Jonas bjerre interview
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Interview with Mew: &#;My Life Is My Own&#;
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Interview with Jonas Bjerre of Mew | By Morgan Y. Evans
Jonas Bjerre and his Danish band Mew return with another otherworldly record, the futuristic + &#; (pronounced plus minus, of course). It&#;s the band&#;s first in a half decade and as thrilling as past head in the clouds indie prog hybrid masterworks like &#;And The Glass Handed Kites or Frengers. In fact, it might be their most fully realized collection of light and hypnotic spacey alt rock psalms yet (and with a Kimbra guest appearance!). I&#;ve played them for people and seen the most crossed arms snob get pulled in, so let&#;s hope you also learn to love Mew like I do. I caught up with Jonas and got the background on the band&#;s current state(s) of mind.
Your music is so spacious and yet has this sort of fey sense of gentle control, like movements in nature. &#;Satellites&#; is a great example or an older song like fan favorite &#;&#;
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In winter of , during my brief but rewarding time as an entertainment writer for boutique women&#;s mag Frankie, I listened to an album by a Danish band I had never come across. And The Glass Handed Kites was in a giant pile of new-release discs in Frankie&#;s Sydney office. I glanced at press releases, waiting for something to catch my attention. The presser with Kites quickly conveyed that Mew were both Danish and &#;progressive&#;. This was the Pavlovian trigger that peaked my interest. I grew up on progressive acts like Focus, Led Zeppelin, Yes, Wishbone Ash and Pink Floyd, but was unfamiliar with groups considered part of the modern prog movement.
So I sat and listened to Mew. What a blissful discovery. I was immediately captivated by And The Glass Handed Kites. Opening instrumental &#;Circuitry of the Wolf&#; was foreboding, a loose flesh of ragged guitar hanging from the bones of a lumbering, percussive beast. When singer Jonas Bjerre&
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On Monday, DiS will be streaming Mew's new skiva, today we share our conversation with their Jonas Bjerre.
Mew are a grupp that, to be frank, should be able to consider themselves career musicians, if any band dare do that. So unique is the Danish band’s blend of melancholy pop with a rock (almost metal tinged) centre-pin that they stand in glorious isolation. With five albums released and their latest +- due for imminent deployment, it’s a fanfare of melodies that inspires with its confident positivity.
This is an album bygd a grupp reacquainted, and feeling more at ease than ever within their particular sonic world. Sure they’ll never ride a Zeitgeist, but Zeitgeists are generally derivatives of derivatives, so who wants them? Having the opportunity to talk to frontman Jonas Bjerre about +- brings into focus that being s musician these days is an endlessly varying series of repetitions and that happiness in your own creativity is all yo