Múm

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múm (pronounced "moom"; in IPA, /mu:m/) is an experimental Icelandic musical group whose music is characterized by soft vocals, electronic glitch beats and effects, and a variety of traditional instruments.

The band was formed in 1997. Its original members were Gunnar Örn Tynes, Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason, and twin sisters Gyða and Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir. In 2002, Gyða left the band to return to her studies in Reykjavík.

According to band member Kristín Valtýsdóttir, the band's name was not intended to mean anything; in fact, the band was unaware of the English word "mum" when they chose it.

1 Discography
2 External links

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Discography

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Albums

Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK (TMT, 2000)
Blái Hnötturinn (Not On Label, 2001)
Please Smile My Noise Bleed (Morr Music, 2001)
Remixed (TMT, 2002)
Finally We Are No One (Fat Cat Records, 2002)
Loksins Erum Við Engin (Smekkleysa Records, 2002) — the Icelandic version of Finally We Are No One
Summer Make Good (Fat Cat Records, 2004)
A new record is reported on the band's official website to be in progress. The title is unknown at this time.

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Singles

"The Ballad of the Broken Birdie Records" (TMT, 2000)
"Green Grass of Tunnel" (Fat Cat Records, 2002)
"Nightly Cares" (Fat Cat Records, 2004)
"Dusk Log" (Fat Cat Records, 2004)

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Trivia

A photograph of the sisters Gyða and Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir was used for the front cover of the Belle and Sebastian album "Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant".

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