21 September 2025

Artwork album

Band: Múm
Who: Icelandic indietronica
outfit formed in 1997.

Album: History Of Silence
Their first one in 12 years.

Photo: Ben Rayner / Terrorbird Media

Flood Magazine (Los Angeles): “The fractured nature of the record is nothing new for
the Icelandic band, of course. For a quarter century now, they’ve been weaving together elements of indie-folk, electronica, and ambient dream pop on a grand scale typically
reserved for post-rock.

With their peers and fellow countrymen Sigur Rós as an obvious point of reference,
the music they created during their initial decade or so of output feels equally primed
for soundtrack placement within just about any dramatic film genre. As History of Silence reminds us, though, these songs already contain a world within them without
complementing any screenplay.”

TUTV: History Of Silence‘s strength lies in its mind-relaxing impact. It feels like an ear massage. Sweet, slo-mo synth/piano symphonies, enlivened now and then with crystalline guitar sparks transfer you to a de-stressing place, far away from the noisy reality, while heartfelt duet vocals complete the tranquil sonority. Headphone music for the midnight hours.

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