Robot Loves: The great, powerful choruses such as those in "Why are You Looking Grave? (a song which also features J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr!)" and "The Zookeeper's Boy" that will have you singing along every time you hear them; Mew's ability to stray from simple pop songs and experiment well with some highly layered songs that end up drifting away and molding into the next tracks, such as "Savouirs of Jazz Ballad" and "Circuitry of the Wolf;" the wide array of emotions this album covers, ranging everywhere from fury to passion to mindlessness
Robot Hates: That Jonas Bjerre's addictive and beautiful voice is inevitably still sortof whiny, er, sometimes; the fact that Mew has been ignored by indie kids AND the general population even though they've been released off of major labels for years
Reminds Robot of: Pinback, M83, Muse, Death Cab for Cutie, Mars Volta, Radiohead, Mercury Rev, My Bloody Valentine
Final Diagnostic: Mew's best release to date, even topping their last release Frengers which won lots of awards!
Sample: song clips, 3 mp3s
By Roman the Fury