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 (2009)
Mew
Yes, that is the actual title. Denmark's Mew decided to make the album title the complete lyrics from the eighth song off the album, "Hawaii Dream." In most instances, it's shortened to just "No More Stories..."
The album opens with "New Terrain," a song whose music sounds chaotic and haphazard. The hidden track on the album called "Nervous" is actually "New Terrain" backwards and both songs, while definitely sounding like they're being played backwards, incredibly enough, have understandable lyrics. The next song on the album, "Introducing Palace Players," with it's irregular bass line and melodic hooks, is one of the most instantly catchy songs. The video (posted at the bottom of this review) is the first in a trilogy of videos shot with award winning director Martin de Thurah. "Repeaterbeater," the fourth song, is video features the band being hypnotised by an actual hypnotist. The band claims that they wanted to hypnotise themselves so that they could listen and critique their music without bias. Regardless of what the reason truly was, the result was a crazy, unique video featuring what appears to be complete mental breakdowns and indoor rain. "Beach," the third song off the album (and one of the poppiest) is the 3rd video in the trilogy and has yet to be released.
The rest of the album definitely doesn't disappoint. Beautiful melodies, incredible riffs, and energetic drumming (all while keeping with the classic dreamy Mew feel) leave the listener wanting more.
And yes, the videos are slightly cut off, so you might want to click on the videos themselves to get to the real Youtube video.
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