Mew

[sgrevs]

I've read about Mew a bunch of times on these forums, but I never checked 'em out until I got And Glass Handed Kites yesterday. I'm only half way through it now, but its blowing me away. Special is one of the best songs I've heard in a long time.

Discuss

[bleep_bloop]

I saw one of their songs on Subterranean, and it just didn't catch my ear. I don't know, I just didn't dig it, so I changed the channel to Chappel's standup.

[sgrevs]

Fair enough, Chappelle is good.

But yeah it's real good.

[bleep_bloop]

I'll check out some of their stuff tomorrow.

[bah]

Yeah they're great. I havent heard Frengers though. Does anyone know how it sounds in contrast to Glass Handed Kites?

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

they're really great

[Hep Kat]

Amazing band.

[Oepsje]

Yeah they're great. I havent heard Frengers though. Does anyone know how it sounds in contrast to Glass Handed Kites?

Frengers is even more beautiful imo.
Song-wise Frengers is their best yet (containing re-recorded versions of songs off their two first albums from 1997 and 2000, respectively), however Glass Handed Kites is much more experimental and adventurous (more ambient/noisy.

Cheers

[perriwinkle]

are these good mew songs as far as the band goes?

http://members.cox.net/nickingv/mew.bmp

i downloaded a bunch but whenever people mention a song i dont have it... so maybe i have all their crappy songs. i havent listened to everything yet but what ive heard is pretty good, maybe itll grow on me more and maybe i have some really good ones i havent listened to yet



woah holy ****.
update: i am totally digging Am I Wry No

[La Revolucion]

I've only heard 30 second iTunes samples...but they sounded good.

[Amit]

4 - Mew: 1351

:cool:

[La Revolucion]

1351? I never knew anyone could even spend enough time at the computer per week to listen to that much.

[Amit]

err that isn't the weekly count...?

[La Revolucion]

Oh...nevermind then. :thumb:

[Noir]

I've always enjoyed Frengers more than the more recent material.

[sgrevs]

it's settled then. i have to get frengers now, asap. but one of the things i love about GHK is the epicness of it all, as thats what really blew me away originally. hopefully frengers will have the same effect.

[Egggo]

yeah frengers is great

but so is half the world is watching me

[bah]

it's settled then. i have to get frengers now, asap. but one of the things i love about GHK is the epicness of it all, as thats what really blew me away originally. hopefully frengers will have the same effect.

Yeah, i originally looked into them because their promo poster had a quote from somewhere that said "This is more epic than the bible". Now i'm not sure how epic the bible is, but GHK is pretty damn great.

[sobelecta]

They aren't that special.

[enkelin]

The only mew material that is woth listening to, is their first album: Triumph For A Man and their second album: Half The World Is Watching Me.. the other two album are just boring.

[Sepstrup]

They get a lot of hate in Denmark by music elitists. Basically because they're popular.

[MSJ]

They are so overrated here in Denmark, its unbelievable. And for some reason their music irritates the hell out of me. Don't know why.

[Sepstrup]

Because Denmark doesn't boast a lot of acts that are actually worthwhile. Mew is one of the best bands we have.

[Dinosawesome]

T'was a great Pokémon.

[MSJ]

I still think their music is unlistenable.

[sgrevs]

'frengers' is frustratingly stuck on 81%.

but i do agree with nath. freakin sweet pokemon.

[sexymuffin]

frengers is their best album. Triumph of a man and half the world is watching both have some different versions of the songs, so it's definately worth checking out. GHK is a great album too, but frengers doesn't have a bad song on it.