Review: Mew "And The Glass Handed Kites"

Review: Mew "And The Glass Handed Kites"

Mew "And The Glass Handed Kites": Aidin Vaziri | You get the impression that Mew singer Jonas Bjerre bought the cheapo English-Danish translation dictionary. Surely, he didn't mean to name a song "Saviours of Jazz Ballet (Fear Me, December)." Or "Apocalypso"? Come on. Maybe he's just horsing around because he knows that his band's distorted prog rock is so awesome that if he didn't throw in some stupid titles every now and then, all the other bands like the Mars Volta would just break up, like, "Well, the best record ever has already been made, so why even bother?" Take songs like "Special," "Chinaberry Tree" and "White Lips Hissed." Each one is like a secret math equation: Pixies + Radiohead x Cocteau Twins - Nickelback x 1,000.