Mew need to diversify their sound. Or densify. Or ossify.
If I had to describe No More Stories... in a word, it would have to be digestible. Maybe palpable. Accessible. Manila.
Here's what works: "Beach" is a great, great tune, full of confidence and spirit; I'm surprised I didn't see this on at least one year-end list. Softy "Silas the Magic Car" is like adult contemporary Minus the Bear, in a good way, while "Cartoons and Macreme" endeavors for the grandiose, and gets respectably close. Most of the others, especially the upbeat first four, don't work so well.
In the end, all that's left is a feeling that this would've made a really good EP.
