Guys. I can't stop listening to this album. I've delayed watching The Leftovers because I had to hear it again. That's serious.
(And yeah, it's better than the last album, easily.)
"In A Better Place" is maybe one of Mew's best songs. But in a very subtle way. Peaks for me starting at 1:27.
"The Wake of Your Life" is holding up and getting richer. It really fully blooms at 3:22. It's a minute and a half of lovely chord progression that, again, sounds like quintessential Mew.
"Ay Ay Ay," the one I didn't like, is actually decent. Just a little plain.
"Twist Quest" is the song they're pushing, but it's actually in the bottom 1/3 for me. Good melody, delightful instrumentation, very funky. But: Jonas's vocal is for some reason less emotive/sincere, and I think they could have done something better with the drums.
"Nothingness And No Regrets" provides a good summary of 2016: "We could have made it / I believe we faded / And soon the world will too"
"85 Videos" and "Zanzibar" were already pretty great, and they're still actively growing on me.
So yeah. It feels great to be not disappointed by something.
