Frengers: Not Quite Friends But Not Quite Strangers

Grerrible. Not quite great but not quite terrible by Mew.

Danish indie from just before landfill indie swept away all the good stuff

This band was completely unknown to me. And too bad they are splitting up, because I LOVED this music! Very atmospheric and dreamy, but some heavier parts too. The vocals are amazing. And the complete sound of it just touched me in a way I can't really describe

Yooooooo who did this? Danish band lets goo Kinda a 4 album, but comforting sounds is a straight 10 5

Never heard of them but I loved this so much, thank you for adding it!

I had no idea what any of this was but it was really good. Mix of death cab for cutie, shoegaze, and maybe a little beach house. Comforting sounds was my fav.

Awesome surprise to see this band on here! Fantastic shoegazey indie rock from Denmark that stays consistently beautiful throughout. Probably a really shitty comparison, but it sounds a bit like if you told the Sigur Rós guys to do a Radiohead album. "Comforting Sounds" is an all-timer.

The title is pretty stupid so that's a poor start. The music I found to be pretty middle of the road pop with a lot of faux-orchestral vibes and lyrically it has a bit of that Scandanavian ESL thing. I didn't hate it but thought it merely OK.

Really liked this! Some great songs from Denmark that I’m glad to have here.

I really loved listening to this!

Never heard of these guys. A great recommendation.

Nice choice, thoroughly enjoyed it

Great indie rock album. I’m stunned I never heared of Mew. I listened to the whole album thinking it was a female singer. So I’m impressed by the vocal range of the frontman. I do not think all material is strong, but I was captured by the second half of the album (She Came Home for Christmas, Eight Flew Over, One Was Destroyed and Comforting Sounds). Certainly the last two are amazing.

Very nice. Reminds me a lot of Death Cab for Cutie and other indie bands from the early oughts. 4 stars.

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Am I wry? No, Snow brigade, Behind the drapes, She came home for christmas, She spider

This kept falling in the background and I would forget I was listening to it. But I still enjoyed it.

There's always something about the Nordic sound- this is really good and is like a rockier Sigr Ros? Alternative music. Det er meget godt!!

A great record! Never listened to this one out of their albums for some reason, so it’s good to hear it now and see that Mew made great records from the go

It’s pretty good and I’m not sure how it’s flown under my radar for so long. Definitely has “Ben Gibbard” starts a Prog band feel to it.

Started out fine and then really grew on me. Had a long chat with Claude about She Came Home for Christmas. Interesting album, nothing I ever would have heard otherwise, good share.

Right up one's alley, somewhat melancholy, but ultimately hopeful and occasionally beautiful (if not quite fully transcendent) indie rock. It's buoyant and hooky and tuneful and holds together from beginning to end. Doesn't ever get too Coldplay-y., which is a risk of course, particularly on the rather majestic crescendo of the closer. Dumb album name is balanced by cool band name, if one thinks such things matter (which one very much does). Would certainly add to list proper, if only to inject some Danish energy.

I have no idea what to expect from this. Let's just go. I dunno how to describe this. It's kinda like post rock, but follows more usual song structures. Not always, but it isn't like 15min drawn out dirges. Singing is neither here nor there. 3/5.

Rock alternativo. Ni fu ni fa.

I’d never listened to Mew before, so this was a fun introduction. Not every track jumped out at me, but the general personality and sense of genuine fun radiating from each track made this an enjoyable listen. I see the list as a way of uncovering musical blind spots so this was a great add imo - I never knew this kind of Panchiko-esque metal-adjacent rock was being made so early into the aughts.

Some solid enjoyable alt rock. Really liked Eight Flex Over and Comforting Sounds, though a lot of it wasn't quite as engaging.

Enjoyable. Subtle but strong musicianship. The vocals didn't quite land for me about half the time. Fave Songs: Behind the Drapes; Her Voice Is Beyond Her Years; She Came Home for Christmas; Comforting Sounds; Symmetry; Am I Wry? No

Pleasant if unremarkable. Not nearly enough pokemon references for me

A delightful spacey Death Cab for Cutie

mid 2.5

Some music and some words.

It was pleasant enough, but ultimately, the title is better than the songs themselves.

I mewed to this whole thing

Interesting indie album.

Pretty good

Ok so i have a weird Mandela Effect false memory of listening to Mew’s 2005 album (Mew and the glass handed kites) as part of this project - but I have triple checked and it’s definitely not on either the main list or the user-submitted list, so not sure what happened there. Anyway, both albums are decent but nothing too memorable. The first few tracks of this are quite bold and hint at something majestic to come but the other songs didn’t quite hit the same heights, and it fizzled out after the slightly creepy kid singing

Real nice

Frengers is an example of dreamy shoegaze style music that doesn't suck. It's really atmospheric and draws you in, not especially catchy or memorable, but is nice to listen to and occasionally brings a change of tempo to keep you interested; Her Voice Is Beyond Her Years is my favourite track for that reason. Good, 3/5.

Enjoyed enough.

An alright indie pop album by this band Mew (pokemon fans?). It was like a less poppy sound than walk the moon while having stronger guitar presence and lyrically not as glimmer pop. Overall I still found this album hard to enjoy as all of the songs missed the mark for me. 5.3/10

Halfway through and this is a down beat indie record like a lot of the rest. I don't have a good ear for this genre and i don't think it has improved after getting through the project. This sounds so very generic. Comforting Sounds is like a downbeat Killers track.

This one didn't quite get there

Another early-mid 2000s collection of arrogant indie. The first track fits neatly in with the overwrought self-importance of the era, falling into the trap that because it uses an orchestra, it might somehow be meaningful. Strings don't make crap indie good. Shit, there's also a theremin in there, because of course there is. Yeah, the early-mid 2000s can absolutely do one, even if they're Danish.