Mew
The members of space pop innovators Mew first met in the seventh grade in Hellerup, Denmark. Before they could even play instruments, the ambitious youths -- singer Jonas Bjerre, guitarist Bo Madsen, bassist Johan Wohlert, and drummer Silas Graae -- were ready to make music together, although they initially failed as a band called Orange Dog. Madsen briefly spent time in the United States before the guys came back together in their late teens as Mew. Inspired by My Bloody Valentine, the Pixies, Dinosaur Jr., the Pet Shop Boys, and Prince, the Danish quartet's first gig impressed a book-publishing agent in the audience so much that he promptly convinced his company to change their business plan and release Mew's debut album.
Limited to only 2,000 copies, A Triumph for Man was issued in 1997 to critical acclaim. Making things even more dramatic for their gigs, the Mew live experience came to incorporate background animations created by Bjerre. Mew followed up three years later with Half the World Is Watching Me, released on their own newly created label, Evil Office. The album saw a limited release in Sweden before the band hooked up with Sony for an international deal. As a result of the deal, the album was ultimately pulled so that they could re-record their best work to date for a worldwide release. The resulting well-received Frengers appeared in 2003. That same year, the band picked up Album of the Year and Band of the Year honors at the Danish Music Critics Awards.
Mew's expansive pop dramatics, intricate passages, and shimmering atmospheric sound were further elaborated on for album number four, And the Glass Handed Kites. The record was issued in Europe and the U.K. in September 2005; an American release followed in July 2006. Wohlert had exited the group that spring to be with his growing family, though Mew continued touring during the summer on U.S. dates with Bloc Party. Mew's fifth full-length album, No More Stories Are Told Today..., arrived in 2009 and would be their last outing for Sony. The following year saw the release of the band's first compilation LP, Eggs Are Funny, and in 2015 Mew issued their sixth studio album, the Michael Beinhorn-produced, Play It Again Sam-issued + -. Months after the release of + -, Madsen parted ways with the band. Mew's first post-Madsen release, Visuals, arrived in 2017. The album featured the expansive single "Carry Me to Safety" and the jazzy "Twist Quest."
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Mew with Copenhagen Philharmonic
Mew, Sjaellands Symfoniorkester
Alternative & Indie - Released by Evil Office on 14 Dec 2018
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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 (Album Version)
Pop/Rock - Released by Columbia on 14 Aug 2009
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+ - (Deluxe Edition)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Play It Again Sam on 27 Apr 2015
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Half the World Is Watching Me (Extended Version)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Evil Office on 4 Sep 2007
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A Triumph for Man (Extended Version)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Evil Office on 18 Sep 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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And The Glass Handed Kites
Pop - Released by Sony BMG Music UK on 19 Sep 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mew And The Glass Handed Kites
Pop/Rock - Released by Columbia on 1 Jan 2001
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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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 - Bonus Track Version
Alternative & Indie - Released by Columbia on 17 Aug 2009
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Frengers: Not Quite Friends But Not Quite Strangers
Pop - Released by Epic on 2 Jun 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
In a Better Place (Purity Ring Remix)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Play It Again Sam on 26 May 2017
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The Zookeeper's Boy
Pop/Rock - Released by Sony Music UK on 15 Apr 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
And The Glass Handed Kites
Pop/Rock - Released by Sony BMG Music Entertainment on 19 Sep 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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She Came Home for Christmas / That Time On The Ledge
Pop - Released by Sony Music UK on 8 Dec 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Twist Quest
Alternative & Indie - Released by Play It Again Sam on 3 Apr 2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Satellites
Alternative & Indie - Released by Play It Again Sam on 21 Jan 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Carry Me to Safety
Alternative & Indie - Released by Play It Again Sam on 24 Jan 2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo