No I don't feel alright
Christ i need a rest. I was in Ireland at the weekend for a big family wedding, then the Mew gig last night & Wycombe against Aston Villa tonight. Bleurgh.
Unfortunately Mew last night were a slight disappointment. It was partly my own fault for getting there a late (i.e. after they'd started) and thus missing the support act & the mounting excitement.... partly due to the hugely overpacked venue (you couldn't have squeezed five more people in the main room).... and partly because, i'm sad to say, Mew's new material isn't up to the standard of their 2003 album 'Frengers'.
That's not to say 'And The Glass Handed Kites' isn't good though. I've been listening to it pretty much non-stop for 4 days, and the good songs are really really good... it's just that 'Frengers' is a hell of an album to follow, and nothing on the new album quite reaches the heights of '156', 'Am I Wry?', 'She Came Home for Christmas' or of course, 'Comforting Sounds'.
Probably the best song on 'ATGHK' is 'The Zookeeper's Boy', and this was accompanied last night by Mew's usual stunning imagery. The monkeys from the Basement Jaxx video were recreated as a whole menagerie of singing tigers, ostriches and other creatures. Mew seem to live in a dark fairytale world more in common with the Brothers Grimm than their compatriot Hans Christian Anderson. They should make a film with Tim Burton.
Just in time for the second encore - 'Comforting Sounds' - we managed to discover an almost deserted upstairs bar with a great view over the stage.. and for one song at least I was in heaven. What a record that is.
This track is another of my favourites off the new album. It's probably the nearest thing to the epic feel of Comforting Sounds, and really shows off Jonas' incredible voice.
MEW - WHITE LIPS KISSED
Despite my lukewarm review, it's only as they didn't quite match the glory of the last time I saw them at ULU. If you've not seen them and you live anywhere near London I would strongly recommend checking 'em out at this intimate gig at 93 Feet East. Tickets won't be around much longer... and it's a great venue.
Sorry if the all of the above is written in gibberglish.. . I have a football match to go to and no time for proof reading!
Unfortunately Mew last night were a slight disappointment. It was partly my own fault for getting there a late (i.e. after they'd started) and thus missing the support act & the mounting excitement.... partly due to the hugely overpacked venue (you couldn't have squeezed five more people in the main room).... and partly because, i'm sad to say, Mew's new material isn't up to the standard of their 2003 album 'Frengers'.
That's not to say 'And The Glass Handed Kites' isn't good though. I've been listening to it pretty much non-stop for 4 days, and the good songs are really really good... it's just that 'Frengers' is a hell of an album to follow, and nothing on the new album quite reaches the heights of '156', 'Am I Wry?', 'She Came Home for Christmas' or of course, 'Comforting Sounds'.
Probably the best song on 'ATGHK' is 'The Zookeeper's Boy', and this was accompanied last night by Mew's usual stunning imagery. The monkeys from the Basement Jaxx video were recreated as a whole menagerie of singing tigers, ostriches and other creatures. Mew seem to live in a dark fairytale world more in common with the Brothers Grimm than their compatriot Hans Christian Anderson. They should make a film with Tim Burton.
Just in time for the second encore - 'Comforting Sounds' - we managed to discover an almost deserted upstairs bar with a great view over the stage.. and for one song at least I was in heaven. What a record that is.
This track is another of my favourites off the new album. It's probably the nearest thing to the epic feel of Comforting Sounds, and really shows off Jonas' incredible voice.
MEW - WHITE LIPS KISSED
Despite my lukewarm review, it's only as they didn't quite match the glory of the last time I saw them at ULU. If you've not seen them and you live anywhere near London I would strongly recommend checking 'em out at this intimate gig at 93 Feet East. Tickets won't be around much longer... and it's a great venue.
Sorry if the all of the above is written in gibberglish.. . I have a football match to go to and no time for proof reading!
posted by headphonesex @ 6:55 PM
