Finally We Are No One: Mum: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Sleep/Swim

2. Green Grass Of Tunnel

3. We Have a Map of the Piano

4. Don't Be Afraid, You Have Just Got Your Eyes Closed

5. Behind Two Hills,,,, A Swimmingpool

6. K/half Noise

7. Now There's That Fear Again

8. Faraway Swimmingpool

9. I Can't Feel My Hand Any More, It's Alright, Sleep Still

10. Finally We Are No One

11. The Land Between Solar Systems

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It's an enchanted world that Múm inhabit. Conceived in a remote Icelandic lighthouse, Finally We Are No One is an electronica album that conjures up hazy, half-remembered memories of childhood, both magical and eerie. The obvious comparisons are with Boards of Canada and Múm's compatriot, Björk. But as with their superb 2000 debut, Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today Is OK, Múm make a music that's far too original to be easily compartmentalized. So analog keyboards hum alongside muted digital glitches, and "proper" instruments--accordions, cellos, melodicas--flutter in and out of the mix. The overall effect is of a modern kind of folk music. It's gentle, almost-fey stuff, but the quartet (including twin sisters who appeared on the cover of Belle & Sebastian's Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant) never slips into anything like polite ambience. Instead, the 11 pieces are like extracts from a particularly vivid dream journal, especially when the Valtýsdóttir sisters sing in their peculiar gurgling, infantilized way in the epically unfurling lullaby, "The Land Between Solar Systems." This is an album that leaves you longing for shady childhood experiences you never knew you'd even had. --John Mulvey

Album Description

Fat Cat are proud to announce their release by recent signings (2002) from Iceland, Mum. Highly-anticipated second album from this Icelandic 4-piece. Beautifully meshing some dense but intricate programming with gorgeous vocal and instrumental melodies, richly textured, hypnotic and unashamedly sumptuous.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Meh..., Sep 13 2003

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This review is from: Finally We Are No One (Audio CD)

I really liked this CD when I first bought it. It worked as good "chill" music, which I needed around that time. A month later, I stopped listening to it. The "natural selection" of my CD case ended up weeding it out; I just sold it used this week.

I guess what I'm trying to say is this isn't the holy grail of music or anything and is frankly a bit overhyped judging from the other reviews I've read. In tearms of Icelandic music, Sigur Ros and Bjork are both MUCH better and do pretty much the same sort of thing. Get one of their CD's instead of this one.

Reccomended only for those who either need to have "this weird Iclandic techno CD with an accordian on it" so they can impress their friends with how "indie" they are or want music that they can just tune out and do odd jobs around the house to.

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3.0 out of 5 stars not bad, but no boards of canada, Jun 3 2004

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ok, so this cd is pretty good. but it doesn't hold a candle to anything by Boards of Canada. i actually found it quite boring. there are a couple good tracks. but this cd is not in my rotation. Music has the right to children is.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Stunning, May 18 2004

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"Inexplicably beautiful" is the best I can do to describe the amazing sophomore release from Iceland's Mum. Scattered with simplistic melodies and enchanting vocals, Finally We Are No One grasps the listener from the first track and spins them through a completely different musical universe. Unlike anything I've ever heard, Mum perfectly blends synthesizers and pianos. It's amazing to see the amount of growth from their debut album (Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today Is OK). Highly recommended for anyone interested in beautiful, entrancing Icelandic music.

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5.0 out of 5 stars he grabbed my thumb and led me away from the accident...
While expanding my IDM/electronic collection, I always overlooked Mum because I was never really big on Sigur Ros and the samples here on amazon didn't really do anything for me... Read more

Published on May 15 2004 by Bengt

5.0 out of 5 stars Scary, Experimental, Honest, Emotionally Draining, Flawless.
I heard a few clips of this band, prior to receiving the CD in the mail. Immediately I got some headphones and went out in my backyard, sat near my garden, fountain and birdbath,... Read more

Published on April 23 2004 by JRGuitargeek