This precise refrain makes this band unique, these seconds underline the high quality of MewвЂ™s songwriting. The thumping bass and drums in the refrain are only beaten by BjerreвЂ™s vocal genius most definitely the highlight of the album. Ewing but Mew are no band willing to fullfill any emo cliches! Space rock meeting progressive pop it is. вЂњApocalypsoвЂќвЂs alarming guitars remind you of J.R. Slow, discrete, fast FASTER! Are you ready for the best part of the album? A minimalistic composition with a gentle synth completing the wall of sound in combination with the reserved vocals. вЂњFox ClubвЂќ is the exact interlude for the upcoming storm. This вЂњdreamy-indie-progressive-psychedelic-shoegaze-art-rockвЂќ bastard hasnвЂ™t unfolded itвЂ™s strength yet, just wait for it and expect the unexpected. Never have I been challenged with such a diversity in songwriting (except when I first listened to The Mars Volta).ДЄnd these danish virtuosos are not done yet. Pop music should most definitely sound like this. вЂњWhy are you looking graveвЂќ wakes you up from your sugar-induced slumber with itвЂ™s uptempo rhythm and genius melodies. But you cannot eat steak all the time, your body craves sweets from time to time. The opener вЂњCircuitry Of The WolfвЂќ sounds like prog rock, you expect something like Rush, just to get a knock on the forehead with вЂњChinaberry TreeвЂќ, a dreamy shoegaze pop track that works perfectly with Jonas BjerreвЂ™s high pitched voice. And guess what? IвЂ™m totally addicted to this album. I was not ready for it.Д«ut praise Allah IвЂ™ve got a good memory and I gave the LP a new chance in 2012.

Please bear in mind that IвЂ™m no sexual offender but when I first heard the album back in 2005, the music I mainly listened to was music in the likes of Icelandic post rockers Sigur RГіs or songwriter-folk music such as Nick Drake, Vashti Bunyan or Elliott Smith. The first time I listened to MewвЂ™s вЂњAnd The Glass Handed KiteвЂќ my initial reaction was: вЂњWhat the fuck is this? Transsexual art rock?вЂќ. Have you ever listened to an album that was just too much for your musical horizon? And have you ever tried to listen to it again, a few years later just to figure out that the album is genius and awesomeness in one?

And the glass handed kites mew rar