There’s just enough time before the weekend for lifeiscarbon® to introduce you to Mew, another great band from Scandinavia, and to leave you with an mp3 of The Zookeeper’s Boy from their most recent album And The Glass Handed Kites.
Mew are an indie rock band from Denmark who quickly became a huge success in their homeland when they emerged on the scene in 2003. At the Danish Music Critics Award Show of that year, Mew were awarded prizes for both "Album of the Year" and "Band of the Year".
The members of Mew first met in the seventh grade in Hellerup, Denmark. Before they could even play instruments, the ambitious youths -- singer Jonas Bjerre, guitarist Bo Madsen, bassist Johan Wohlert, and drummer Silas Graae -- were ready to make music together, although they initially failed as a band called Orange Dog. Madsen briefly spent time in the United States before the guys came back together in their late teens as Mew. Inspired by My Bloody Valentine, The Pixies, Dinosaur Jr., the Pet Shop Boys, and Prince, the Danish quartet's first gig impressed a book-publishing agent in the audience so much that he promptly convinced his company to change their business plan and release Mew's debut album.
A Triumph for Man was issued in 1997 to critical acclaim. The band followed up three years later with Half the World Is Watching Me, released on their own newly created label, Evil Office. The album saw a limited release in Sweden before the band hooked up with Sony for an international deal. As a result of the deal, the album was ultimately pulled so that they could re-record their best work to date for a worldwide release.
The resulting well-received Frengers appeared in 2003. That same year, the band picked up Album of the Year and Band of the Year honors at the Danish Music Critics Awards. Mew's expansive pop dramatics and atmospheric sound were further elaborated on for album number four, And the Glass Handed Kites.
Take a listen to The Zookeeper’s Boy from Mew’s fourth album And The Glass Handed Kites, released last year in Europe and this year in the US. Mew create complex and atmospheric sounds so give the track sufficient listening time and we promise you'll be rewarded. Mew are currently top of the carbonsounds™ playlist.
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