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{{short description|Icelandic indietronica band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist  <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name              = Múm
| image             = Múm.jpg
| caption           = Múm performing at the Aldrei fór ég suður festival in [[Ísafjörður]], 2009
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| landscape         = yes
| background        = group_or_band
| origin            = [[Iceland]]
| genre             = {{Hlist|[[Indietronica]]|[[experimental pop]]|[[folktronica]]|[[dream pop]]|[[glitch pop]]|[[musique concrète]]|[[post-rock]]<ref name="Ham">{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/post-rock/the-50-best-post-rock-albums/|title=The 50 Best Post-Rock Albums|website=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|date=19 December 2016|access-date=1 June 2020|last=Ham|first=Robert}}</ref>}}
| years_active      = 1997–present
| label             = [[FatCat Records|FatCat]]
| website           = {{url|mum.is}}
| current_members   = * [[Gunnar Örn Tynes]]
* [[Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason]]
* [[Gyða Valtýsdóttir]]
* [[Samuli Kosminen]]
* Róberta Andersen
* [[Sigurlaug Gísladóttir]]
* <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eventbrite.com/e/75782745231?aff=efbneb|title=POSTPONED: Múm performing "Yesterday was Dramatic - Today Is Ok"|website=Eventbrite.com|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref>
| past_members      = * [[Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir]]
* [[Hildur Guðnadóttir]]
* [[Ólöf Arnalds]]
* Eiríkur Orri Olafsson
}}

'''Múm''' (stylized in lowercase) ({{IPA|is|muːm}}) is an Icelandic [[indietronica]] band whose music is characterized by soft vocals, electronic [[glitch (music)|glitch]] beats and effects, and a variety of traditional and unconventional instruments.

== History ==
The band was formed in 1997 by original members [[Gunnar Örn Tynes]] and [[Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason]], who were joined by twin sisters [[Gyða Valtýsdóttir|Gyða]] and [[Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir]].<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/m%C3%BAm-mn0000811395 | title=Múm Biography | publisher=[[AllMusic]]| access-date=22 June 2012}}</ref> According to Kristín, the band's name was not intended to mean anything. Gyða left the band to return to her studies after the release of ''[[Finally We Are No One]]''.<ref name=allmusic/> In early 2006, Kristín also left the band, although it was not officially announced until 23 November of that year.<ref>{{cite web| title =Kristín Anna's Farewell| publisher =Fat-cat.co.uk| url =http://fat-cat.co.uk/fatcat/news.php?id=349| access-date =2008-11-20| date =2006-11-23| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070803185050/http://www.fat-cat.co.uk/fatcat/news.php?id=349| archive-date =3 August 2007| url-status =dead}}</ref> With only Tynes and Smárason remaining in the group, a large group of new musicians were brought on board: [[guitarist]]/[[vocalist]]/[[violin]]ist Ólöf Arnalds, [[trumpet]]/[[keyboard (instrument)|keyboard]] player Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson, vocalist/[[cellist]] [[Hildur Guðnadóttir]], [[percussionist]] Samuli Kosminen, and [[multi-instrumentalist]]/vocalist Mr. Silla.<ref name=allmusic/> The new collective of musicians recorded their fourth album during 2006; ''[[Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy]]'' was released on 24 September 2007.

Múm toured the East Coast of the US with German musician [[Hauschka|Volker "Hauschka" Bertelmann]] In November 2007.<ref>{{cite web| last =DuShane | first =Tony| title =Hauschka experiments with classical piano music |work=San Francisco Chronicle| url =http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/19/NS9D144SBN.DTL| access-date = 2008-11-20| date=2008-11-20}}</ref> They returned in Spring 2008 with the same set list. Both tours included songs from the album, ''Go, Go Smear the Poison Ivy''.

On 27 August 2008, they announced on their official website that "múm is quietly but surely [working on] their new album. No release date has been etched in stone, but every day will bring it closer." Múm also released several pictures of themselves during the recording process on their MySpace page.

During a 22 May 2009 concert in [[Burgos]], Spain, Múm played songs from their newest album ''[[Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know]]''. The album, recorded in Finland, Estonia, and Iceland,<ref name=allmusic/> was released as a [[music download|download]] through [[Gogoyoko]] on 17 August 2009, and on CD on 24 August 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=132&csid2=844&fid1=38708|title=Múm Hatch New Full-Length|access-date=20 June 2015}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In December 2011, Múm released an EP called ''Gleðileg Jól'' (Merry Christmas in [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]]) with traditional Icelandic Christmas songs. There are two songs plus one extra track.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boomkat.com/downloads/466577-mum-gle-ileg-j-l|title=Gleðileg Jól (w/ Digital Bonus Track)|access-date=20 June 2015}}</ref>

On 1 June 2012, Múm released a compilation titled ''Early Birds'', featuring 15 tracks recorded between 1998 and 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.morrmusic.com/artist/M%C3%BAm/release/588|title=Morr Music|access-date=20 June 2015}}</ref> On 9 February 2013, a collaboration of theirs with [[Kylie Minogue]] called "[[Whistle (Kylie Minogue and múm song)|Whistle]]" surfaced on [[SoundCloud]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soundcloud.com/kanew/kylie-whistle-feat-m-m |title=Kylie - Whistle (Feat. Múm) by KaneW on SoundCloud - Hear the world's sounds |website=soundcloud.com |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411211935/http://soundcloud.com/kanew/kylie-whistle-feat-m-m |archive-date=11 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Múm released their sixth album ''[[Smilewound]]'' in September, 2013 on CD, vinyl and digital download.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mum.is/archives/2727#comments|title=NEW ALBUM ANNOUNCED: Smilewound|website=Mum.is|access-date=14 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828054917/http://mum.is/archives/2727#comments|archive-date=28 August 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 7 September, it was released on cassette for [[Cassette Store Day]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cassettestoreday.com/releases|title=Cassette Store Day releases|website=Cassettestoreday.com|access-date=14 August 2013|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017043017/http://cassettestoreday.com/releases|archive-date=17 October 2013}}</ref>

In 2019, Morr Music celebrated the 20th anniversary of múm's debut album, ''[[Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK]]'', by rereleasing it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.morrmusic.com/release/7C90/m%C3%BAm/yesterday-was-dramatic-today-is-ok|title=Release|website=Morrmusic.com|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref> Múm toured around Europe and China following this rerelease, and also announced a US tour that was to take place in March and April 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/mum-celebrating-yesterday-was-dramatic-today-is-ok-20th-anniversary-on-tour-big-ears-included/|title=Múm touring around Big Ears festival, celebrating 'Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK' 20th anniversary|website=BrooklynVegan.com|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Albums===
* ''[[Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK]]'' ([[TMT (record label)|TMT]], 1999; reissue [[Morr Music]], 2005)
* ''[[Finally We Are No One]]'' ([[FatCat Records|FatCat]], 2002)
* ''[[Loksins erum við engin]]'' ([[Bad Taste (record label)|Smekkleysa]], 2002) – the [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] version of "[[Finally We Are No One]]"
* ''[[Summer Make Good]]'' (FatCat, 2004)
* ''[[Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy]]'' (FatCat, 2007)
* ''[[Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know]]'' ([[Morr Music]], 2009)
* ''[[Smilewound]]'' (Morr Music, 2013)

===Compilations===
* ''[[Blái Hnötturinn]]'' (2001) – soundtrack
* ''Motorlab No.&nbsp;2'' (2001) – three tracks contributed to compilation album by [[Kitchen Motors]]
* ''[[Please Smile My Noise Bleed]]'' (Morr Music, 2001) – three new tracks + remixes
* ''Remixed'' (TMT, 2001) – versions of ''Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is Ok''
* ''[[Fálkar (soundtrack)|Fálkar]]'' (Smekkleysa, 2002) – contributed "Grasi Vaxin Göng"
* ''[[Wicker Park (soundtrack)]]'' ([[Lakeshore Records|Lakeshore]], 2004) – contributed "We Have a Map of the Piano"
* ''[[Screaming Masterpiece]]'' (2005) – appeared in the documentary with the video for "[[Green Grass of Tunnel]]" and contributed the same song to the soundtrack
* ''Friends of the Random Summer'' (2005) – 3 CD, unofficial release
* ''[[Kitchen Motors Family Album/Fjölskyldualbúm Tilraunaeldhússins]]'' (Spring 2006) – contributed "Asleep in a Hiding Place"
* ''Early Birds'' ([[Morr Music]], June 2012) – 15 rares, lost and unreleased tracks

===EPs===
* ''The Ballað of the Broken Birdie Records'' (TMT, 2000)
* ''[[Dusk Log]]'' (FatCat, 2004)
* ''[[The Peel Session (Múm EP)|The Peel Session]]'' (FatCat, 2006) (Maida Vale 4 Studio 2002)
* ''Gleðileg Jól'' (A Number of Small Things, 2011)
* ''Mysteries'' (A Number of Small Things, 2013) 100 copies only
* ''Menschen am Sonntag – Live in Berlin'' (Morr Music, 2018)

===Singles===
* "[[Green Grass of Tunnel]]" (FatCat, 2002)
* "Nightly Cares" (FatCat, 2004)
* "They Made Frogs Smoke 'til They Exploded" (FatCat, 2007)
* "Marmalade Fires" (FatCat, 2007)
* "Prophecies and Reversed Memories" (Morr Music, 2009)
* "[[Whistle (Kylie Minogue and múm song)|Whistle]]" ([[Parlophone]], 2013)
* "Toothwheels" (Morr Music, 2013)
* "When Girls Collide" (Morr Music, 2013)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.mum.is/}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130527084347/http://fat-cat.co.uk/fatcat/artistInfo.php?id=49 Múm] at [[FatCat Records]]

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