter and more adorable voice?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 15 June 2018 19:16 (five years ago) link
Saw them play all of Frengers live a few weeks back in front of an absolutely adoring Danish audience. That album is like 'Funeral' or 'Turn On the Bright Lights' for us. It dips in the middle though, but they played a few hits before they got to the main event, which meant they played five songs that went Special, Zookeepers Boy, Am I Wry, 156, Snow Brigade. That was pretty good!
― Frederik B, Friday, 15 June 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
🔜 A reminder that MEW WITH COPENHAGEN PHILHARMONIC is out this Friday...The very special ltd edition release of our performance with Copenhagen Philharmonic. Available on 12" Heavyweight Vinyl & CD.Pre-order here 👉 https://t.co/wZfkU0DNxR pic.twitter.com/ITIhyhH1lZ— Mew (@mew) December 10, 2018
― StanM, Monday, 10 December 2018 19:18 (five years ago) link
is there a band x with philharmonic s/d thread somewhere? feel like it's a concept that can go both ways
― niels, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 16:01 (five years ago) link