The US and Mew: Frengers Forever

The NME Reports:

Mew have announced that their album 'Frengers' will finally be released in the United States on January 23 of next year.

The Danish quartet originally released the predecessor to this year's 'And The Glass Handed Kites' in the UK and Europe in April 2003, but the album had never officially arrived Stateside.

Now Columbia Records will bring 'Frengers' - which the band says is a combination of the words "friends" and "strangers" - for US audiences.

Here's what I said about the album in my 2003 wrap-up (I chose it as album of the year):

This is for those of you who thought intelligent, big-sounding indie rock disappeared when Billy Corgan shaved his head. “Frengers” was tragically overlooked by the NME crowd and just about everyone else, but truly it’s their loss. Each one of the 10 tracks here is bursting with ideas and life affirming gourgeousness, the best example of which is the absolutely brilliant opening track “Am I Wry? No”. Indeed, it was possible to live months with this album and discover some new hidden treasure with each listen. It just goes to show the revolution isn’t going to come from some beer-soaked Australian thugs, but it might just come from Denmark.

[Official Site]

Am I Wry? No (Promo):