the MEW thread

Parts of it remind me of a 70s prog track, I think. Maybe something by Yes?

Kites is still my favourite thing by them.

Looking forward to new album.

I can kinda hear Ripple-era Genesis I guess, It has much more in common with a 21st Century Proggy band like North Atlantic Oscillation, to my ear at least.

The Genesis comparison makes sense and I haven't heard NAO but the point is probably accurate.

This has nothing to do with music, but I sing the frontsinger has moved in close to where I live. I see him all the time on the street. Or someone who looks like him. He did get a lot of lookalikes after they broke through fifteen years ago.

The melody of the single reminds me of "chinaberry tree"

They're going to do two dates with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, apparently: http://www.copenhagenphil.dk/koncerter/2017/2/9/60-minutes-of-mew

Oh, lol, that's probably why I've run into the lead singer. I live right by that place.

Tape it for us? :)

Can't tomorrow :) But they sometimes record it for radio (it's the former radio-hall, made for the purpose) I'll keep you posted.

"85 Videos" now kicking around

Yeah it's pretty good

I'm into both of the new songs. There are a bunch of videos from the Copenhagen Orchestra thing on these channels
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGH80tzOa6u8Sbg4WvfgfPw
http://www.youtube.com/user/pimwalun?feature=related

I'll be digging into these as well as emo noms this weekend.

Bjerre sounds really good here and here.

Video of "Rows", high notes around 5:55. He's not always dead-on but still p impressive.

New song, uptempo and hooky

Pre ordered

a few songs into the new one and it sounds really fucking good

How does it compare to the last couple?

it's a lot weirder than +/- for sure - "candy pieces all smeared out" for instance sounds somehow both glammy and mathy? on the surface it sounds more "pop" than usual but a lot of the individual tunes are really knotty. lots of sax!

That's enticing, actually (depending on what 'pop' means, ha). I feel like they basically achieved perfection on Kites/Stories and were treading water on +/- (which is still enjoyable) so I'm happy to hear that they're mixing things up.

don't take anything I say too seriously of course, it always takes me a few listens to sort their records out

For me they are best consumed over time, maybe a track a week. The songs are thick and knotty (that's a good term) and they take some listens ...

Ha, when a Mew album comes out, I binge on it for days.

"candy pieces" is incredible

on the surface it sounds more "pop" than usual but a lot of the individual tunes are really knotty.

this feels correct. it's strange that it can feel so straightforward until you really apply your attention to it

It's gonna take me at least a week to process this album!

"in a better place" knocked me out

haven't sorted "ay ay ay" or "learn our crystals" yet but I p much love the rest

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)

doesn't help that it's mastered to remove your ears

& I usually dgaf about that. but this is that rare occasion when dgaf autocorrects to deaf

it has maybe less obvious standouts than +/- but felt about equal in overall quality. looking forward to spending more time with it

er fewer obvious standouts*

Looking forward to this, has the line-up change noticeable?

"Candy" is nice...

But I tuned out soon after. It's so dense

is the second track's beat deliberately making me think of Bowie's Modern Love or am I imagining things?

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.

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.

wow, thank you for that!

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?

doesn't help that it's mastered to remove your ears

Seriously, does anyone who listens to Scandinavian indie-prog actually want this?

Yeah it's literally intolerable. St Anger-level compression. I only have the album on Spotify

Man, listening to Stories after a while really drives home how much grander, lovelier, and more unique it was compared to the last two.

Hm, maybe that's not fair. I think the highs are higher, though.

And lol now I'm listening to Visuals again and thinking it's really good pop-rock, despite the mastering.

the mastering doesn't sound that offensive to me, and certainly not at St Anger levels

+/- was mastered pretty loud too