Genre: Rock
Release Date: 04/28/2017
Label: PIAS America
Catalog Number: 940
Recording: Studio
Length: 43:48
Format: CD
Dig-Deeper
Artist Releases
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Visuals (LP)
Mew
Visuals (CD)
Mew
Frengers (LP)
Mew -
+ - (CD)
Mew
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+ - (LP)
Mew
Label Releases
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Two Mics & The Truth: Unplugged & Unhinged In America (LP)
Violent Femmes
Two Mics & The Truth: Unplugged & Unhinged In America (CD)
Violent Femmes
No Further Ahead Than Today (CD)
Ulrich Schnauss
No Further Ahead Than Today (LP)
Ulrich Schnauss -
Every Valley (LP)
Public Service Broadcasting
Every Valley [Indie Exclusive Clear Vinyl] (LP)
Public Service Broadcasting
Every Valley (CD)
Public Service Broadcasting
Running Days (CD)
J. Bernardt -
From Deewee (CD)
Soulwax
Treeless Plain (CD)
The Triffids
In The Pines (CD)
The Triffids
Visuals (CD)
Mew
Amoeba Review
04/25/2017
It is 2017 and Mew are still reaching for the stratosphere. The prog-pop Danish stargazers have released their first album since trimming back down to a trio following their 2015 release, +-. However, despite the departure of guitarist Bo Madsen, Visuals does not find Mew's sound growing any smaller. In fact, this might be their most cinematic release yet, featuring a greater embrace of synths and strings than ever before. One listen to album closer “Carry Me To Safety” should assuage any worries of austerity, as it encapsulates all of Mew's eccentricities onto one track: behold lush orchestration, gentle falsetto, proggy Radiohead-esque guitars, big ass drums, and a general sense of pomp and grandiosity filtered through an undeniable pop sensibility. This is space age music that splits the difference between Styx and M83; a dreamy, sweet toothed collection of songs that for all their unabashed lighter-in-the-air glory remain tasteful and inventive. Someone get Laserium on board, they have a real winner on their hands.
Track Listing
Disc 1 Titles |
Artist |
Length |
|---|---|---|
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1.
Nothingness and No Regrets
|
Mew | 04:28 |
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2.
The Wake of Your Life
|
Mew | 04:41 |
|
3.
Candy Pieces All Smeared Out
|
Mew | 03:37 |
|
4.
In a Better Place
|
Mew | 04:40 |
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5.
Ay Ay Ay
|
Mew | 03:41 |
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6.
Learn Our Crystals
|
Mew | 05:21 |
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7.
Twist Quest
|
Mew | 03:19 |
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8.
Shoulders
|
Mew | 02:53 |
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9.
85 Videos
|
Mew | 04:37 |
|
10.
Zanzibar
|
Mew | 02:04 |
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11.
Carry Me To Safety
|
Mew | 04:27 |
