New Mum Album Due This September

Via Fat Cat: *It's been over 3 years since the release of múm's last album Summer make good, and a lot of water has passed under the bridge. And now finally, a string of dates over the Summer, heralding a long-awaited new album, strangely titled go go smear the poison ivy, due out 24th September 2007. A colourful, twitching, playful work of art, full of life affirming energy, the album will be preceded by the single they made frogs smoke 'til they exploded on 27th August. A chirpy song about animal cruelty, it’s backed with 'the amateur show', described by the band as a wonky insect-circus instrumental.

With the departure of Kristín Vlatýsdóttir at the beginning of the creative process, the core of múm is again down to the original duo of founding members Gunnar and Örvar, but the band itself is now larger than ever, counting in all seven people. The album was recorded at a variety of locations, including the music school in the small fishingtown of Ísafjörður in the west fjords of iceland, where the band made use of the schools various instruments. The songs on this multifarious album were conceived over a long period in many a different fashion, with one song even dating back to the period of 'Yesterday was dramatic, today is OK.'.*

Read our review of Screaming Masterpiece, a DVD documentary about the Icelandic music scene, here.

MP3: Mum - Now There's That Fear Again (via Squeaky Fingers)