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    Annie
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    Annie joined the group Group logo of +-+- 6 months ago

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    Troy Delaney
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    Troy Delaney joined the group Group logo of +-+- 3 years, 1 month ago

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    Solace Of Beverline posted an update in the group Group logo of +-+- 6 years, 8 months ago · updated 6 years, 5 months ago

    So, with the dust finally settled on +-, how do people feel about the album these days?

    Personally, I rank it as Mew’s worst, I have really tried to enjoy it but it just doesn’t inspire me.

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      Solace Of Beverline replied
      6 years, 8 months ago

      Yes. Sometimes I feel that Mew have become too self-conscious of what they create, maybe? That they are constantly aware of their past, and try to push elements of it away. In 10 years we have had 2 albums, which is insane. A lot of time has been spent writing these songs, recording them, producing them. And for me (I can only speak for myself)…[Read more]

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      Jeppe replied
      6 years, 8 months ago

      I agree – it’s a dissapointing album. With Bo out of the band, I find it hard to see them getting back to their ‘old’ level.

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      Gustav replied
      6 years, 8 months ago

      It’s not very cohesive and there are too many fadeouts, but I think it’s Mew’s best pop album. I like all the songs, but it lacks the full-length vision Mew normally apply to their albums.

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        Jeppe replied
        6 years, 8 months ago

        I think songs like ‘Witness’, ‘Making Friends’, ‘Water Slides’, and ‘Interview The Girls’ are very mediocre compared to what Mew have done in the past. The album just feels less inspired.

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          Gustav replied
          6 years, 8 months ago

          With Witness and ITG I think they just shifted their ambitions towards making songs that were more straightforward structurally, and more melody-focussed. I think they’re successful efforts. Making Friends and Water Slides have their own quirks and unusual Mew-like qualities although they are maybe less bombastic or hard-hitting than some of Mew’s…[Read more]

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      Richard replied
      6 years, 6 months ago

      I agree, sadly. Witness is really fun and Rows is beautiful, but that’s pretty much all I enjoy from +-. It kind of concerns me that this was the best they could come up with after 6 years of working on it.

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      Keir Martin replied
      6 years, 5 months ago

      I still listen to the album religiously. I love it much more now than I did when I first heard it. Witness and Waterslides seemed outright awful to me at first but I’ve grown to love them. Witness has an absolutely beautiful melody and is great both in the studio and stripped down. It undoubtedly sets the mood at the opening of their shows too.…[Read more]

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    Frederik Voss
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    Frederik Voss posted an update in the group Group logo of +-+- 6 years, 8 months ago · updated 6 years, 8 months ago

    There is an interview with Bo about the break in the new Soundvenue magazine. Only the printed version though. I have not read it myself. Anyone who has who could scan it and upload?

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      Solace Of Beverline replied
      6 years, 8 months ago

      And, does Jordbo contain any relevant insights? Assuming someone here has a copy.

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      Tero Heikkinen replied
      6 years, 8 months ago

      Yes, someone, please, tell us.

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      Frederik Voss replied
      6 years, 8 months ago

      I pre-ordered the book, but it hasn’t arrived yet. Hopefully it will today.
      I will also try to get hold of a Soundvenue Magazine and the latest Danish Euroman magazine, which also includes something with Bo.

      Then I’ll report back 😉

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    Frederik Voss
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    Frederik Voss joined the group Group logo of +-+- 6 years, 8 months ago

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    Ann Lancaster
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    Ann Lancaster posted an update in the group Group logo of +-+- 7 years ago

    http://www.indieshuffle.com/mew-making-friends-kimbra-remix/

    [LISTEN] Mew - Making Friends (Kimbra Remix) :: Indie ShuffleListen to and download Mew - Making Friends (Kimbra Remix). Sounds like: Seinabo Sey, AKUA, Chairlift | What's so good? Listen to a curated playlist crafted from this song.

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    BlackEye
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    BlackEye joined the group Group logo of +-+- 7 years, 1 month ago

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    Danilo Crispim
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    Danilo Crispim joined the group Group logo of +-+- 7 years, 1 month ago

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    Ann Lancaster
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    Ann Lancaster posted an update in the group Group logo of +-+- 7 years, 4 months ago · updated 7 years, 3 months ago

    So some time ago we were talking about the Quiet Sessions EP that came out, and it seemed like they had only released 6 of the 7 tracks.

    Today I started playing +- on Spotify and noticed that “The Night Believer” is the missing track. I had never heard it before!

    ADDITIONALLY…there is another track on Spotify called “Daddy Drone”. Anyone kno…[Read more]

    Ann Lancaster posted an update in the group +-
    So some time ago we were talking about the Quiet Sessions EP that came out, and it seemed like they had only released 6 of the 7 tracks. Today I started playing +- on Spotify and noticed that “The Night Believer” is the missing track. I had never heard it before! ADDITIONALLY...there is another track on Spotify called \"Daddy Drone\". Anyone know anything about that? qs
    So some time ago we were talking about the Quiet Sessions EP that came out, and it seemed like they
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      james replied
      7 years, 3 months ago

      I just discovered this version of Quiet Sessions (7 tracks) plus two remixes of Witness, & Daddy Drone are featured on the US iTunes “Deluxe Edition” of +-.

      *edit* I was snooping around other iTunes locations, and it seems the Denmark store includes a digital booklet with the album. Anyone know what it includes?

      I didn’t see a digital booklet in…[Read more]

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    Gem
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    Gem posted an update in the group Group logo of +-+- 7 years, 4 months ago · updated 7 years, 4 months ago

    I haven’t been able to stop listening to this album since I saw them last week in SF. It’s like I’ve forgotten how to hit “play” on anything else.

    [[also hi I’m new ^_^]]

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      Ann Lancaster replied
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Welcome!

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      Keir Martin replied
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Welcome to da family!

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    Gem
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    Gem joined the group Group logo of +-+- 7 years, 4 months ago

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    Ann Lancaster
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    Ann Lancaster posted an update in the group Group logo of +-+- 7 years, 4 months ago · updated 7 years, 4 months ago

    http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/09/mew_share_witne_1.html

    Mew share "Witness" remix by Metronomy bassist Olugbenga (listen); North American tour starts this weekby Bill Pearis Mew's North American tour with The Dodos starts this week on the West Coast, making its way east and will hit NYC on October 10 at Webster Hall. Tickets for the NYC show are still available. Updated...

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      Keir Martin replied
      7 years, 4 months ago

      *does not know how to feel*

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      Keir Martin replied
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Definitely better than most of the remixes that have cropped up recently. Still not sure how I feel about it though.

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    ohagin.
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    ohagin. joined the group Group logo of +-+- 7 years, 5 months ago

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    Stef Mewstralia
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    Stef Mewstralia posted an update in the group Group logo of +-+- 7 years, 6 months ago · updated 7 years, 6 months ago

    When I think of “Cross The River On Your Own” being about Bo leaving, I cry a little… 🙁

    (However, I will focus on the BIG PLUS today…………)

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      Keir Martin replied
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Can’t listen to Silas and the Magic Car anymore without getting a little sad.

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    Peter Michael Hietamäki
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    Peter Michael Hietamäki posted an update in the group Group logo of +-+- 7 years, 6 months ago

    I’m just curious – in the Reddit Ask me anything-thingy they talked about the Quiet Sessions. The question was on the matter of a b-side album…

    —

    crayfl: Are you guys planning on ever releasing a b-sides/rarity collection? Also related, are you planning on releasing any plus minus b-sides soon?

    Mew: That’s a cool idea. Maybe one day. We h…[Read more]

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    Peter Michael Hietamäki joined the group Group logo of +-+- 7 years, 6 months ago

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    Gustav
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    Gustav posted an update in the group Group logo of +-+- 7 years, 8 months ago · updated 7 years, 8 months ago

    Factoid: Rows is pronounced like “rows of things” because it was originally an instrumental composition which they described as “rows of ideas”. The end section (“draw for me a rainbow”) was written separately and they glued it together. 1/8 notes in the first bit become triplets in the end section.

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      Gustav replied
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Songs they’d originally worked on before Johan returned included Satellites and Making Friends as well as Western Silver Lion Cub. So the last bit of My Complications came first. They sketched out the rest of My Complications before Russell Lissack helped them finish it.

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      Gustav replied
      7 years, 8 months ago

      +- is Mew’s most expensive album ever.

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      Gustav replied
      7 years, 8 months ago

      All the selfies taken for The Night Believer will be used. So if you sent them a picture of something you shouldn’t have, you might have made The Night Believer video X rated.

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      Gustav replied
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Clinging To A Bad dream started as an extended jam by Silas and Bo (that initial African-inspired bit). Jonas added chords for the chorus. Incidentally Clinging’s guitar part has nothing to do with Boy. Speaking of which, Boy ended up on the scrap pile.

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      Gustav replied
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Cross The River started out with a part written by Bo and Nick Watts. Hence Nick Watts got his first ever songwriting credit for Mew.

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      Gustav replied
      7 years, 8 months ago

      There was going to be an extra bit to their live shows. Something, as far as I remember, to do with “reflective screens”, but they couldn’t get it to work. They said they might add more new songs to the set lists as the tour progresses. Backdrops may return, although not for the +- tour (I don’t think).

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        Ann Lancaster replied
        7 years, 8 months ago

        The lighting/stage design as it is seems pretty underwhelming compared to the way they were describing how it was going to be. That’s a shame they couldn’t get the fancy things to work properly. But I *really* want those backdrops to return. Really, really, really.

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          Gustav replied
          7 years, 8 months ago

          I miss the backdrops too. It feels like a worn out novelty seeing them without them.

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      Gustav replied
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Agnes, help me out…

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        Agnes replied
        7 years, 8 months ago

        You are so good at this. I had already forgotten some of these things..

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      Agnes replied
      7 years, 8 months ago

      They will answer the questions from MewX on video and had already filmed Silas answering one.

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        Gustav replied
        7 years, 8 months ago

        I think they’ve filmed them all? They got around 7 I think. The Silas one is a question to him, which must be mine because I don’t think any of the others are addressed to him, although I might be wrong.

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          Agnes replied
          7 years, 8 months ago

          Hmm, maybe. Yes yours is the only one directly to Silas.

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            Gustav replied
            7 years, 8 months ago

            A good thing he didn’t know me as that weirdo who tried to ask him questions and then awkwardly hugged him.

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              Agnes replied
              7 years, 8 months ago

              Haha, yeah. That was a little awkward..

              “Is this an interview?”

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              Gustav replied
              7 years, 8 months ago

              Don’t remind me!

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      Gustav replied
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Jonas talked for ages, and never seemed to tire of people asking him questions. I forgot to ask about Twin Peaks but there may be more things I’ve not mentioned.

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        Frederik Voss replied
        7 years, 8 months ago

        Do you know when the MewX Q&A will come out? 🙂

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          Gustav replied
          7 years, 8 months ago

          No. They’ve done all the videos as mentioned above, and I think they might have sent them back, although they have to go through a bit of a chain to get back here.

    • Profile picture of Gustav
      Gustav replied
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Yeah in British English “rows” can mean arguments which might have made more sense in conjunction with the lyrics. If so it’s pronounced like “cows”.

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      Gustav replied
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Oh yeah with regards to Rows: they have played it in rehearsals, but they haven’t been able to figure out a good way of playing the last bit (“draw for me a rainbow”) because of the many vocal parts. They’ve tried to imitate them with synths, but it’s not sounded right yet.

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    Tatiana
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    Tatiana joined the group Group logo of +-+- 7 years, 8 months ago

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