Aug 21 2006
Am I Wry? No
So I had planned to do a post on Mew today, but it seems like the rest of the blogosphere beat me to it. So go read up ion them atthe following places:
- Mew on AOL's The Interface podcast. The group performs live in the studio and there is also an interview.
- Culture Bully has the Interface broken down as MP3's.
- Chromewaves on Mew, with some downloads for you.
- GVB on Mew.
Honestly I can't decide if their record (Thanks Peabs!) is brilliantly over the top or a bombastic hodgepodge of falsetto vocals and prog-rock extravagance. Honestly it probably falls somewhere in between. It has it's moments but it also loses me in some places. My favorite track of theirs is "Special," which you can go here to download.
Natalya was nice enough to lend me her copy of Mew's The Zookeeper's Boy EP which has a brilliant b-side which I offer to you:
(MP3) Mew | Am I Wry? No
Enjoy!
Aside from the Snakes On A Plane movie going extravanganza I laid low this weekend. SOaP was awesomely bad. It was kinda like a porn in the fact that they just got right ot the plot. We were on the plane with the snakes being released like 10 minutes into the film. There was no messing around. If you haven't seen it yet and want to, I recommend getting alot of people together(We rolled in about 20 deep on Friday) and having a few drinks beforehand.
I did watch the two USA Basketball games over the weekend. The team looked much better yesterday v. China. The Purto Rico match was a little rough at times but they pulled it out. The US team was hitting their jumpers more in the second game and their halfcourt offense was working much better. 'Melo is playing great and my jaw drops every time the cameras focus in on Dwight Howard. Dude is HUGE. Also, Shane Battier is the man, get over it. He's perfect for this team.
And on the other end of the spectrum is...my Boston Red Fizzle.
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Comments
You're quite welcome, buddy. And "Am I Wry? No" is actually the lead track off of their previous record, Frengers (and arguably Mew's best song). Bovs.
Posted by: Peabs at August 21, 2006 3:55 PM
Are you implying that an album can't be both "brilliantly over the top or a bombastic hodgepodge of falsetto vocals and prog-rock extravagance"?
(Prog, unfortunately, gets a bad rap. Kids need more King Crimson in their music collections.)
I think it's both and I'm wearing out my CD from so many listens. Bought that EP yesterday just for the two non-album tracks.
Posted by: Glenn at August 21, 2006 4:45 PM
