MEW (BAND)

'Mew' is an indie rock band from Denmark.

Contents

History

Discography

Albums

Singles

DVDs

B-sides

See also

References

External links

History

The band is now made up of Jonas Bjerre, Bo Madsen, and Silas Utke Graae Jørgensen, after former member Johan Wohlert left to become a father full-time. Mew were formed in 1995 in the neighborhood Hellerup, north of Copenhagen, where they now reside after a brief stint in London, England. Whilst their music may be classified as Indie and on occasion (like on ''And the Glass Handed Kites'') prog rock, they sometimes humorously refer to it themselves as "pretentious art rock", or in guitarist Bo's words, "the world's only indie stadium band". Additionally, after the release of their latest album, ''And the Glass Handed Kites'', they were described as making "dreamy thunderstorm pop". ^[1]
Mew became a huge success in Denmark when they emerged on the scene alongside the likes of Carpark North, Swan Lee and Saybia, amongst others, in 2003. At the 2003 Danish Music Critics Award Show, Mew was awarded prizes for "Album of the Year" and "Band of the Year".
After a European tour supporting R.E.M. they have begun to attract wider attention. Their latest album ''And the Glass Handed Kites'' was released in Denmark on September 19, 2005, and in the UK and rest of Europe on September 26. They are MTV Asia "Buzz-Worthy" as of January, 2006, and at the recent DMA06 (Danish Music Awards) they took home 4 statuettes. ''And the Glass Handed Kites'' was released in the United States on July 25, 2006.
On April 11, 2006, Wohlert decided to leave the band, as his girlfriend, Pernille Rosendahl from the now dissolved band Swan Lee, was to give birth to their baby boy in May 2006. In September 2006, a Myspace account was created for The Storm, which was a new band consisting of Johan and Pernille. Mysteriously, the account was deleted only days after. The Storm has since been signed by Universal Music Denmark, and are expected to put out an album by the end of 2007.
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.

Discography

Albums

★ ''A Triumph for Man'' (1997, re-released 2006)

★ ''Half the World Is Watching Me'' (2000, re-released 2007)

★ ''Frengers'' (2003)

★ ''And the Glass Handed Kites'' (2005)

Singles

★ "She Came Home For Christmas" (1997)

★ "King Christian" (2000)

★ "Her Voice is Beyond Her Years" (2000)

★ "Mica" (2000)

★ "I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi (For You)" (2000)

★ "Comforting Sounds" (Released in the UK on March 24, 2003; charted at #48)

★ "Am I Wry? No" (Released in the UK on June 16, 2003; charted at #47)

★ "She Came Home For Christmas" (Released in the UK on December 15, 2003; charted at #55)

★ "156" (2003)

★ "Apocalypso" (2005)

★ "Special" (2005)

★ "Why Are You Looking Grave?" (2006)

★ "The Zookeeper's Boy" (2006)

DVDs

★ "Live In Copenhagen" (2006)

B-sides

★ Animals Of Many Kinds

★ Bones (Song for Albert)

★ City Voices

★ Drown

★ Forever And Ever

★ In Time Do You Forget

★ Killer

★ King Christian (new)

★ Like Chaser

★ Like Paper Cuts

★ Mica (new)

★ Misplaced

★ Nothing Is Red

★ Shiroi Kuchibiru No Izanai

★ Succubus

★ Superfriends

★ That Time On The Ledge

★ Watch This Space

★ Quietly

★ Safe As Houses

★ Where Have All the Geysers Gone

★ When She Came Home For Christmas (acoustic)

See also

★ List of bands from Europe

References

1. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/37708-and-the-glass-handed-kites

External links

★ Official site

★ Mew MySpace page

★ Gaffas pedia about Mew (In danish)

★ Mew World - Fan site

★ Comforting Sounds - Fan site with a very detailed discography

★ Dark Design - Fan site

★ diesel ipod - Fan site

★ PopGurls Interview: Mew's Jonas Bjerre

★ Interview with Jonas & Johan from Room Thirteen

★ Podcast interview with band on Spinner.com's The Interface