Mew
And The Glass Handed Kites (2x12")
MOVLP2561C
Music On Vinyl
2010
- A1: The Circuitry Of The Wolf
- A2: Chinaberry Tree
- A3: Why Are You Looking Grave?
- A4: Fox Cub
- A5: Apocalypso
- A6: Special
- A7: The Zookeeper's Boy
- A8: A Dark Design
- B1: Saviours Of Jazz Ballet
- B2: An Envoy To The Open Fields
- B3: Small Ambulance
- B4: The Seething Rain Weeps For You
- B5: White Lips Kissed
- B6: Louise Louisa
- C1: Drown
- C2: Animals Of Many Kinds
- C3: Like Chaser
- C4: 白い唇はキスをした (Shiroi Kuchibiruno Izanai)
- C5: Dark Design (red version)
- D1: Killer
- D2: Forever And Ever
- D3: Wherefore Are You Not There
- D4: Apocalypso (Waltz Version)
- D5: Why Are You Looking Grave (Mogwai Remix)
And the Glass Handed Kites is the fourth album by Danish quartet Mew and marked a highlight in their career. It has won several music prizes in Denmark, including four Danish Music Awards. Gaffa named And the Glass Handed Kites the best Danish album of 2005. Mew also won the 2005 MTV Europe Music Award for Best Danish Act. Pitchfork Media ranked the single "The Zookeeper's Boy" #92 on its list of top 100 tracks of 2006.
This reissue is the expanded edition on vinyl containing 10 bonus tracks, including the Mogwai remix of “Why Are You Looking Grave”, “Dark Design (red version)”, “Animals Of Many Kinds”, the unreleased song “Wherefore Are You Not There”, and many more.
And the Glass Handed Kites is available as a limited edition of 1500 individually numbered copies on white vinyl and includes a 12-page booklet.