 | Mew And the Glass Handed Kites
4.1
excellent
| Ranking: #100 for 2005 | |
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| 4.5 superb | Hep Kat | June 22nd 06 |
No, this doesn't have anything to do with the legendary 151st Pokemon. As elusive as said Pokemon was, so to are the band it shares it's name with. Mew have a sense of pure serenity that you can lose yourself in. It's hard to find an album quite like And The Glass Handed Kites. Actually, it's impossible. Why? Simply because what Mew have done on this record is unique incarnate. Listen to it; experience it.
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| 4.5 superb | ExoskeletalJunction | March 20th 22 |
11th March: Mew - And the Glass Handed Kites (progressive dream pop, 2005)
“I could write an essay on this album”, I said, while listening to this one.
And I probably will, but I don’t have the time to really dig into that now. This isn’t my
favourite Mew album, nor do I think it’s anywhere near a masterpiece, but it might be one of
the most important modern albums that no one really talks about. The turn from indie pop
darlings into math-prog weirdos, somehow without losing the core of their sound, is worth an
essay on its own, but really the big discussion point here is how Mew pioneered an entire way
of playing guitar that would go on to define a decade in an entirely unrelated genre,
progressive metal.
I’m not even sure many of the modern prog metal bands know how much they owe to Mew, since
it’s almost all second-hand influence from the genre’s big names - Leprous, Haken, Vola and
Astronoid are all amongst the biggest names in the genre, and all of them take huge cues from
the guitar playing on this album. Staccato, melodic, sharp, with chords used in the way bands
used to use open string chugs. Shifting time signatures around accessible pop melodies, the
focus on rhythmic memorability as well as melodic, and don’t forget the reverb.
Someday I’ll get around to compiling my full thoughts, but in conclusion - this isn’t as good
as Frengers, but it most certainly is more important
8.2 (13th listen)
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| 5.0 classic | legitimusmaximus | May 29th 11 |
possibly the best album to come out of the last decade. i know that's a very bold claim, but listen for yourself. every song is great and the album flows really nicely as a whole. beautiful vocals, interesting rhythms, and a truly unique sound overall. this album (and band) should be more popular.
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| 4.0 excellent | mx STAFF | August 26th 06 |
Mew makes rock music with grandeur. Soaring vocals, anthemic melodies, all done in a very non-cheesy way. Think back to the grand days of Queen and similar bands, add an indie twist and pop hooks, and you have Mew, who are simply making good rock music.
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