Múm’s The Word

How the Icelandic band spellbinding performance perfected the art of experimental live music
by Mavis Ang

Múm’s musical performance last Thurday on March 13 at the Mosaic Music Festival is the kind that would linger for weeks. Track after track with haunting vocals and a magical cacophony of musical instruments, Icelandic experimental group múm brought forth a powerful and moving experience for the audience.

From the first note of the opening track “Winter (What We Never Were After All)”, múm laid a quiet spell on the spectators, and transported them across the icy mountains of Iceland through its droning beats and hypnotising hums.

Injected with quirky dance moves by Hildur and Silla, repeated thank you’s from Örvar, and Gunnar’s sprinting bursts across the stage between instruments, múm were far from a bunch of dull musicians who made down tempo music. They were natural entertainers, who kept busy by switching from one strange instrument to another all within a song, and displaying peculiar antics while playing it.

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