Imagine me and Mew, and Mew and Me

Just got my hands on this new disc, And the Glass Handed Kites, from Danish space-rock quartet, Mew. Besides being newly crowned as the ugliest piece of cover art in my CD collection (I love how ferocious the biggest head looks), it's also one of the best and most unique listens of the year.

So far, critics have name-checked a surprisingly wide variety of groups as possible influences including My Bloody Valentine, Dream Theatre, Sigur Ros, OK Computer-era Radiohead, Disintigration-era Cure, Dinosaur Jr. and even f*cking Queensryche (which is probably the most accurate of all of them!). Between the endless synth washes, the tightly-synched bass and drums, and punchy guitars, this one is delectibly prog-olicious.

Check bank here later today for a coupla tracks.