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.*

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MP3: Mum - School Song Misfortune

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.*

MP3: Mum - School Song Misfortune

Be sure to catch the Icelandic collective at:

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

Visit Mum on MySpace.

Image courtesy of The New Yorker.

MP3: Mum - Now There’s…

Catch Iceland’s finest at:

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

Visit Mum at their MySpace page.

MP3: Mum - Now There’s That Fear Again

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.

MP3: Mum - Now There’s That Fear Again

The video is nothing short of (bizarrely) beautiful. What else would you expect, really?

MP3: Mum - Green Grass Of Tunnel (live)

The video is nothing short of (bizarrely) beautiful. What else would you expect, really?

MP3: Mum - Green Grass Of Tunnel (live)

The video is nothing short of (bizarrely) beautiful. What else would you expect, really?

MP3: Mum - Green Grass Of Tunnel (live)

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 Ivy here.

MP3: Mum - Now There’s That Fear Again

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)

Love or hate the cover art?

MP3: Mum - Now There’s That Fear Again