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Visuals is the seventh studio album by Danish alternative rock band Mew. The record was released worldwide April 28th 2017. It is the first Mew album to not feature founding member and guitarist Bo Madsen, who left the band after the previous album + – (Plus Minus).

It’s a pop record with a light outer frosting of edginess. But if you’d like to hear Mew explore those edges and break free from the stultifying safety of their music, Visuals leaves you frustrated. About a quarter of the way through the album, for example, the bombastic synths of In a Better Place give way, ever so gracefully, to soft trickles of jazz trumpet in the song’s final minute. Smooth elevator jazz or muzak-grade new age would have fit the mood; instead, Mew create a tastefully solemn atmosphere that would fit right in on a Jon Hassell record.

Although its soundscapes sometimes overshadow its songwriting, the album captures just about everything that’s always made Mew special, so it also serves as a strong battle cry of a band that refuses to let a recent loss get in the way of their magic.

Album · 2017 · 11 Songs. More By Mew. See All. And the Glass Handed Kites. 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 (Bonus Track Version).

Visuals is the seventh studio album by Danish alternative rock band Mew. It was released on 21 April 2017. It is the first Mew album not to feature guitarist Bo Madsen, who left the band after their previous album, + - was released in 2015. 1 Critical reception.

Visuals is probably the most ‘simple’ Mew has been since Frengers (albeit without that album’s jet engine roar), but if it never quite reaches the twisty heights of +-it remains endearing nonetheless.

Mew 's seventh set, Visuals, is a magical journey through a dream pop landscape that goes easy on the crunchy muscle of earlier efforts. Opting for atmospherics over bombast, Mew focus on mood over tight pop song structure, which is rewarding for fans of the the lusher portions of their prior album