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Iceland (1997 – present)

múm (pronounced [muːm], “moom”) is an experimental electronic group from Iceland 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 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 Gyða 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.

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1		Green Grass of Tunnel			1,604
2		We Have a Map of the Piano			1,111
3		Don't Be Afraid, You Have Just Got Your Eyes Closed			631
4		Now There's That Fear Again			556
5		Sleep/Swim			513
6		The Land Between Solar Systems			508
7		Faraway Swimmingpool			504
8		Finally We Are No One			493
9		Green Green Grass Of Tunnel			482
10		K/Half Noise			476
11		A Little Bit, Sometimes			446
12		Blessed Brambles			419
13		Moon Pulls			402
14		I'm 9 Today			400
15		Marmalade Fires			394

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