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We have reached the last song to cover from Mew's catalogue. Lead singer, Jonas Bjerre, joins us in talking about the biggest song he's ever made, his time with Mew, leaving the band, future plans, making Comforting Sounds, scoring movies, and much more.
What does Comforting Sounds mean to you?
Artwork by Ann Lancaster.
Credits:Host: Thomas Dyregaard. Co-hosts: Ann Lancaster, Oddvar Røste and Keir Martin. Guest: Jonas Bjerre.
Comforting Sounds (Do I Look Puerto Rican?), Demo Version
Comforting Sounds, Half the World Is Watching Me Version
Comforting Sounds, Frengers Version
Comforting Sounds, Copenhagen Phil Version
Lyrics:
Comforting Sounds, lyrics
Live Version:
Live on Boogie, 2003
Live with Danish Chamber Orchestra, Helsinki, 2024
Cover Versions:
Comforting Sounds, Cover by Birdy, YouTube
Comforting Sounds, Cover by Guldimund, YouTube
Comforting Sounds, Cover by Ivarsson, Bang & Neumann, YouTube
Comforting Sounds, Cover by Doyun, YouTube
Other Links:
Snow Brigade, live on Danish Music Awards, 2003
Hale - The Ballad Of, YouTube
Tears For Fears - The Tipping Point, YouTube
ABBA - Don't Shut Me Down, YouTube
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Welcome to The MewX Podcast!
About two years ago, we tried recording the episode for Tricks of the Trade. Due to technical difficulties, that episode was never released. We finally came around to recording it again, and invited back our English/Finnish friend in Helsinki, Dean, to discuss one of Mew's most diverse songs.
How does Tricks of the Trade rank amongst the other songs on No More Stories?
Credits:Host: Thomas Dyregaard. Co-hosts: Ann Lancaster, Oddvar Røste and Keir Martin. Guest: Dean Pattrick.
Tricks of the Trade, Album Version
Lyrics:
Tricks of the Trade, lyrics
Live Version:
Tricks of the Trade, live debut at Sentrum Scene, Oslo, 2010
Other Links:
Nico Muhly, Wikipedia
Tachys - I Wish I Could Have Known You, YouTube
Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind, YouTube
Willie Nelson - Always On My Mind, YouTube
Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind, YouTube
Brenda Lee - Always On My Mind, YouTube
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Welcome to The MewX Podcast!
It's time to discuss one of Mew's biggest and most mysterious songs: 156. In search for answers about what the song title could possibly mean, we hear from a few fellow frengers, in addition to the writer of the song.
What do you think 156 means?
Artwork by Ron Regé, Jr.
Credits:Host: Thomas Dyregaard. Co-hosts: Ann Lancaster, Oddvar Røste and Keir Martin.
156, Half the World Is Watching Me Version
156, Music Video, Frengers Version
Lyrics:
156, lyrics
Live Version:
156, live on Boogie, 2003
156, live at Smukfest, 2013
156, live with Danmarks Underholdningsorkester, DR Koncerthuset, 2022
Other Versions:
156, Cubase Demo, YouTube
156, Sebastian Brandt Remix, YouTube
156, Cover by Matt Gurley, YouTube
156, 8-bit Cover by Omnigrad, YouTube
156, Piano and Clarinet Cover by Stig Johan, YouTube
Other Links:
Boogie, Wikipedia
British Mew Documentary, YouTube
Eggstone, Wikipedia
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Welcome to The MewX Podcast!
In this episode we celebrate the two bonus tracks from the Japanese release of Visuals: Seeker Shivers and Heavenly Jewel Thief. We are once again joined by Oddvar's brother Simen, as we get his reaction to the songs that he had never heard before.

Which of the two songs do you like the most?
Credits: Host: Thomas Dyregaard. Co-hosts: Ann Lancaster, Oddvar Røste and Keir Martin. Guest: Simen Røste.
Seeker Shivers, Album Version
Lyrics:
Seeker Shivers, lyrics
Heavenly Jewel Thief, lyrics
Live Version:
Heavenly Jewel Thief, live with the Danish Chamber Orchestra at Musiikkitalo, Helsinki, 2024
Other Links:
Wildlife, La Dispute album, Wikipedia
The La's - There She Goes, YouTube/a>
The Spinto Band - Oh Mandy, YouTube
Whisper of the Heart, IMDb
The Cat Returns, IMDb
Eskobar - Someone New, YouTube
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Welcome to The MewX Podcast!
We've reached the final song to cover on + -, as we talk about the song Water Slides. The song features Kimbra on backing vocals, and as one of the biggest songs on the album, it comes in several different versions.

Which version do you prefer?
Credits: Host: Thomas Dyregaard. Co-hosts: Ann Lancaster, Oddvar Røste and Keir Martin.
Water Slides, Album Version

Lyrics:
Water Slides, lyrics
Other Versions:
Water Slides, Radio Edit, Soundcloud
808 State/Graham Massey Remix, YouTube
Noc Remix, YouTube
Quiet Sessions Version, YouTube
Live Version:
Live at Webster Hall, New York, 2015, with Kimbra
Other Links:
Four Lions, IMDb
Howl's Moving Castle, IMDb
Twin Peaks, IMDb
Eraserhead, IMDb
The Substance, IMDb
Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble, YouTube
Lana Del Rey - Off to the Races, YouTube
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Welcome to The MewX Podcast!
It's winter, so it only seems fitting to discuss the beautiful track from A Triumph for Man: Snowflake. With us to talk about it is Polish frenger Zuzanna. And making her triumphant return to the podcast, Heather is back in Keir's absence.
Artwork by Zuzanna Sokół.
Credits: Host: Thomas Dyregaard. Co-hosts: Ann Lancaster and Oddvar Røste. Guests: Zuzanna Sokół and Heather Kelliher.
Snowflake, Album Version
Snowflake, Gloria Hirsh Remix
Lyrics:
Snowflake, lyrics
Live Versions:
Snowflake, live at Operaen, 2010
Other Links:
Apparatjik - Electric Eye, YouTube
Tachys - Signify, YouTube
LTJ Bukem - Atlantis, YouTube
Snowflake, Cover by Lynx Filante
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Welcome to The MewX Podcast!
It's time for yet another doubleheader! We start with Web from A Triumph For Man, before we talk about the b-side Like Paper Cuts from the Am I Wry? No single.
Which of the two songs do you prefer?
Credits: Host: Thomas Dyregaard. Co-hosts: Ann Lancaster, Oddvar Røste and Keir Martin.
Web, Album Version
Like Paper Cuts, Music Video
Lyrics:
Web, lyrics
Like Paper Cuts, lyrics
Other Versions:
Web, Demo Version, YouTube
Other Links:
Akon - Lonely, YouTube
Bobby Vinton - Mr. Lonely, YouTube
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence, YouTube
Web, Cover by SARIN
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Welcome to The MewX Podcast!
Happy Mew year! We start off 2025 with a song from the greatest hits album, Eggs Are Funny: Do You Love It? We dig into the origins of the song, both lyrically and musically.
Do you love it?
Credits: Host: Thomas Dyregaard. Co-hosts: Ann Lancaster, Oddvar Røste and Keir Martin.
Do You Love It?, Album Version
Lyrics:
Do You Love It?, lyrics
Live Versions:
Do You Love It?, Live at the Copenhagen Opera House, 2010, YouTube
Early Riff, Beat Day, 2007, YouTube
Other Links:
Spongebob Squarepants Intro, YouTube
Whispers of Immortality, Poem by T.S. Eliot
T.S. Eliot, Wikipedia
Cats the Musical, Wikipedia
Cats, IMDb
The Human Centipede, IMDb
Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch, YouTube
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Mew-rry Christmas, and welcome to The MewX Podcast!
We get in the holiday spirit, as we go through a bunch of demo songs from Mew's illustrious career, from the early to later years. And when we say early years, we mean early. To discuss some of the rarest Mew songs our there, we're joined by fellow Frengers Érika and Maja.
What's your favorite Mew demo track?
Credits: Host: Thomas Dyregaard. Co-hosts: Ann Lancaster, Oddvar Røste and Keir Martin. Guests: Érika Giusti and Maja Aaby Pedersen.
Artwork by Maja Aaby Pedersen.
Songs discussed:
Boy, Roskilde, 2012, YouTube
Boy, Tachys Version, YouTube
Superfriends, YouTube
Nothing Is Red, YouTube
Chinese Gun, YouTube
Daddy Drone, YouTube
Bamse, Roskilde, 2012, YouTube
Wherefore Are You Not There?, YouTube + a few more tracks...
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Welcome to The MewX Podcast!
In this week's episode we talk about two tracks from Mew's debut album, A Triumph for Man: Then I Run and Life Is Not Distant.
What's your favorite Mew deep cut?
Credits: Host: Thomas Dyregaard. Co-hosts: Ann Lancaster, Oddvar Røste and Keir Martin.
Then I Run, Album Version
Life Is Not Distant, Album Version

Lyrics:
Then I Run, lyrics
Life Is Not Distant, lyrics
Other links:
Bloodhound Gang - Fire Water Burn, YouTube
One Fierce Beer Coaster, Wikipedia
Universe Size Comparison 3D, YouTube
Moon, IMDb
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