Mew is a Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 alternative music

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band consisting of Jonas Bjerre

Jonas Bjerre

Jonas Bjerre Terkelsbøl is the lead singer and guitarist of Danish rock-trio Mew. Jonas Bjerre is also a visual artist and creates animated videos for Mew's live shows....

, Bo Madsen, and Silas Utke Graae Jørgensen. Bassist Johan Wohlert

Johan Wohlert

Johan Wohlert is the former bass player of Danish indie band Mew. He left the band on 11 April 2006, because he did not feel that he could be a rock star and a good father at the same time...

 was also a founding member of the band, but left in 2006. Whilst their music may be classified as indie

Indie (music)

In music, independent music, often shortened to indie music or "indie" is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing....

 and on occasion progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

, the band's guitarist Bo Madsen refers to the band as "the world's only indie stadium band".

History

Formed in 1994 in Hellerup

Hellerup

Hellerup is a Danish town of Region Hovedstaden, located in the Gentofte Municipality in Denmark. It is bordered to the east by the sound Øresund and to the South by Copenhagen and counted among the most affluent areas in Denmark....

, an upper-class suburb of Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

, they had a profound impact on the Danish indie scene, emerging alongside the likes of Carpark North

Carpark North

Carpark North is a Danish electronic rock band. The band was formed in Aarhus, Denmark on 28 July 1999 by Lau Højen , Søren Balsner and Morten Thorhauge...

, Swan Lee

Swan Lee

Swan Lee was a Danish band featuring Pernille Rosendahl on vocals. The name was taken from a Syd Barrett song.In 1996 Pernille Rosendahl formed a band with guitarist Jonas Struck, drummer Emil Jorgensen and her boyfriend Tim Christensen. After Christensen left in 1999, the remaining trio continued...

 and Saybia

Saybia

-History:From 1998 to 2000 they privately recorded three EPs before signing to EMI in the spring of 2001. In the summer EMI released the 6 track EP "Saybia". In September 2001 the band went to Sweden to record their debut album The Second You Sleep...

, amongst others, in 2003. At the 2003 Danish Music Critics Award Show, Mew won the awards for "Album of the Year" and "Band of the Year".

Their first major commercial success came with Frengers

Frengers

Frengers is the third album by Danish band Mew, released in April 2003.The title is a portmanteau of the words friend and stranger...

, released in 2003, described as "a work of quiet brilliance, aiming for the epic without straying into the bombastic, offering cerebral arrangements while keeping things accessible." The album was well received. After a European tour supporting R.E.M.

R.E.M.

R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's...

 they began to attract wider attention. Their next album And the Glass Handed Kites

And the Glass Handed Kites

And the Glass Handed Kites is the fourth studio album by Danish band Mew, released 19 September 2005 in Denmark, 24 September 2005 in the United Kingdom and 25 July 2006 in the United States on Sony BMG...

 was released in Denmark on 19 September 2005, in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 and rest of Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 on 26 September, and in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 on 25 July 2006. The album received critical acclaim, with Mew described as making "dreamy thunderstorm pop". They were MTV Asia "Buzz-Worthy" as of January, 2006, and at the DMA06 (Danish Music Awards

Danish Music Awards

The Danish Music Awards is a Danish award show. The show has been arranged by IFPI since 1989, and was originally called IFPI-prisen until 1991, when it changed its name to Dansk Grammy . The current name was given in 2001, after the American Grammy Awards took copyright on the name Grammy....

) they took home 4 statuettes.
On 11 April 2006, Wohlert left the band to spend more time with his girlfriend, Pernille Rosendahl from the now dissolved band Swan Lee, who was to give birth to their baby boy in May 2006. The two would later go on to form a duo, The Storm.

The band tours with Nick Watts (formerly of UK indie band Headswim

Headswim

Headswim was an indie-rock band formed in Essex, England by Daniel Glendining and his brother Tom Glendining , along with their friends Clovis Taylor and Nick Watts . The band had previously been known as Blinder but changed their name in 1992.-History:The band’s early sound was influenced by...

) as their keyboardist, and Bastian Juel (who used to act as a studio and live bassist for Swan Lee and also played bass on Tina Dico

Tina Dico

Tina Dico is a singer and songwriter inspired by artists such as Tracy Chapman, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen.In Denmark she performs under her real name, Tina Dickow.- Beginnings :...

's EP Far) recently joined them as their live bassist. However, he is not an official replacement for Johan and the band has said they will return to the studio with just the three original members.

The band finished touring for And the Glass Handed Kites in the summer of 2007. They returned to Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

, New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 in May 2008 in order to begin recording their next record, and tapped Rich Costey

Rich Costey

Rich Costey is an American record producer, engineer, and mixer who has worked with many bands including Muse, Cave In, Thursday, Franz Ferdinand, Glasvegas, The Mars Volta, Doves, Bloc Party, Ontronik , Jimmy Eat World, My Chemical Romance, Supergrass, Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine, Nine...

 (who produced their breakthrough album, Frengers) once again as producer.

The band's fifth album No More Stories / Are Told Today / I'm Sorry / They Washed Away // No More Stories / The World Is Grey / I'm Tired / Let's Wash Away

No More Stories...

No More Stories Are Told Today, I'm Sorry They Washed Away // No More Stories, The World Is Grey, I'm Tired, Let's Wash Away is the fifth studio album by the Danish band Mew. It was released in Scandinavia on 17 August, the UK on 24 August, the U.S...

 was released on August 17, 2009 in Scandinavia, August 24 in the UK, and August 25 in the US.

In 2009, the band supported Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...

 for various tour dates across Europe.

On October 25, 2010, Mew released their first compilation album entitled, Eggs Are Funny

Eggs Are Funny

Eggs Are Funny is the first compilation album from the Danish Alternative band, Mew. It was released in Scandinavia on 25 October 2010 and Internationally on 11 January 2011 as a digital download. The compilation features 14 songs from previous albums as well as one new song, "Do You Love It?"...

, which featured 14 songs from previous albums as well as one new song, "Do You Love It?". The track list was compiled of what Mew consider to be their "best work".

On an episode of HBO's Eastbound and Down, airing 10/31/2010, "Comforting Sounds" from the album "Frengers" played over the end of the show and into the closing credits.

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions						Certifications
		DEN Tracklisten Tracklisten is a Danish top 40 record chart that is presented every Thursday midnight at .The weekly Danish Singles Chart also known as Track Top-40 combines the 40 best selling tracks from legal music downloads and the sales of music singles on either CD or vinyl...	FIN Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	NOR VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by...	SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
1997	A Triumph for Man A Triumph for Man A Triumph for Man is the first album by Danish band Mew, released in April 1997 by the Danish record label Exlibris Musik.Only 2,000 copies of the album were printed initially and prices for an original copy have reached upwards of US$200 on auction site eBay.On 18 September 2006 A Triumph for Man... Released: 1997, 2006 (reissue) Label: Exlibris Musik	8	—	—	—	—	—
2000	Half the World Is Watching Me Half the World Is Watching Me Half the World Is Watching Me is the second album by Danish alternative rock band Mew, released on their own record label Evil Office in 2000. The album was originally printed in about only 5,000 copies, but has been reissued twice for wider distribution. The most recent dates to 6 August 2007 and... Released: 2000, 2007 (reissue) Label: Evil Office, Playground Playground Music Scandinavia Playground Music Scandinavia AB is a Scandinavian based record label and is currently owned by Jonas Sjöström....	34	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Frengers Frengers Frengers is the third album by Danish band Mew, released in April 2003.The title is a portmanteau of the words friend and stranger... Released: April 2003, 2007 (reissue) Label: Sony BMG Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation.... , Epic Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...	2	36	6	—	102	—	DEN: Platinum
2005	And the Glass Handed Kites And the Glass Handed Kites And the Glass Handed Kites is the fourth studio album by Danish band Mew, released 19 September 2005 in Denmark, 24 September 2005 in the United Kingdom and 25 July 2006 in the United States on Sony BMG... Released: 19 September 2005 Label: Evil Office, Sony BMG	2	4	4	36	129	—	DEN: Platinum
2009	No More Stories... No More Stories... No More Stories Are Told Today, I'm Sorry They Washed Away // No More Stories, The World Is Grey, I'm Tired, Let's Wash Away is the fifth studio album by the Danish band Mew. It was released in Scandinavia on 17 August, the UK on 24 August, the U.S... 1 Released: 19 August 2009 Label: Evil Office, A:larm Music	1	2	2	41	110	130	DEN: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

¹ The name in its entirety is: No More Stories / Are Told Today / I'm Sorry / They Washed Away // No More Stories / The World Is Grey / I'm Tired / Let's Wash Away.

EPs

• The Zookeeper's Boy EP (2006)
• Live Session EP (2007) Released exclusively on iTunes
  ITunes
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• No More Stories EP
  No More Stories EP
  - References :...
  
   (2009)

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart position					Album
		DEN	FIN	NOR	SWE	UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
1997	"She Came Home for Christmas She Came Home For Christmas She Came Home for Christmas is the second single by Danish alternative rock band Mew. The song was released after "I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi ". The song originally appeared on the band's debut album A Triumph for Man in 1997, and was later included on Frengers, a compilation album of sorts, in... " [a]	—	—	—	—	55	A Triumph for Man A Triumph for Man A Triumph for Man is the first album by Danish band Mew, released in April 1997 by the Danish record label Exlibris Musik.Only 2,000 copies of the album were printed initially and prices for an original copy have reached upwards of US$200 on auction site eBay.On 18 September 2006 A Triumph for Man...
2000	"King Christian"	—	—	—	—	—	Half the World Is Watching Me Half the World Is Watching Me Half the World Is Watching Me is the second album by Danish alternative rock band Mew, released on their own record label Evil Office in 2000. The album was originally printed in about only 5,000 copies, but has been reissued twice for wider distribution. The most recent dates to 6 August 2007 and...
	"Her Voice Is Beyond Her Years"	—	—	—	—	—
	"Mica"	—	—	—	—	—
	"Am I Wry? No" [b]	—	—	16	—	47
2003	"Comforting Sounds"	—	—	—	—	48	Frengers Frengers Frengers is the third album by Danish band Mew, released in April 2003.The title is a portmanteau of the words friend and stranger...
	"156"	—	—	—	11	—
2005	"Apocalypso"	—	—	—	—	75	And the Glass Handed Kites And the Glass Handed Kites And the Glass Handed Kites is the fourth studio album by Danish band Mew, released 19 September 2005 in Denmark, 24 September 2005 in the United Kingdom and 25 July 2006 in the United States on Sony BMG...
	"Special"	—	—	—	—	46
2006	"Why Are You Looking Grave?"	20	—	—	—	53
	"The Zookeeper's Boy"	—	—	13	—	80
2009	"Introducing Palace Players" [c]	—	—	—	—	—	No More Stories... No More Stories... No More Stories Are Told Today, I'm Sorry They Washed Away // No More Stories, The World Is Grey, I'm Tired, Let's Wash Away is the fifth studio album by the Danish band Mew. It was released in Scandinavia on 17 August, the UK on 24 August, the U.S...
	"Repeaterbeater"	—	—	—	—	—
2010	"Beach" [c]	—	—	—	—	—

a^ Re-released in 2000, 2002 and 2003. Peaked at #76 on the UK Singles Chart in 2002.

• b^ Re-released in 2003. Peaked at #137 on UK Singles Chart on its first release.
• c^ Released as music download
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