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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.
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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
Tracklist
1 | Nothingness And No Regrets | 4:27 |
2 | The Wake Of Your Life | 4:41 |
3 | Candy Pieces All Smeared Out | 3:37 |
4 | In A Better Place | 4:40 |
5 | Ay Ay Ay | 3:41 |
6 | Learn Our Crystals | 5:21 |
7 | Twist Quest | 3:19 |
8 | Shoulders | 2:53 |
9 | 85 Videos | 4:37 |
10 | Zanzibar | 2:04 |
11 | Carry Me To Safety | 4:27 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Mew
- Copyright (c) – Mew
- Licensed To – Play It Again Sam
- Recorded At – Many-Worlds Mansion
- Recorded At – Grapehouse Studio
- Recorded At – Madsound
- Pressed By – Sony DADC – A0102812920-0101
Credits
- Artwork – Jonas Bjerre
- Backing Vocals – Sasha Ryabina
- Engineer [Engineered By] – Christian Alex Petersen, Jonas Bjerre, Mads Nørgaard Nielsen*, Nikolaj Nielsen, Søren Møller
- Guitar [Additional] – Mads Wegner
- Keyboards [Additional] – Søren Møller
- Layout – dlt
- Management – Key Music Management Ltd.
- Mastered By – Dean Honer
- Mixed By – Claudius Mittendorfer
- Performer [Mew Are] – Johan Wohlert, Jonas Bjerre, Silas Utke Graae Jørgensen
- Producer – Mew
- Saxophone – Marius Neset
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn [Flügelhorn] – Bo Rande
Notes
℗ 2017 Mew. © 2017 Mew.Under exclusive license to Play It Again Sam.
(LC07800). Made in the EU.
Comes in a gatefold sleeve with a 12-page lyrics/credits booklet.
Recorded at: Many-Worlds Mansion, Grapehouse Studios, MadSound Studio.
Thank you to all our Frengers, and to everyone that helped make this record, you know who you are.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 5414939955259
- Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC A0102812920-0101 12 A00
- Mastering SID Code: IFPI L552
- Mould SID Code: IFPI 947P
- Label Code: LC07800
- Rights Society: SABAM/BIEM
Other versions
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
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PIASR940CDP | Mew | Visuals (CDr, Album, Promo) | [PIAS] Recordings, Play It Again Sam | PIASR940CDP | Europe | 2017 |
PIASR940LP | Mew | Visuals (LP, Album, Gat) | Play It Again Sam [PIAS] | PIASR940LP | Europe | 2017 |
PIASR940LPS | Mew | Visuals (LP, Album, Ltd, 180) | [PIAS] Recordings, Play It Again Sam | PIASR940LPS | Europe | 2017 |
HSE-4042 | Mew | Visuals (CD, Album) | Play It Again Sam [PIAS], Hostess Entertainment Unlimited | HSE-4042 | Japan | 2017 |
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