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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 (Album) by Mew

Artist Biography For Mew

Mew Is An Alternative Rock Band Which Formed In Hellerup Denmark In 1995. The Band Consists Of Jonas Bjerre Vocals Johan Wohlert And Silas Utke Graae Jørgensen Drums . Wohlert Left The Band In 2006 But Returned In 2014 And Is Featured On All Subsequent Releases. When On Tour Mew Is Supported By Dr. Nick Watts Headswim On Keyboard And Mads Wegner On Guitar Original Guitarist Bo Madsen Guitar Left The Band In 2015. The Band's Music Can Be Described As Experimental Pop Or As Singer Jonas Bjerre Mentioned In A Recent Interview "I Think That We Combine Pop Music With Something That's Much More Experimental In Our Own Way. I Don't Think I Would Even Try And Describe It. It's Difficult." Guitarist Bo Madsen Has Also Classified Mew's Music As "indie Stadium". The Members Of Mew Started Playing Music Together In 1995. Mew First Achieved Success In Denmark With Their Album Frengers Although Their Debut Album A Triumph For Man Had Been Met With Much Critical Acclaim Back In 1997. At The 2003 Danish Music Critics Award Show Mew Won The Awards For "Album Of The Year" And "Band Of The Year." Until This Point Mew Was Relatively Unknown Outside Of Denmark However After A European Tour Supporting R.E.M. Mew Began To Attract Wider Attention. After Releasing The Critically-Acclaimed Album And The Glass Handed Kites Featuring Contributions From J Mascis From Dinosaur Jr Mew Has Built On Their Success In Denmark As Well As Attracting Attention From Other Countries In Europe And Asia. In The Summer Of 2006 They Toured As The Supporting Act For Bloc Party In The U.S. As Well As For Kasabian In The U.S. And Canada In The Fall. After These Tours They Returned To Denmark To Work On New Material. On March 14th 2007 Mew Embarked On Their First Ever Headlining Tour In America With Oh No! Oh My! As The Supporting Act. Their Fifth Studio Album 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 Was Released In August 25 2009. They've Also Toured With Nine Inch Nails Kings Of Leon And Sigur Rós. In 2010 They Released A Greatest Hits Compilation Called Eggs Are Funny. They Began Performing New Material In 2012 At Roskilde Festival And Released Their Sixth Studio Album - In 2015. Madsen Left The Band The Same Year And The Band Began Writing New Material For Their New Album Shortly After They Concluded Their Tour. They Released Their Seventh Studio Album Visuals After Releasing A Few Singles In The Months Preceding Its Release. They Embarked On Tours For The Album As Well As A Tour Celebrating The 15th Anniversary Of Their Breakthrough Album Frengers In 2018. Discography * A Triumph For Man 1997 Re-Released 2006 * Half The World Is Watching Me 2000 Re-Released Aug 2007 * Frengers 2003 * And The Glass Handed Kites 2005 * No More Stories... 2009 * Eggs Are Funny 2010 * - 2015 * Visuals 2017

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Frogtoon Music Album Info: 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

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 Is The Fifth Studio Album By The Danish Band Mew. It Was Released In Scandinavia On 17 August The UK On 24 August The U.S. On 25 August And Japan On 26 August 2009. No More Stories... Is Produced By Rich Costey Who Also Produced The Breakthrough Album Frengers And Is The Band's First Album As An Official Three-Piece After Bass Player Johan Wohlert Left To Spend Time With His Family. According To Lead Vocalist Jonas Bjerre This Album Is Happier "dancier" And More Upbeat Than Its Predecessor And The Glass Handed Kites Which Had A Dark Theme Of Fear. Bjerre Explained The Unusually Long Title Of The Album To Gaffa "We Originally Wanted A Short Title For The Album But We Couldn't Find Sufficiently Redemptive Words. The Final Title Is The Lyrics To The Short Intermezzo 'Hawaii Dream' And When Bo Suggested That We Use The Complete Text As Title It Didn't Take Him Long To Convince Silas And Myself. It Was Like Finding The Missing Piece In A Puzzle". The Opening Track "New Terrain" If Played Backwards Reveals Another Song Entitled "Nervous" Which Is Added As A Bonus Track To The Vinyl Edition Of The Album. The Lyrics Were Posted As A Poem On Their Danish Record Company Evil Office's Website . No More Stories... Was Met With Universal Acclaim Upon Release. The Album Was Extremely Well Received In The Band's Native Denmark Upon Release Getting Top Scores In Reviews From Most Music Magazines Including Gaffa And Soundvenue. Website Metacritic Calculated An Average Score Of 79 Out Of 100 From 17 Professional Reviews. The A.V. Club Gave It An A The Highest Note Praising That "Mew Really Does Inhabit A Place Where Few Contemporaries Can Be Found." The Independent Review Site Pitchfork Media Gave The Album An 8.1/10 Citing That "Mew Has Succeeded In Developing A Good Sound From Some Of The Least Hip Ingredients Imaginable" While Comparing The Album To Progressive Rock Bands Of The Late 1970s. British Music Weekly NME Gave The Album 8/10 Going On To Say That "Always Inventive Often Beautiful And Occasionally Totally Sublime Mew Have Always Stood Out From The Pack." Slant Magazine Gave The Album 3 Out Of 5 Stars Stating That "Mew Is Not As Thoughtful Or Smart As They Think They Are But The Force Of Their Conviction Is Inspiring."

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