No More Stories/Are Told Today/I’m Sorry/They Washed Away/No More Stories/The World Is Grey/I’m Tired/Let’s Wash Away. And that would be the name of Mew’s fifth studio album, a poetic and admittedly lengthy  introduction to serve as a lyrical prelude of things to come. The Danish electro-pop band proves to be eyeballs deep in this one, with fourteen tracks of switched-up tempos and  alt-rock detours, with absolutely no shortage of ambiguously woven phrases.

For all of that, however, No More Stories… requires at least a full listen or two (or three, or even four – repeat as necessary) in its entirety before wondering why the lyrics weren’t included. Granted, it’s interesting enough to listen to, but one thing becomes clear – enveloping though the music is, decipherable its message is not. When it comes to cleverly put-together music, it seems almost wrong to merely express that it sounds good, even if it is the case.

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So many albums have leaked this past couple days, I don’t even know where to start. According to diditleak’s twitter page, everyone from rapper Fabolous to Hulk Hogan’s daughter Brooke had their soon to be coming out album fall victim to this epidemic. Fortunately, for beatcrave fans, we provide you with a list of the albums that have leaked.

Here is a list of albums that have leaked the last couple days:

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Apparatjik is the brand new project from bassist Guy Berryman of Coldplay, Jonas Bjerre from Danish band MEW and Magne Furuholmen from the legendary 1980′s band A-Ha (remember Take On Me?).

Self-described as “experimental electronica” on their Myspace page, the band’s personal message to fans is “keep it a secret”, and they claim to be from Antarctica. In any case, we couldn’t keep this secret from you, so check out another song after the break, and tell us if it strikes your fancy:

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