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Infobox musical artist| name = Mew| image = Mew at Virgin Festival Ontario day 2 2009 cropped.JPG| caption = Mew performing at the Virgin Festival Ontario on 30 August 2009| image_size =| background = group_or_band| origin = Hellerup , Denmark | genre = Alternative rock New prog Indie rock Shoegazing|Shoegaze Post-rock Dream pop Experimental rock | years_active = 1994–present| label = Exlibris Musik, Evil Office, Sony BMG , Sony Music Entertainment | associated_acts = Apparatjik | website = Url|www.mewsite.com| current_members = Jonas Bjerre Bo Madsen Silas Jørgensen| past_members = Johan Wohlert Mew is a Denmark|Danish Alternative rock|alternative music band consisting of Jonas Bjerre , Bo Madsen, and Silas Utke Graae Jørgensen. Bassist Johan Wohlert was also a founding member of the band, but left in 2006. Whilst their music may be classified as Indie (music)|indie and on occasion progressive rock , the band's guitarist Bo Madsen refers to the band as "the world's only indie stadium band".
History
Formed in 1994 in Hellerup , an upper-class suburb of Copenhagen , they had a profound impact on the Danish indie scene, emerging alongside the likes of Carpark North , Swan Lee and Saybia , amongst others, in 2003. At the 2003 Danish Music Critics Award Show, Mew won the awards for "Album of the Year" and "Band of the Year".
Their first major commercial success came with Frengers , released in 2003, described as "a work of quiet brilliance, aiming for the epic without straying into the bombastic, offering cerebral arrangements while keeping things accessible."Bang. Sony. 2003 The album was well received. After a European tour supporting R.E.M. they began to attract wider attention. Their next album And the Glass Handed Kites was released in Denmark on 19 September 2005, in the United Kingdom and rest of Europe on 26 September, and in the United States on 25 July 2006. The album received critical acclaim, with Mew described as making "dreamy thunderstorm pop". http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/37708-and-the-glass-handed-kites Mew: And the Glass-Handed Kites: Pitchfork Record Review They were MTV Networks Asia|MTV Asia "Buzz-Worthy" as of January, 2006, and at the DMA06 ( Danish Music Awards ) they took home 4 statuettes.
On 11 April 2006, Wohlert left the band to spend more time with his girlfriend, Pernille Rosendahl from the now dissolved band Swan Lee, who was to give birth to their baby boy in May 2006. The two would later go on to form a duo, The Storm.
The band tours with Nick Watts (formerly of UK indie band Headswim ) as their keyboardist, and Bastian Juel (who used to act as a studio and live bassist for Swan Lee and also played bass on Tina Dico 's EP Far ) recently joined them as their live bassist. However, he is not an official replacement for Johan and the band has said they will return to the studio with just the three original members.
The band finished touring for And the Glass Handed Kites in the summer of 2007. They returned to Brooklyn , New York in May 2008 in order to begin recording their next record, and tapped Rich Costey (who produced their breakthrough album, Frengers ) once again as producer.
The band's fifth album '' No More Stories...|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 was released on August 17, 2009 in Scandinavia, August 24 in the UK, and August 25 in the US. http://pitchfork.com/news/35346-new-mew-album-details-extremely-long-title-crazy-tracklist/ New Mew Album Details: Extremely Long Title, Crazy Tracklist | News | Pitchfork
In 2009, the band supported Nine Inch Nails for various tour dates across Europe.
On October 25, 2010, Mew released their first compilation album entitled, Eggs Are Funny , which featured 14 songs from previous albums as well as one new song, "Do You Love It? ". The track list was compiled of what Mew consider to be their "best work".
On an episode of HBO's Eastbound and Down, airing 10/31/2010, "Comforting Sounds" from the album "Frengers" played over the end of the show and into the closing credits.
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
Year
Album details
Peak chart positions
Certifications
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1997
A Triumph for Man
Released: 1997, 2006 (reissue)
Label: Exlibris Musik
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2000
Half the World Is Watching Me
Released: 2000, 2007 (reissue)
Label: Evil Office, Playground Music Scandinavia|Playground
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2003
Frengers
Released: April 2003, 2007 (reissue)
Label: Sony Music Entertainment|Sony BMG , Epic Records|Epic
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2005
And the Glass Handed Kites
Released: 19 September 2005
Label: Evil Office, Sony BMG
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2009
No More Stories... 1
Released: 19 August 2009
Label: Evil Office, A:larm Music
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DEN: GoldCite web|url= http://www.hitlisterne.dk/default.asp? w=2& y=2010& list=a40|title=Album Top-40|work= Hitlisten |publisher= International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI Danmark & Nielsen Music Control|accessdate=19 July 2011|date=22 January 2010|language=Danish
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
1 The name in its entirety is: ''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 .
EPs
''The Zookeeper's Boy EP (2006)
Live Session EP (2007) Released exclusively on iTunes
#ref A|a ^ Re-released in 2000, 2002 and 2003. Peaked at #76 on the UK Singles Chart in 2002.
#ref B|b ^ Re-released in 2003. Peaked at #137 on UK Singles Chart on its first release.
#ref C|c ^ Released as music download only
Other singles
Year
Single
Album
2000
"I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi for You"
A Triumph for Man
B-Sides
Song Title
Animals Of Many Kinds
Bones (Song For Albert)
City Voices
Drown
Forever And Ever
In Time Do You Forget? (Daydream)
Killer
Like Chaser
Like Paper Cuts
Misplaced
Nothing Is Red
Quietly
Safe As Houses
Succubus
Superfriends
That Time On The Ledge
Watch This Space
Where Have All The Geysers Gone?
Wherefore Are You Not There?
Shiroi Kuchiburu No Izanai
King Christian (New Version)
Mica (New Version)
She Came Home for Christmas (Acoustic)
''Swimmer's Chant
Start
Owl
Nervous
Videography
DVDs
Live in Copenhagen (2006)
Music videos
1996 "I Should Have Been A Tsin-Tsi For You"
2001 "Mica"
2003 "Am I Wry? No"
2003 "156"
2003 "She Came Home for Christmas"
2003 "That Time On The Ledge" (Unofficial music video)
2003 "Comforting Sounds"
2005 "Apocalypso" (Internet promo video only)
2005 "Special"
2006 "The Zookeeper's Boy"
2006 "King Christian" (New version)
2006 "Why Are You Looking Grave? "
2009 "Introducing Palace Players"
2009 "Repeaterbeater"
2010 "Beach"
See also
List of shoegazing musicians
References
reflist
External links
Commons category|Mew
http://www.mewsite.com/ Official website
Discogs artist|artist=mew|name=Mew
http://gaffa.dk/pedia/index.php/Mew Gaffas pedia about Mew (In danish)
http://mewx.info/ MewX - a well-informed, multiple-language fansite
http://popgurls.com/article_show.php3? id=631 PopGurls Interview: Mew's Jonas Bjerre
http://www.roomthirteen.com/cgi-bin/feature_view.cgi? FeatureID=196 Interview with Jonas & Johan from Room Thirteen
http://spinner.aol.com/artists/the-interface/mew Podcast interview with the band on Spinner.com's The Interface
http://www.thealternateside.org/news/2009/sep/28/video--studio-mew Interview and in-studio performances on The Alternate Side
http://synconation.com/interviews/danish-art-rock-rocks-a-conversation-with-mew/ Synconation speaks with Jonas Bjerre of Mew
Mew DEFAULTSORT:Mew (Band) Category:Shoegazing musical groups Category:Danish post-rock groups Category:Danish indie rock groups Category:Musical groups established in 1994 Category:Danish alternative rock groups
