MP3: Mew: "Snow Brigade"
It's good to know that Mew were just as childlike when they were, uh, younger, as they are now. "Snow Brigade", off the band's 2003 debut Frengers, is the kind of song that makes teenage girls melt, a lullaby disguised by rough-hewn guitars and mammoth drumwork. Chiming bells draw the simple chorus ("I'll find you somewhere/ Show you how much I care") out of the song's rocky surroundings. It's difficult to listen to Mew-- especially on this album-- without picturing what childhood movie it would be perfect for. With frontman Jonas Bjerre's epic, lost-and-found lyrics, it's got Labyrinth all over it.
MP3: > Mew: "Snow Brigade"
[from Frengers (U.S. edition); out this week on Columbia] | [ORDER]