Familiarize Yourself

I am by no means suggesting a Pokémon to you! No, what I am suggesting, strongly recommending, requiring and demanding you check out is my all time favorite band, Mew. I have never been as captivated by a band as I have been by them, and after six years they still hold my attention (and usually my attention span is that of a kitten, just one place to the next).

Their up to new tricks, but the new title is just as good as those that came before, their fourth release and the followup to their international debut, 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 airy and dramatic. It’s intense and caring. The sounds soar and the music washes over you. It’s perfect for fall, and thankfully it’s due out just in time for the changing of the seasons. August 25, 2009.

The premiere of the full-length on their Myspace a few days ago, shows that this is a band to pay attention; their music commands your attention. If they somehow escaped you with their first US release, And The Glass Handed Kites, in summer 2005, then now is the time to sit down, shut up and push play on your device of choice for music.

I cannot write this review and not pay compliments to the albums that preceded their two full-blown Sony US releases. Frengers, possibly their strongest album was released only in the UK by Sony, and the first inkling that they were going places and they weren’t giving up. A Triumph For Man and Half The World Is Watching Me premiered many of the polished tracks from Frengers and even in those rough demos, it’s clear to hear that they’re not to be ignored. All three were then released (their first two reissued) in the US after And The Glass Handed Kites success.

Enjoy.