Today’s official message reads: *Our new LP will be called Sing Along To Songs You Don’t Know! and it’s coming out on Hostess in Japan on the 19th of August, Morr Music in Europe on the 24th of August, and on Euphono in the US on the 8th of September and at other times in other places we haven’t quite worked out yet. It’s a great little album and we are really really looking forward to you hearing it.*
Today’s MySpace bulletin reads: *1) mum has almost finished the new album. 2) mum will probably be playing a lot of shows this year. 3) ‘mum’ sounds like ‘moon’ but doesn’t rhyme with spoon. It rhymes with doom and gloom. Oh, the dark side of the mum.*
Fri, 1-Aug: Ireland, County Roscommon, Mantua Lives Sat, 2-Aug: UK, Manchester, A Day At The Races Sun, 3-Aug: UK, Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Big Chill Sat, 9-Aug: Estonia, Leigo Lake Festival Fri, 15-Aug: Finland, Helsinki Festival
27 feb – Vox Hall – Aarhus, Denmark 28 feb – Star Club – Dresden, Germany 01 march – Fabryca – Warsaw, Poland 02 march – Hipnoza – Katowice, Poland 03 march – Ampere – Munchen, Germany 04 march – Kaserne – Basel, Switzerland 05 march – Viper – Florence, Italy 06 march – Fri Son – Fribourg, Switzerland 07 march – Karlstorbanhof – Heidelberg, Germany 08 march – AB – Brussels, Belgium 09 march – Paradiso – Amsterdam, Holland 13 march – Mosaic Music Festival – Singapore 15 march – Zoo – Brisbane, Australia 16 march – Northcote – Melbourne, Australia 17 march – Corner – Melbourne, Australia 18 march – Manning Bar – Sydney, Australia 19 march – Rosemount – Perth, Australia 25 april – Coachella Festival – California, US
Enjoy the full piece in the clip below. Learn more about Mum here at the band’s MySpace page. In related Icelandic music news, follow this link to watch Sigur Ros at last month’s BBC Electric Proms, performing a stunning version of ‘Agaetis Byrjun’. Mum MP3 at bottom.
Icelandic experimentalists, Mum, have just released their new video for the tune, ‘They Made Frogs Smoke ‘Til They Exploded’, and it’s a winner. View the clip in its entirety below. Learn more about Mum’s forthcoming album, Go Go Smear The Poison Ivyhere.
Mum’s forthcoming album is titled go go smear the poison ivy. Here’s the tracklisting:
1. blessed brambles 2. a little bit, sometimes 3. they made frogs smoke ‘til they exploded 4. these eyes are berries 5. moon pulls 6. marmalade fires 7. rhuubarbidoo 8. dancing behind my eyelids 9. school song misfortune 10. i was her horse 11. guilty rocks 12. winter (what we never were after all)