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Album Review: múm – Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know

Sep 7, 2009, 3:15am

Since their 2000 debut Yesterday Was Dramatic…Today Is OK , Icelandic avant-popsters múm have been crafting exquisite songs from all manner of sounds: gently-strummed guitars, various found sounds and ice crystal vocals. The band seems to inhabit a fairytale-like world with its own language, inviting fans to visit on each new release. On 2002's Finally We Are No One , the band combined the rhythms of electronic music with the language and melodies of folk music to produce a classic. Their latest, Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know , ups the folk quotient, bringing [...]

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