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Even for a second, that band description actually caught my eye, and Manhattan 😍 is basically my dream destination, but since my take on Sigur Ros is pretty much the same as Pen's, I think I'll just take her word for it and skip getting into this band altogether...

Like I said, based on how much time I've actually spent listening to this band over the last couple of days...
It’s not everything, but I have 19 tracks total from these albums:

1.1999-2000 era indie albums
Asleep on a train
The Ballad of a Broken Birdie Records
Slow Bicycle

2.2002 era indie albums
Sleep / swim
Green grass of tunnel
Behind Two Hills ... A Swimming pool
Faraway Swimming pool

3.2004 era indie albums
hú Hviss - a Ship
Weeping rock, rock
rock Nightly Cares The Ghosts
you Draw on my Back Stir
Stir
Sing me out The window
The Island of Children's Children
Away
oh, How The Boat Drifts
Deaths ara The Saddest
will The Summer make Good for All of Our Sins
Abandoned Ship Bells

So far, I’m liking these—nothing really stands out as a flaw, for instance:
Asleep on a train — it's instrumental, but the melody actually shifts, unlike "Slow Bicycle," which is a plus
Nightly cares — gentle stuff
Green grass of tunnel — feels like a childhood memory, pretty nice
Oh, How The Boat Drifts — the boats feel almost like ghosts

For an instrumental comparison, you could listen to something like "The draize train" by The Smiths—that would be a real connection—as well as
"Oscillate wildly," also by The Smiths.
Just putting that out there. I'm no expert, but these are genuinely good.

There are four tracks in particular that are somewhat intelligible to me; they satisfy my imagination and offer some melodic changes, along with lyrics that actually give you something to interpret or visualize... Which is kind of part of the problem, I guess... what was the poet actually trying to say here?
It takes a long time to think about, and who knows if I'll ever be able to figure out—or even just get close to—what they were aiming for with the song (the melody).

And finally, not least important: before this, I’d already been reading reviews and write-ups—like a review that came out in US Playboy, if I recall correctly, a few years back.
Plus the album descriptions at Fat Cat, the interviews...
There was also one incredibly glowing, positive piece online.
If anyone wants them, go look; most of that stuff should still be findable today.

With all that in mind, I actually started thinking about how that last article described them—almost like they were talking about witches or fairies or some sort of ethereal, beautiful, divine soundscapes.
@stormyviper11/">@@stormyviper11: ''The description of the band actually intrigued me for a moment.''
And that's exactly it.

I know people in the States don't usually go for this kind of thing, but I figured I'd mention it.
All of this gave me the impression that it's something incredible, maybe even fantastic—kind of like absinthe—but personally, after listening, I wasn't quite sold. That doesn't mean if you drink a whole bottle of the stuff... you won't like it.
Maybe it's meant to be consumed alongside something else?🙂 😍

Hence the title of this thread.

I have to admit, based on these songs, Mum hasn't quite met my expectations yet.
Hope you guys are enjoying this, because now I feel like I'm writing a damn term paper....
Now it's your turn to jump in with your (coherent) comments.

Later,

graniteviper82

What even counts as a meaningful comment? What does that mean to you? Should I just grab a list of songs and assign an objective score to every single one based on some specific criteria for what makes a pop song great? Is that what we're doing here? :darkoglavan:

Personally, I think múm is a great band. They used to be my absolute favorites, but lately, I just haven't felt the urge to listen to them anymore. Honestly, I find Sigur Ros and Boards of Canada much better, even if there isn't much overlap between those artists besides the fact that they all make pretty atmospheric music (which Pen would probably call pretentious and boring 😬). But hey, at the end of the day, it's all subjective.

graniteviper82 said:...

🙂

Look, graniteviper82, there are just so many bands and so much music out there in the world where you can just listen and feel good without having to know half their discography or—I don't know—falling into this massive trap of over-analyzing everything. Honestly, there’s really no point in obsessing over one tiny, insignificant band that clearly hit its peak just because they rode the wave of that pretentious indie scene back in the early 2000s.

whatever

@stormyviper11/">@@stormyviper11: honestly, just go ahead and give those first two a shot. They aren't exactly "nervous wrecks" or anything, but yeah, the vocals are kind of uncomfortably bad, and they sound nothing like Sigur Ros 😬

ps
triangles, I bet you're just quoting from that first Nathan Never album or something :S

Totally 😍

He basically boiled it down to this: the first one was gorgeous, the second was just more of the same and got tedious, and the third was a total miss that felt like it had nothing to do with Sigur Ros.

I'm with you on this one.

Please smile, my ears are bleeding. Honestly, I'm stoked about this collection of tracks mentioned above.

edit:
The compilation features four songs, one of which has been remixed six different times.😁
I can't help but draw a parallel between this album and William Basinski...

múm dropped a new album!
It’s called Sing Along to Songs you don't know ! Anyone actually picked it up yet, or managed to give it a listen?

Personally, I wasn't really feeling it... it feels a little too much like they're trying to be Arcade Fire. I'm still just sitting here waiting for the new Finally WE ara no One...

I actually really liked this. A friend sent it over to cheer me up, and it worked... 😁 I tried downloading the album, but the link was broken so I gave up. Should I give it another shot? 😁

That track is from go go Smear The Poison Ivy. It’s from their last album. It's pretty solid, honestly... 🙂

I haven't really looked into Poison Ivy, but I found this new album on Google the second it dropped.

Aha. My bad. I was being silly. 😁What’s the album actually like?

I guess I just wasn't paying attention. To be honest, my reaction to the song is pretty good—it's alright, and I actually really like it. 😁But I am curious about this part. 🙂

Honestly, their last two albums have been total garbage. And if you think that, the most recent one is actually even worse than those previous two 🙂