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Mew
- Record Label: Columbia/Evil Office
- Release Date: Aug 25, 2009
- Summary: The fifth album for the Danish band was produced by Rich Costey.
- Record Label: Columbia/Evil Office
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 17
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Mixed: 3 out of 17
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Negative: 0 out of 17
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Mew really does inhabit a place where few contemporaries can be found.
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Simply put, No More Stories… is accessible without being overbearingly so, experimental without sounding too abstract and ridiculous, and most importantly, one of the year's most endearing records.
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But where the band’s U.S. breakthrough, "And the Glass Handed Kites," sometimes felt sprawling, its follow-up achieves some much-needed clarity, distinguishing one song from the next and reining in the reverb with throbbing bass hits.
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Despite its ominous (and lofty) title, 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 a dreamy blend of circular melodies and odd time signatures that requires multiple listens (this is par for the course with any Mew album) and a significant amount of cinematic stamina from the listener, and though it may not appeal to the masses, its mass is definitely appealing.
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FilterNo More Stories... glitters with ethereal beauty and optimism that has been absent on Mew's prior releases. [Fall 2009, p.91]
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It bears to be dissected because it is pretty much all over the place, even if what they wanted to achieve could be stored inside a magical pot of gold.
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UncutFiendishly clever, but not easy to love. [Oct 2009, p.104]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 16
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Mixed: 0 out of 16
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Negative: 2 out of 16
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NathanRAug 28, 2009
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AndrewT.Sep 27, 2009
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ThomasJ.Aug 29, 2009Perfect album. Can't see it bettered this side of 2010.
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GRangeSep 13, 2009Quite possibly the most beautiful record to be released in 2009.
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JohnL.Sep 29, 2009Stunning. Album of the year, and the best of Mew's career.
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JimB.Sep 23, 2009
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JohnK.Aug 28, 2009
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