And the Glass Handed Kites

by Mew

Overview

Danish quartet Mew's dense and occasionally difficult And the Glass Handed Kites is old-fashioned only in the sense that it's meant to be eaten in a single sitting. This is not a single-driven record -- though "Special," with its bouncy, moody chorus and octave vocal delivery, sounds like an emission from a time machine parked dead center within the heydays of early-'90s alternative rock -- rather, it's a single organism. Kites takes the wisdom and volatility of the Delgados ("Chinaberry Tree"), the sonic scope of Sigur Ros ("White Lips Kissed"), and the angular guitar attack of early Ride and Dinosaur Jr. ("Circuitry of the Wolf") and melds them all into a cathartic post-rock epic that's so electrifying and unpredictable that it's almost impossible to take in with one or two listens. Fans of OK Computer-era Radiohead, My Bloody Valentine, and Disintegration-era Cure will find And the Glass Handed Kites one of the most breathtaking things to come along since the dawn of the dream pop/post-punk genres themselves. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	10/09/2020
Label:	Music On Cd
UPC:	8718627229781
Rank:	79716

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Mew   Primary Artist
Damon Tuntunjian   Guitar
Niklas Emil De Freis   Boys Choir,Choir/Chorus
Bo Rande   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Mathias Aagaard Christensen   Boys Choir,Choir/Chorus
J Mascis   Vocals,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Felipe Tichauer   Engineer
Frank Filipetti   Engineer
Pete Jackson   Management
Michael Beinhorn   Engineer,Producer
Mew   Composer
George Marino   Mastering
Kevin Bacon   Mixing,Mixing
Jonathan Quarmby   Mixing
Jonas Bjerre   Engineer,Group Member
Alan McGee   Management
Bo Madsen   Group Member
Johan Wohlert   Group Member
Gael Amzalag   Photography