Rolling Stone magazine May 2002

Review by John Caramanica.



Almost fifteen years after elfin emoter Björk and her band the Sugarcubes landed here from Iceland, we got the elongated psych-drones of Sigur Rós. And now comes the flood.

Using dreamy electric-toy melodies, múm find majestic sounds in unlikely places. Singer Kristín Anna Valtysdottir whispers ethereal nothings while her band mates dabble with pitter-patter percussion, contemplative synth harmonies and glitchy sound experiments. The album's high point, "I Can't Feel My Hand Any More, It's Allright, Sleep Still," evolves from church processional to four-on-the-floor break-beat attack to prog-rock epic and then back again in less than six minutes.

Rating : 3,5 out of 5



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