Jonas Bjerre (vocals), Bo Madsen (guitar), Silas Graae (drums) Danish rock band Mew have reached a world-wide audience with their dreamy sound landscape. The band has toured in the USA, Japan and most of Europe, and has built up a considerable following. Mew have also always received critical acclaim for their recording releases. Mew were formed in Copenhagen in 1995 and released their debut album, "Triumph For A Man", in 1997. Already at this stage, the foundation was laid for Mew's later musical explorations. At Mew's core is a sensitive feeling for pop, with Jonas Bjerre's light, falsetto-like vocals and the big sound of the noise-rock guitar. Mew's second album, Half The World Is Watching Me, was released in 2000 on the band's own label, Evil Office. The album gave Mew success both in Denmark and abroad, and brought them after many concerts to international attention. In March 2001, the band signed an international recording contract with the British department of Epic/Sony. Half The World Is Watching Me is in many ways also Mew's breakthrough album in Denmark. The album included several singles, such as "Am I Wry? No", "Mica" and "King Christian,"  as well as two interesting duets, with Jonas Bjerre singing with Swedish singer Stine Nordenstam and 13-year-old Becky Jarret, whom he met in a chatroom. But it was the release of the album "Frengers" in March 2003, with Rich Costey (Rage against the Machine, Audioslave) in the producer's chair, that really gave Mew their international breakthrough. The band went on a world tour after the release which brought them star status in Japan in 2003. Inspiration from the sound universe and shoe-gazer attitude of noise-rock has always been there, but the band has constantly reinterpreted this, with arrangements that are larger and livelier than those of noise-rock. This is especially obvious on Mew's latest album, "Mew And The Glass-Handed Kites", which was released in September 2005, and for which the band have once again allied themselves with a producer of international calibre, Michael Beinhorn (Korn, Marilyn Manson, Soundgarden). Here, Mew embark on a series of large and ambitious projects, and the pop melodies on the band's latest cut are made imposing and grand, with an almost symphonic rock idiom. By Louise Yung Nielsen June 2006

Mew was formed in 1995 Selected recordings:  Mew and the Glass-Handed Kites (album - 2005) Frengers (album - 2003) Half the World is Watching Me (album - 2000) Triumph for a Man (album - 1997) Web: www.mewsite.com Mew on MySpace www.evil-office.net     ·