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No More Stories Are Told Today I'm Sorry They Washed Away No More Stories the World Is Grey I'm Tired Let's Wash Away
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Album Info
Label: Columbia/Evil Office
Release Date: 25 August 2009
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Rock, Indie
Summary
The fifth album for the Danish band was produced by Rich Costey.
Also On The Web: Official Artist Site
What The Critics Said
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The Onion (A.V. Club)
Mew really does inhabit a place where few contemporaries can be found.
Read Full Review >Under The Radar
No More Stories is the most intricate batch of songs they've produced but pratical enough for daily listening. [Summer 2009, p.61]
Paste Magazine
But where the band’s U.S. breakthrough, "And the Glass Handed Kites," sometimes felt sprawling, its follow-up achieves some much-needed clarity, distinguishing one song from the next and reining in the reverb with throbbing bass hits.
Read Full Review >Sputnikmusic
Simply put, No More Stories… is accessible without being overbearingly so, experimental without sounding too abstract and ridiculous, and most importantly, one of the year's most endearing records.
Read Full Review >Drowned In Sound
Like Muse, Mew fly in the face of the zeitgeist, cultivating a devoted following all the while. It’s one that should be sated (and in an ideal world, expanded) no end by No More Stories.
Read Full Review >All Music Guide
Despite its ominous (and lofty) title, No More Stories/Are Told Today/I'm Sorry/They Washed Away/No More Stories/The World Is Grey/I'm Tired/Let's Wash Away is a dreamy blend of circular melodies and odd time signatures that requires multiple listens (this is par for the course with any Mew album) and a significant amount of cinematic stamina from the listener, and though it may not appeal to the masses, its mass is definitely appealing.
Read Full Review >New Musical Express
Always inventive, often beautiful and occasionally totally sublime, Mew have always stood out from the pack, and this latest--with producer Rich Costey back on board--sees them raise the bar that extra inch higher.
Read Full Review >No Ripcord
It bears to be dissected because it is pretty much all over the place, even if what they wanted to achieve could be stored inside a magical pot of gold.
Read Full Review >Prefix Magazine
No More Stories… finishes Mew’s transition into the swirling, arena-rock monsters they’ve threatened to become all along, with reliably decent results, but it fails to top the blissful heights of "Glass Handed Kits" or the pop-theory class of "Frengers."
Read Full Review >musicOMH.com
It's hard to know where you stand with it. There are moments where the listener is engulfed in it all, but others when it feels cold and detached.
Read Full Review >Slant Magazine
No More Stories becomes absorbing in its delight at the rehashed spectrum in which it operates. Mew is not as thoughtful or smart as they think they are, but the force of their conviction is inspiring.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes
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