Has anyone heard of the band "Mew"??

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15 Jan 2007, 11:52 pm

Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites (2005; Columbia Records)

I first found about Mew from a Myspace friend who had one of their songs on his profile. (Don't let the cheesey cover art throw you off!!) I sampled the CD tracks on Amazon, bought the CD at Best Buy and instantly fell in love !

Mew is an indie/symphonic rock band from Denmark. The band formed themselves around the year of 2003.

The ballads on And The Glass Handed Kites are heavily symphonic and are quite relaxing to listen to and the tracks overlap each other and flow together like Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd . My favorite songs off of this album would have to be The Zookeeper's Boy, Apocalypso, Special and Why Are You Looking Grave?

I like how the band uses figures of speech in the song The Zookeeper's Son :

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You're tall just like a giraffe...You have to climb to find its head...But if there's a glitch...You're an ostrich...You've got your head in the sand...

I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND this album to those who like alternative music!

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15 Jan 2007, 11:54 pm

Never heard of them.

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16 Jan 2007, 12:01 am

Holy s**t I'm listening to them right now!! ! They're Danish, which is a plus.
My mommy is from Denmark.

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16 Jan 2007, 12:18 am

I'll have to Limewire them.

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16 Jan 2007, 12:20 am

The lead guy looks nice.

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16 Jan 2007, 3:39 am

Symphonic METAL!

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SYMPHONIC ROCK!

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16 Jan 2007, 6:59 am

TennisFanatic wrote:

Mew is an indie/symphonic rock band from Denmark. The band formed themselves around the year of 2003.

1995.

'Kites' is their 4th album. Probably the first to get an American release though, so I see how you'd think otherwise.

More about Mew here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mew_%28band%29

Still, nice find. Congratulations!

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16 Jan 2007, 7:01 am

Flagg wrote:

Symphonic METAL!

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SYMPHONIC ROCK!

SIR, YES SIR.

Sheesh...

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16 Jan 2007, 1:54 pm

Nik og Jay (Nike and Jay) is a great danish band. I'm suggesting people to check them out. lol

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16 Jan 2007, 1:57 pm

Mew are fantastic
one of the better bands of recent years

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16 Jan 2007, 6:22 pm

Mew Too

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16 Jan 2007, 7:26 pm

Flagg wrote:

Symphonic METAL!

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SYMPHONIC ROCK!

Wikipedia says there is such a thing (although Wikipedia isn't always 100% accurate...)

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17 Jan 2007, 2:36 am

amerikasend wrote:

Nik og Jay (Nike and Jay) is a great danish band. I'm suggesting people to check them out. lol

<3 Nik og Jay.

As if.

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17 Jan 2007, 12:41 pm

Flagg wrote:

Symphonic METAL!

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SYMPHONIC ROCK!

Like Apocalyptica?

There symphonic metal.

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23 Jan 2007, 7:21 pm

One of their singles was the iTunes free single of the week a while back. I probably stilll have it, but I forget if it was good. You guys seem to like it though.

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25 Jan 2007, 6:39 pm

ThePhantomN wrote:

One of their singles was the iTunes free single of the week a while back. I probably stilll have it, but I forget if it was good. You guys seem to like it though.

"Apocalypso". Good song, good band.

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