MENEW [pron. menu] a.k.a. MNW are an alternative indie rock band from Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. The band is composed of three brothers; Shade (lead vocals, guitar), Key (piano, synthesizers) and Nathan Samuel Phillip (drums, vocals). The group began writing, recording demos and refining their sound from a background of classical music training and British rock influence at an early age. Key explains "We've been playing music together for as long as we have been brothers."
Upon the release of their EP Of the Future in 2008, the group met much critical acclaim when short-listed for four Grammy Nominations for the release. They have since been featured on the Late Show with David Letterman and have toured and performed alongside artists such as U2, Stone Temple Pilots and Filter.
Their official debut full-length album Wide Awake Hello released February 21, 2012, produced by Christian Mock and MENEW and mixed by Jack Joseph Puig, has received the strongest reviews of the band’s career. The first single "Don’t Give Up On Us Now" has been featured in episodes of MTV’s Jersey Shore, The Hills and NBC’s Chuck . In February 2012, they released their second video, "Wide Awake", from the album Wide Awake Hello.
MENEW's follow-up album Mother Nature released April 8, 2014 with a special release show on April 9, 2014 at The Viper Room in Los Angeles. The album features (first-of-its-kind) innovative ever-changing artwork, which uses QR codes in place of the album artwork of the physical CD, and allows fans to view the changing artwork of Mother Nature online daily. The first single and title track "Mother Nature" released in November 2013 with a provocative video gaining nearing half a million views. In June 2014, the second video "Drive" was released, from the album Mother Nature.