Iceland (1997 – present)

múm (pronounced [muːm], “moom”)** is an experimental Icelandic pop group whose music is characterized by soft vocals, eccentric beats and colorful effects, and a variety of traditional and unconventional instruments

Originally a duo, the band has expanded and contracted like a beating heart in the 12 years of being and has counted 15 – 20 people along the way.

The band was formed in 1997 by original members Gunnar Örn Tynes and Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason, their first release was a split 10” with the girl-band Spúnk and saw light in the summer of ‘98. They were joined a year later by twin sisters Gyða and Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir and released two albums as quartet.

Following a number of collaborative projects, the group’s celebrated debut album ‘Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today Is OK’ (reissued by Morr Music in October 2005) gained a wealth of glowing press and widespread praise. A remix project, ‘Please Smile My Noise Bleed’, also released on the Morr Music label in November 2001.

In 2002, after the release of Finally we are no one and the extensive first world tour, Gyða left the band to return to her studies in Reykjavík. Shortly after, the third sister Ásthildur Valtýsdóttir joined for singing duties temporarily and Serena Tideman replaced Gyda on cello, for a single European tour. The band’s third album, ‘Summer Make Good’, a darker and foggier, nautically themed work was released in May 2004, flanked by two singles, ‘Nightly Cares’ and ‘Dusk Log’.

Artist – Múm
Album – The Peel Session
Release Date – 2006
Genre – Electronica, Ambient, Experimetal, Post-rock influence

Tracklist
1. Scratched Bicycle/ Smell Memory 5:28
2. Awake On A Train 9:23 3. Now There`s That Fear Again 3:56
4. The Ballad Of The Broken String 4:44
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Múm – The Peel Session Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Múm
Album – Remixed
Release Date – 2001
Genre – Electronica, Ambient, Experimetal, Post-rock influence

Tracklist
1 Smell Memory (Bix Remix) (5:15) Remix – Bix
2 The Ballad Of The Broken Birdie Records (Ruxpin Remix I) (5:13) Remix – Ruxpin
3 The Ballad Of The Broken Birdie Records (Ilo Remix) (6:14) Remix – Ilo
4 Smell Memory (Traktor Remix) (7:58) Remix – Traktor (3)
5 There Is A Number Of Small Things & The Ballad Of The Broken Birdie Records (8:02) Remix – µ-Ziq
6 The Ballad Of The Broken Birdie Records (Biogen Mix) (5:23) Remix – Biogen
7 The Ballad Of The Broken Birdie Records (Ruxpin Remix II) (5:14) Remix – Ruxpin
8 Asleep On A Train (El Hombre Trajeado Mix) (2:52) Remix – El Hombre Trajeado
9 There Is A Number Of Small Things & The Ballad Of The Broken Birdie Records (µ-Ziq Fucked Mix)
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Múm – Remixed Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Múm
Album – Please Smile My Noise Bleed
Release Date – 2001
Genre – Electronica, Ambient, Experimetal, Post-rock influence

Tracklist
1 On The Old Mountain Radio (5:15)
2 Please Sing My Spring Reverb (5:16)
3 Please Sing My Spring Reverb (Styromix) (5:39)
4 Please Sing My Spring Reverb (I.S.A.N. Catena Mix) (4:23)
5 Flow Not So Fast Old Mountain Radio (1:27)
6 Please Sing My Spring Reverb (Phonem Mix) (6:41)
7 On The Old Mountain Radio (Christian Kleine Mix) (6:14)
8 Please Sing My Spring Reverb (Amx) (5:40)
9 Please Sing My Spring Reverb (B.Fleischmann Mix) (5:29)
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Múm – Please Smile My Noise Bleed Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Múm
Album – Dusk Log
Release Date – 2004
Genre – Electronica, Ambient, Experimetal, Post-rock influence

Tracklist
1 Kostrzyn 5:17
2 This Nothing in the Far Away 4:07
3 Will the Summer Make Good for All Our Sins? 4:06
4 Boots of Fog 4:33
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Múm – Dusk Log Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Múm
Album – Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK
Release Date – 2000
Genre – Electronica, Ambient, Experimetal, Post-rock influence

Tracklist
01 I’m 9 Today 4:42
02 Smell Memory 9:21
03 There Is a Number of Small Things 6:31
04 Random Summer 3:17
05 Asleep on a Train 7:17
06 Awake on a Train 9:23
07 The Ballad of the Broken Birdie Records 5:25
08 The Ballad of the Broken String 4:45
09 Sunday Night Just Keeps on Rolling 8:11
10 Slow Bicycle 8:41
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Múm – Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Múm
Album – Finally We Are No One
Release Date – 2001
Genre – Electronica, Ambient, Experimetal, Post-rock influence

Tracklist
01 Sleep/Swim 0:52
02 Green Grass of Tunnel 4:53
03 We Have a Map of the Piano 5:21
04 Don’t Be Afraid, You Have Just Got Your Eyes Closed 5:45
05 Behind Two Hills,,,,a Swimming Pool 1:10
06 K/Half Noise 8:43
07 Now There’s That Fear Again 3:58
08 Faraway Swimmingpool 2:57
09 I Can’t Feel My Hand Any More, It’s Allright, Sleep Still 5:41
10 Finally We Are No One 5:09
11 The Land Between Solar Systems 11:58
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Múm – “Finally We Are No One” and “They Made Frogs Smoke ’til They Exploded”
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Artist – Múm
Album – Summer Make Good
Release Date – 2004
Genre – Electronica, Ambient, Experimetal, Post-rock influence

Tracklist
01 Hú Hviss – A Ship 1:27
02 Weeping Rock, Rock 6:18
03 Nightly Cares 4:58
04 The Ghosts You Draw on My Back 4:14
05 Stir 2:41
06 Sing Me Out the Window 4:42
07 The Island of Children’s Children 5:16
08 Away 1:28
09 Oh, How the Boat Drifts 5:11
10 Small Deaths Are the Saddest 1:30
11 Will the Summer Make Good for All of Our Sins? 4:02
12 Abandoned Ship Bells 5:03
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Múm – Summer Make Good Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Múm
Album – Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy
Release Date – 2007
Genre – Electronica, Ambient, Experimetal, Post-rock influence

Tracklist
01 Blessed Brambles 6:01
02 A Little Bit, Sometimes 3:51
03 They Made Frogs Smoke ‘Til They Exploded 4:02
04 These Eyes Are Berries 3:01
05 Moon Pulls 2:33
06 Marmalade Fires 5:03
07 Rhuubarbidoo 1:35
08 Dancing Behind My Eyelids 4:07
09 School Song Misfortune 2:39
10 I Was Her Horse 2:09
11 Guilty Rocks 5:03
12 Winter (What We Never Were After All) 4:08
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Múm – Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Múm
Album – Sing Along to Songs You Don’t Know
Release Date – 2009
Genre – Electronica, Ambient, Experimetal, Post-rock influence

Tracklist
01 If I Were A Fish
02 Sing Along
03 Prophecies & Reversed Memories
04 A River Don’t Stop To Breathe
05 The Smell Of Today Is Sweet Like Breastmilk In The Wind
06 Show Me
07 Hullaballabalú
08 Blow Your Nose
09 Kay-Ray-Ku-Ku-Ko-Kex
10 Last Shapes Of Never
11 Illuminated
12 Ladies Of The New Century
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Múm – Sing Along to Songs You Don’t Know Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Múm
Album – They Made Frogs Smoke ’til They Exploded
Release Date – 2007
Genre – Electronica, Ambient, Experimetal, Post-rock influence

Tracklist
A They Made Frogs Smoke ’til They Exploded
B The Amateur Show
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NOTE – This file is in the above ” Finally We Are No One ” album folder.
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Recommendations: Air ~ Thian Sheehan ~ Bang Gang ~ Amiina ~ Bersarin Quartett
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TKS DANA…
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