I have been into this band for about three,four years now after stumbling upon them almost accidently back in early 2006. After the first song "The Zoo Keepers Boy" I was hooked and have been awating the new album and a possible UK tour ever since. Fastforward to this year and the announcement of the new albums release and some local UK dates, I booked without hesitaion and awaited with bated breath for the day to arrive...It came...and i was blown away.
The show itself was quite intimate being held in the smaller civic bar rather than the hall but to me it worked well, i managed to get fairly close to the stage and see my heroes play without too much effort.
The set ranged from new hits from the latest album like "Beach" and Introducing Palace Players" too some good old fan favourites like "156" and "Am I Wry", but even as a three piece (they did have some guy on bass and antoher on keyboard but they weren't band members) pulled them off spectaculary wich there should have never been any doubt on really.
During the songs they had a projector playing various animations and sequences to accompany the songs, this for me made everything much more enjoyable and really set the show apart from any others i have been too (one of my friend's was comepletly entranced by the final one had to be snapped out of it before we left). They played with such gusto and energy you would think it was a huge sellout stadium with thousands upon thousands of people rather than a small bar which justs shows how incredible this band really is.
All in all i really really enjoyed the show, everything about it, from the amazing opening act to the breath taking visuals and the beautiful music i have come to love from the worlds only indie staduim band. everything was incredible and i cannot wait for them to visit wolverhampton or anywhere local to me again.
Wulfrun Hall @
- Wolverhampton @
- Tue 3 Nov 2009 @
Favourite moment: So many but the ice breaker for me was then they broke into "Am I Wry" and followed with "156" two of my most favourite Mew songs @
Setlist: the main setlist consisted of - Introducing Palace Players, Snow Brigade, Am I Wry, 156, White Lips Kissed, Hawaii, Hawaii Dream, Sometimes Life Isn't Easy, Beach, Special , The Zookeepers Boy. And for the encore Circutry of the wolf/Chinaberry Tree, Comforting Sounds @
Opening act(s): A virtually unkown band called "Choir of Young Belivers"...they were incredible cant wait to hear more from them @