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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 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

1. New Terrain
2. Introducing Palace Players
3. Beach
4. Repeaterbeater
5. Intermezzo 1
6. Silas The Magic Car
7. Cartoons and Macramé Wounds
8. Hawaii Dream
9. Hawaii
10. Vaccine
11. Tricks of the Trade
12. Intermezzo 2
13. Sometimes Life Isn't Easy
14. Reprise

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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”

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.

The only one I ever listen to anymore is Frengers, tbh.

wow the engineer I was working with this weekend was REALLY into this guy

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, Copenhagen
13/6 Hultsfredfestivalen
14/6 Provinssi Rock
15/6 Bergenfest
8/8 Smukfest
10/8 Summer Sonic, Tokyo
8-11/8 Summer Sonic, Osaka
8/11 Ja Ja Ja Festival, London

They are returned.

http://allstonpudding.com/mew-announces-new-album-shares-satellites/

definitely their best ever cover art

Oh cool!

new song feat. kimbra http://scarywitch.tumblr.com/post/109933652451/you-bring-the-night-believer-the-wrong-key

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.

Glad to hear about this. It's been much longer than I imagined.

http://www.npr.org/2015/04/19/399615381/first-listen-mew

album is GREAT

Can't wait.

What's on the second disc of the deluxe version?

no idea

wow @ "rows"

stream not available in my country :(

What's on the second disc of the deluxe version?

― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, April 20, 2015 7:17 PM (2 hours ago)

A live CD, apparently.
http://www.recordstore.co.uk/recordstore/Special-Offers/-Deluxe-Edition/4F8302BQ000

1. Coffee Break (Live)
2. Satellites (Live)
3. She Spider (Live)
4. Hawaii (Live)
5. My Complications (Live)
6. Silas The Magic Car (Live)
7. Water Slides
8. Cross The River On Your Own (Live)
9. Special (Live)
10. The Zookeeper’s Boy (Live)

Not sure I want that, might just get the regular version.

stream not available in my country :(

Mine either.:(

The embedded stream here seems to work everywhere:

http://www.thefourohfive.com/news/article/stream-mew-s-new-album-142

Oh, thanks! Will listen tonight.

"Rows" is wonderful, yeah. On the fence about the rest so far, although I don't dislike anything.

fuuuck the end of "Rows" needs to be at least 4 mins longer

holy shit @ 'rows'

despite starting the thread i never kept up with this guy. so his recent stuff is pretty good right?

this album's cool & yeah, mew have been stirred into action by our 10-minute songs poll

And the Glass Handed Kites and No More Stories are serious contenders for my favourite rock albums of the 21st century so far.

Kites is the one I always go back to. Not crazy about the new one but will give it another shot. His sound is so saturated and compressed that it's difficult to listen to.

Yeah, I think that hits the nail on the head re one of the obstacles with this. Kites is my OPO too.

i think this is their most song-oriented record since frengers except the songs are way more dense. they're all really great, though? like "witness" is kind of the perfect consolidated 3-minute mew song

Predictably, it has started sucking me in.

Do you listen to the whole thing at once, or allow yourself to skip around? I have a feeling the impact would be a lot greater if you force yourself to go the distance.

I'm still listening to the fourohfive stream tbh, so I mostly put the whole thing on.

"making friends" is actual ecstasy

thaaaaaaat guitaaaaaaaaaaaaar

"MY COMPLICATIONS"!!!!!
i'm DEAD

Making friends is great, maybe the best thing on here?

for SUCH a long time i didn't KNOW if i'd find you
someTHING
someTHING
crying on the bathroom floooooooooor

"making friends" = mew finally wrote a scritti politti song

Yeah, I love "Water Slides". Not sure what to make of the bass sound on "Making Friends".

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?

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!

🔜 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

is there a band x with philharmonic s/d thread somewhere? feel like it's a concept that can go both ways