To call Mew "sort of surreal," of course, is like saying Bill Gates is "reasonably well off." If the sprawling, soaring bliss-rock of their breakthrough third album Frengers (2003) --particularly the ecstatically icy space ballets 'She Came Home For Christmas' -- and NME Single Of The Week 'Comforting Sounds' -- projected a sense of glacial fairy tales wonderment then their fourth record and the Glass Handed Kites is even greater leap into the unknown. Redefining the concept of an album -- and, indeed, of ...   [ read more ]

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Hyper real poundings for the short bus from this one man electrical system operator. Simple songs taken to the edge of the cliff. Really simple songs, a virtual Casey Kasem Top Ten within one CD buried deep within a blanket. KITES has toured the netherworld of the Middle West of the United States of America and put out a shingle that few can deny. It may look like a man fighting a machine, but the battle is for your mind! Shows with NEON HUNK, MINDFLAYER and the HAIR POLICE have resulted in unsupervised su...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. This is a cold vision of a dark trash covered future full of Sci-Fi nightmares and strange out of body experiences. This is the final Kites recording and is perhaps the strangest and most chaotic piece in the prolific discography. Annihilation synth and tape collage, cut up, sped up and dialed to oblivion. Earth Crown steps it back, slows down the pulse, lets the edges of the static curl around the drone to the breaking point, where the damage is let loose, purged out and built again...   [ read more ]

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