:lol:

 

"We're quite lucky with the way we sound' date=' because even before Jonas' vocals come in you know it's a Mew song. But at the same time you never know what's coming. So many play the way they're taught to play - we've never been taught anything more than a couple of guitar lessons between us. I learned a blues solo once, it still haunts my dreams! The problem with the blues is that you always know what's coming next. What you want from music is to be surprised."[/quote']

 

Aw...

When was that? ^

It was on that Purevolume site..doesn't say when but it's clearly Kites-era...I just wanted to share it cos I thought it was sweet, especially about them only having a few guitar lessons between them...

Oh, okay. I didn't know people still used PV but I guess Mew does. It hadnt been updated in a while there. :)

Not the bio bit, no - but the gigs are up-to-date and obviously, that lovely new piccy is a recent addition...I only found the link from Mew's fb page...

I forgot all about Mew's facebook page. :embarassed: I hadn't logged on in a while, anyway. :\

 

edit: They ahve yet to update MySpace with new promo pics. And that pic was obviously taken at the EO HQ like those eother promo pics simular to it. The ones that are green and the boys are dressed up.

Yeah I assumed EO too cos of the big curtain behind...I hope there's plenty more coming soon....I wish they'd update the main site so it's more like the myspace artwork...

That will take a bit of time. I think MySpace was much faster to do, and since they've started touring now it'll have to wait. but when they release the album the website and forum will get updated aswell. :)

 

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I may have to become (more of) a Silas fan-girl instead....

:stunned: Silas is much cuter now-a-days. That short hair REALLY works for him. Not to mention he's just so sweet.

 

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:bigcry:

 

I may have to become (more of) a Silas fan-girl instead....

 

:stunned:

:lol:

He looks like a 40-year-old in that pic.:sweatdrop:

:P

Yeah, he looks sooo nice with the shorter hair and he looks very nice in the promo pic with the purple teeshirt...

 

...but Bo.....words fail me....

 

*hopes for some normal looking promo shots soon*

I kinda like the weird promo shoots they do. But yea, you've got a point. They could use a few 'normal' ones. Ones where we can see their faces and they're not flying around, at least.

 

edit: also where they don't look like wax figures.

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Saturday, June 27, 2009

 

berlin

 

when i was little, i would sometimes lie in my room at night, looking

at a crack of light seeping out from somewhere in the room. every

single thing in the room resting peacefully but me, i would be

quietly contemplating death. at some point during these conversations

with myself, i would get really scared of dying and call my mother to

the room. as i remember, she would be very pragmatic about it. which

is not all that easy when u are talking about a thing, that even

though being the most natural thing of all things, is not easily

explained or understood. she would not reveal to me her true

believes, but instead inject a mysterious hope that everything would

be ok. still, it l did not calm my young nerves.

not did they find rest until i with the quirky logic of a little boy,

i formed the following thought and later mantra:

 

" michael jackson will die before u! "

 

.... understood: michael jackson will never die!

 

i am so so sad michael is dead, and not just because of the mantra. i

think the whole world is sad he is dead. i feel like the world got

less colorful last night. like i have lost something of myself. i

think i have.

 

im in berlin watching MJ on tv.i saw a couple of shows myself, but i

had forgotten the power he had. he was a uniter. he created much

excitement and happiness. i think the history of michael jackson says

a great deal of things about our society, and not a lot of positive.

 

michael, thanks for all the good times..

 

 

b

I kinda like the weird promo shoots they do. But yea, you've got a point. They could use a few 'normal' ones. Ones where we can see their faces and they're not flying around, at least.

 

edit: also where they don't look like wax figures.

 

I do like the weird ones...when it's all 3 of them and things are obscure or abstract - they're really cool...

 

but close up or individual shots - I just think they're better off keeping it fairly normal - I'd prefer more candid shots of them looking normal and comfortable..rather than posed and made up..

 

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omg! I know it's not supposed to be..but that was bloody funny...I can just picture little-Bo repeating his little mantra to himself..:lol:

 

Also, yeah yeah very sad about Jacko and all that...(it is a shame and all, but I'm kinda sick of hearing about it tbh, he was only one person - much much nicer people die every day)... but then nice of Bo to blog about it, he sounds much more sincere than all the big celebs claiming to be heart broken and all that...

Bo really liked Mj. How sad. I feel for him and other people who feel that way. But like you said, people die every single day. Some in much worse ways than MJ did. This should only remind us that everyoen dies. No matter how important they may be. Or how invincible...

 

As for the band shoots, I agree. But I'd have to see the rest of the pictures. I'm sure Jonas and Silas have done similar shots. It seems to be the theme for "No More Stories..." The first pic we see is childish and fun, and now there will be more adult/serious photographs.

BlogSpot update with a photograph by someone...

http://mewtour.blogspot.com/

 

Obviously from the KoL backstage area?

 

Secret Show Review:

Copenhagen, Denmark (June 24th 2009)

 

I am writing this a little late for it’s been a very busy week. It’s also been a very sad week in the world of music - people should just stop dying. Let me start by saying that Mew still have it. Whatever “it” is, fans know it well. It’s been almost two years since they’ve played a live show and in an interview a few hours earlier Jonas Bjerre admitted being very nervous. He also was very anxious to perform after a long break. What better way to start than a show where tickets were sold rather “secretly”. Approximately 200 people attended - some Nordic media, but mostly fans who could find their way to the show in such a short notice (announced in less than 10 days prior). Tickets were cheap (about 20€) and Mew even gave away free beer for all attendees - they obviously didn’t do this show for money. They sold new merchandise and they will never be sold this cheap in the future.

 

Naturally, the show was held in their hometown Copenhagen and the venue was a television studio that could have fit 600 people quite easily. The stage was on the same level than the audience so it felt very intimate. Now the downside - they couldn’t get their backdrops to work. Jonas told me that the crew had had two sleepless days trying to fix the problem. They couldn’t, but it’s all gonna be fine when next week’s Roskilde and Ruisrock gigs take place. They added extra lights to compensate the lack of animations, and as it was a television studio, needless to say that the sound was terrific. They have a new sound guy who did excellent job on his first Mew show. Keyboardist Nick Watts must be quite high on Mew’s “cool-meter” since there was a sign at the entrance door that said “Doctor Watts and some Danish guys” which people found funny. It was written with the font they have for the new album.

 

The show opened with a new track, New Terrain which is one of No More Stories‘ best tracks and Jonas’ personal favourite as well. The song felt like an odd choice because most of it is played backwards and it really works only as an intro. So they used a background tape and played on it. In the beginning of the song drummer Silas Graae was seen playing keyboards and guitarist Bo Madsen played them wacky drum beats. It’s definitely worth seeing. As this was an unknown track, the audience just stared and listened in awe, but then - without a break - Introducing Palace Players started and the audience screamed. Ex-bassist Johan Wohlert was also spotted in the audience. Apparently the aforementioned track has been on heavy play online since everyone seemed to know the lyrics, even when they are not yet published. Bo’s guitar playing was raw (as it is on the album) and Silas - once again - proved to be a world class drummer. Jonas’ singing voice was top notch. The song ended with a 30-second long never-before-heard outro to make sure that Jonas had enough time to pick up his guitar for the next track.

 

Then the setlist became heavy from And the Glass Handed Kites. As if we already didn’t have enough intros, we got Circuitry of the Wolf accompanied by Chinaberry Tree. Then the (intro-free) Special and other Kites-favourites The Zookeeper’s Boy and White Lips Kissed. Then it was time for a new track Repeaterbeater which was also something people had not heard at this point. Now it’s everywhere, and people seem to love this upbeat track that is also going to be a single in the near future. This two and a half minute track has more ideas than many pop bands can fit to their whole albums. Next they were supposed to play She Spider, but they skipped it and played another new song. It was time for Sometimes Life Isn’t Easy which also features an 88-year old Mari Helgerlikova. As has happened with some of Mew’s other duets, Mari was not personally present, but may appear on a backdrop. Animations were not in use, so we don’t know this yet, though. In an interview prior to this show, Jonas assured that Mari does exist even though you can’t really google her. The track also features a choir so background tape is surely needed.

 

Apocalypso/Saviours of Jazzballet-duo played next and then a big surprise. A minute-long Small Ambulance has never been played live before and it felt like they have a new Pink Monster on their hands. Some intermezzo to play when such is needed. Maybe this track will be heard only after the aforementioned dynamic Kites-duo, just like Pink Monster is attached to She Came Home For Christmas. You might think that they have played too many songs from the previous record, but the last four songs were reserved for Frengers. Snow Brigade first and then Am I Wry? No/156 which they should play separately sometimes (as they have years ago), it’s just too predictable. Guess what was the last song to be played? you never guess… sure you do. Comforting Sounds was quite rightfully the finale of the set and should continue being so at major festivals at least. It’s a near ten minute track you never get bored with and should replace the current Danish national anthem. Many bands would only dream to create something as epic as Comforting Sounds is.

 

Overall, this was a very solid and unique 75-minute set, something that will probably be the basis of their current tour with only a few of the older tracks stirring the setlist. It can’t take long that they’ll add the more danceable Beach to this setlist and (most likely) the epic Cartoons and Macramé Wounds as well.

 

 

 

New Terrain / Introducing Palace Players / Circuitry of the Wolf / Chinaberry Tree / Special / The Zookeeper’s Boy / White Lips Kissed / Repeaterbeater / Sometimes Life Isn’t Easy / Apocalypso / Saviours of Jazzballet / Small Ambulance / Snow Brigade / Am I Wry? No / 156 / Comforting Sounds

 

Tero Heikkinen

 

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Loved tero's review - I was checking out some of the videos people took at the secret gig too..very impressive....

 

..then I found myself on eBay looking for nin tix for July in Manchester...eek...dunno if I should do it or hang on for a proper tour...:\

 

anyway, it's actually 1 am monday 29th, so I just purchased the ep d/load from amazon plus the radio edit of ipp - then I went to that Finnish record shop and bought the ep on actual cd...:dance: ..now I'm gonna pre-order the album on amazon and sit on my arse & wait for august...ok, maybe not that last bit...

 

...but anyway, this is the summer of Meeeeew...:dance:

The very awesome Kim from the Mew forums has just uploaded scans of the newspaper Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten. They have a whole section devoted to Mew.

http://forums.mewsite.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=27628&start=150#p320153

^Aw, Great pics - wish I could read the words....:lol:

Buzznet.com has a bigger version of the promo pic at 1024 x 768.

 

I just LOVE Jonas' pants. :lol:

 

 

And I just LOVE Mew so much. :cry2:

^Woah! Gorgeous! Thanks Sofia :kiss:

 

New wallpaper coming up, me thinks...*saves*

 

 

edit:

I just LOVE Jonas' pants. :lol:

 

I just LOVE Bo's pants..:sneaky:

What about Silas? He get no lovin'? :whip:

What about Silas? He get no lovin'? :whip:

 

:laugh3: Well, I can't see much of his pants...but I'm sure he looks mighty fiine in them...;)

 

I :heart: Silas obviously...

 

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