Mew - 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
When this first came out a little while back, I wasn't that impressed honestly. I also went into it a bit skeptical since their bassist checked out and he added a LOT to their sound. One of the main reasons I fell in love with Mew is because the guitars sounded huge (like in the song Snow Brigade), but if you listened to it closely the guitars are actually thin and jangly. It is that distorted bass thrown in that makes everything sound massive. On first listen, the album sounded to me as if they had no clue what to do next so they just winged it by starting with a melody/beat here and there and then developed something off that.
I was wrong...this one was a major grower. The urge just hit me today and I had to listen to this album again. I had a feeling for some reason today was the day this album would pay off...and man, it did. It's hard to rank Mew albums for me, but this one can hold its own with ...And the Glass Handed Kites and Frengers.