Mew

[Phaedrus]

My mate's been banging on about them for a couple of years. I really like "Am I Wry? No", but never paid much heed beyond that.

But we went to see them live the other night and I was blown away by so many different things, not least the attention to bass - the basslines were really melodic, the bass tone was fantastic, the bass was quite promonent in the mix. The band generally are all really musical - lots of melodies, both vocal and instrumental.

At one point I wondered if Yes or Genesis would even be able to sound as complex and tight (and I'm quite a Yes & Genesis fan).

I've hit youtube to find anyone doing a decent cover of the bassline for Am I Wry? No, but there doesn't seem to be anything. Might do one myself if I can get time to nail the line . . .

If you haven't checked Mew out yet, they're pretty good anyway and on bass value alone they're well worth a listen.


[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-S0qJS9mG4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-S0qJS9mG4[/url]


Mark

Edited November 6, 2009 by Phaedrus

[Stingray5]

[quote name='Phaedrus' post='647763' date='Nov 6 2009, 11:11 PM']My mate's been banging on about them for a couple of years. I really like "Am I Wry? No", but never paid much heed beyond that.

But we went to see them live the other night and I was blown away by so many different things, not least the attention to bass - the basslines were really melodic, the bass tone was fantastic, the bass was quite promonent in the mix. The band generally are all really musical - lots of melodies, both vocal and instrumental.

At one point I wondered if Yes or Genesis would even be able to sound as complex and tight (and I'm quite a Yes & Genesis fan).

I've hit youtube to find anyone doing a decent cover of the bassline for Am I Wry? No, but there doesn't seem to be anything. Might do one myself if I can get time to nail the line . . .

If you haven't checked Mew out yet, they're pretty good anyway and on bass value alone they're well worth a listen.


[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-S0qJS9mG4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-S0qJS9mG4[/url]


Mark[/quote]
Thanks for that! I'd not heard Mew before but I have to say I'll be checking them out further.

[moonbass]

Hi,
I couldn't agree more: have seen them live a couple of times and they have been stunning (and loud... really, really loud!)
I have to say though, their new album has failed to impress me so far... maybe just needs a little more time?
If you're checking them out for the first time definately recommend starting with their first album 'Frengers', but second album 'And The Glass Handed Kites,' is brilliant too... really dark and complex; each song segueing into the next!
They're really bass heavy, very melodic, but it's the rhythmic complexity that astounds me. They frequently change time signature several times in a song although it always seems to make perfect sense, unlike a lot of prog experiments.
Definately, definately give them a look!
Andy.

[TheRev]

Cheers for the heads up chaps! I've been looking for something new to listen to and these guys definitely press all the right buttons. They're playing in Bristol on Monday,

[BigRedX]

I've been into Mew for about 3 years now since a friend played me the Frengers album. Personally I really like the new album in fact it may well be my favourite new album of this year unless something even more stunning gets released in the next 2 months.

BTW you can watch all the videos on [url="http://www.mewsite.com/"]their site[/url] which saves having to trawl through YouTube.

[ZMech]

I honestly thought that this topic was going to be about pokemon. oh well.

[Golchen]

[quote name='Zach' post='647932' date='Nov 7 2009, 10:59 AM']I honestly thought that this topic was going to be about pokemon. oh well.[/quote]


Me too ........................ or should that be Mew 2?