News

All





Premiere: Mew Share Magical “In a Better Place” Video Visuals Out Now via Play It Again Sam





Find It At: AMAZON

There's no other band quite like Danish trio Mew. They have a unique sound (a mix of art rock, dream pop, and prog rock, led by singer Jonas Bjerre's unmistakable high-pitched voice) and a visual aesthetic all their own. The band's new video, for "In a Better Place," is very much in Mew's weird and wonderful universe. The song is taken from Visuals, which the band released last month via Play It Again Sam, and Bjerre directed the video himself. He says the video "tells the tale of the magic mountain creature and his followers, performing their ritual dance, in the ever-changing world of the pink planet." That sounds about right. We are honored to premiere it. Get lost in Mew's magical land below.

Bjerre delved further into the video in an exclusive quote for Under the Radar: "I made this video almost like a stream of consciousness project. I played the song on repeat and drew things, and wrote things down, without thinking too much about it. I didn't want the subject matter translated too directly into the visual side. I did some dancing (of my own dubious choreography) and made some creatures out of Play-Doh, the soft kind, then put it all together. It sort of has a storyline, but not a really obvious one. But it has to do with inner worlds."

Visuals is the follow-up to 2015's + -. It's also Mew's first album since the departure in 2015 of founding member and guitarist Bo Madsen (as well as Bjerre two other founding members, bassist Johan Wohlert and drummer Silas Utke Graae Jørgensen, remain). Previously the band shared the album's closing track, "Carry Me to Safety," along with videos for "85 Videos" and the jazzy "Twist Quest."

Pick up or download Under the Radar's current print issue, the Spring 2017 Issue, to read our new The End interview with Bjerre.

Read our 2015 print magazine interview with Mew's Jonas Bjerre. Mew performed at Under the Radar's SXSW party in 2015. That year they also kept a SXSW diary for us, made a mixtape for us, and wrote a guest blog on a British design TV show.

Mew Tour Dates:

12 May - Beijing, China - Tango Live House

13 May - Chengdu, China - Strawberry Music Festival

14 May - Shanghai, China - Base Dream Hall

17 May - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso

19 May - Paris, France - Point Ephemere

20 May - Antwerp, Belgium - Trix Club

21 May - Bristol, UK - Trinity Centre

22 May - Manchester, UK - O2 Ritz

23 May - London, UK - O2 Shepherds Bush Empire

25 May - Cologne, Germany - Luxor

26 May - Hamburg, Germany - Knust

27 May - Neustrelitz, Germany - Immergut Festival

28 May - Copenhagen, Denmark - Royal Danish Theatre

25 Jun - Gothenburg, Sweden - Ullevi Stadium *

26 Jun - Gothenburg, Sweden - Ullevi Stadium *

08 Jul - London, UK - BST Hyde Park

14 Jul - Joensuu, Finland - Ilosaarirock 2017

16 Jul - Salacgriva, Latvia - Positivus 2017

20-22 Jul - Tisvilde, Denmark - Musik I Lejet

27 Jul - Leuven, Belgium - M-idzomer Festival

03 Aug - New York, NY, USA - Bowery Ballroom

04 Aug - Brooklyn, NY, USA - Music Hall of Williamsburg

05 Aug - Washington, DC, USA - 9:30 Club

07 Aug - Philadelphia, PA, USA - The Foundry at The Fillmore

08 Aug - Boston, MA, USA - The Sinclair

10 Aug - Toronto, ON, Canada - Mod Club

11 Aug - Detroit, MI, USA - Magic Stick

12 Aug - Chicago, IL, USA - Park West

13 Aug - St. Paul, MN, USA - Turf Club

15 Aug - Denver, CO, USA - Bluebird Theatre

16 Aug - Salt Lake City, UT, USA - The State Room

18 Aug - Vancouver, BC, Canada - Rickshaw Theatre

19 Aug - Seattle, WA, USA - Neumos

20 Aug - Portland, OR, USA - Hawthorne Theatre

22 Aug - San Francisco, CA, USA - The Fillmore

24 Aug - San Diego, CA, USA - The Observatory North Park

25 Aug - Santa Ana, CA, USA - The Observatory

26 Aug - Los Angeles, CA, USA - El Rey Theatre

05 Sep - Tokyo, Japan - Shibuya Club

06 Sep - Tokyo, Japan - Akasaka Blitz

07 Sep - Osaka, Japan - Club Quattro

20 Sep - Nuuk, Greenland - Akisuanerit Festival

04 Oct - Aalborg, Denmark - Musikkens Hus

06 Oct - Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega

07 Oct - Aarhus, Denmark - Train

10 Oct - Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene

11 Oct - Gothenburg, Sweden - Pustervik

12 Oct - Stockholm, Sweden - Filadelfiakyrkan

14 Oct - Malmö, Sweden - Kulturbolaget

Support Under the Radar on Patreon.