VENUE BARBICAN HALL, LONDON
DATE 03/04/2024
Rock bands playing with orchestras isn’t always an idea which works. Sometimes the two elements can pull against each other or sit awkwardly, as if on a mismatched blind date. And sometimes the strategy just comes across as an ego-trip from a band wanting to look fancy, as if they reckon their songs deserve something more grandiose than “mere” rock music.
This absolutely isn’t the case tonight, as the emotive proggy spacepop of Mew enjoys a blissful marriage with their tuxedoed compatriots’ strings and horns. The two powerful forces mesh and gel with almost telepathic shrewdness, and the already lofty material of the band is lifted sky high. For newcomers, it’s a revelation. For longterm believers, it’s cause for happy tears.
Since forming in Copenhagen in…
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