múm
10,203,643 plays (388,860 listeners)
Iceland (1997 – present)
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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2Fold wrote:
m\u00fam, YEAH!
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Kayna22 wrote:
love m\u00fam,anyone wanna webcam chat? the link is in my profile.
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Kayna22 wrote:
love m\u00fam,anyone wanna webcam chat? the link is in my profile.
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Nan-Chitte wrote:
寝る時に聞きたくなる。
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Koszmonaut wrote:
Bring back Kristín...she was the definition of múm [2]
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Koszmonaut wrote:
I Have Music for Breakfast,
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Fablerequest wrote:
Check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Aix07MLHE
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MattBryan wrote:
bring back krísten...she was the definiton of múm
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Aurist- wrote:
new album is my personal favourite of theirs. absolutely lovely
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Didohotep wrote:
Just discovered them some time ago and can only say: W.O.W.
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hannahxgetlow wrote:
I swear I've heard Don't Be Afraid, You Have Just Got Your Eyes Closed on some kind of commercial, I just can't figure out what it was. Maybe I'm crazy.
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Koszmonaut wrote:
I Have Music for Breakfast.
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Koszmonaut wrote:
I actually hate the new album, waste of my money.
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Drewmanschu wrote:
i'm diggin' their new record, it's very different
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piano_cold_bird wrote:
love
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brianvu wrote:
Check out this original article and photos of mum in the latest issue of rebel magazine online! http://issuu.com/rebelmagazine/docs/issue1
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johnmsantos wrote:
first three albums are the best. the rest are just ok.
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keptblue wrote:
if mum made a music RPG playable in the web browser, it would be like http://extlabs.com/geo-duck/?
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Koszmonaut wrote:
I want to live in Iceland. [3]
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etnaaa wrote:
i want to live in island too. it really looks like fairytale)
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José Cuervo Salón, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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oh_oui and untitledism added múm to their libraries. yesterday evening
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AcesH1gh tagged múm with post-rock and icelandic. yesterday evening
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Y2010, Jamstick, gubaridze and 3 other people added múm to their libraries. yesterday evening
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Quicksand227 wrote about múm in My Year In Music - 2009. yesterday afternoon
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Bug80 wrote about múm in Top 25 albums of 2009. yesterday afternoon
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Olly_Golightly wrote about múm in Platten vor Gericht - Endstand 2009. yesterday afternoon
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melanconinio tagged múm with freak folk, european, noise and 40 other tags. yesterday morning
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Related Journals
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My Year In Music - 2009
by Quicksand227 |
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Top 25 albums of 2009
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ICELANDIC SYMPHONY
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I want to live in Iceland
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