Múm - Peel Session [Fat Cat 2006/2007]

Back in 2002 the glitchy and beautiful Icelandic electronica act Múm recorded four tracks, (five if you include the amalgamation of the two songs on the opening track), at Maida Vale Studios in 2002 for BBC Radio One’s infamous remembered John Peel show.

On “Peel Session” Múm is cached moving away from the warm naivety of ‘Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is OK’ to a more sonically detailed approach, more commonly associated with their recent or current output. The songs are significantly different versions of songs that will be familiar to fans, but probably embraced by new listeners who missed out on this great act as well.

Rumour has it that their long awaited follow up on 2004’s “Summer Make Good” will be released during spring 2007 and that the sound of the material is somehow linked together with “Peel Session”. Their label Fat Cat reports that “The band are now an expansive collective, blurring the distinction between live band and electronica.”

I wouldn't say that this is the best record they ever did or anything, but as a teaser for the new album it works perfectly fine. And no one is as exited as I am about their forthcoming stuff.

Have a listen:

http://www.myspace.com/mumtheband

Top 5 Albums of 2006 by Niklas

Like David wrote:
2006 was indeed a really fucked year in many ways.
But there sure were some good records coming out.

Here's my top 5 (in no order except that the first one is my favorite...):


The Bronx - S/T
Yes, according to me, this is the best album of 2006.
It has everything that I like about the first Bronx album, and it does everything a little bit better. It's a great punk-rock n' roll album. This is one of my all-time favorite records.

The 3 best songs: History's Stranglers, Oceans Of Class and Dirty Leaves


And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - So Divided
One of my favorite bands. This is not their best record. At all. But it's still a good record, and it's better than alot of other records I heard last year.

The 3 best songs: Stand In Silence, So Divided and Life


+44 - When Your Heart Stops Beating
So, in the battle between +44 and Angels & Airwaves I have to say that Hoppus/Barker are the winners. They made a better record than former Blink-182 bandmate Tom Delonge. And this is a good pop-rock record that I still enjoy listening to a lot.

The 3 best songs: Lycanthrope, Cliffdiving and Chapter 13


The Drips - S/T
Two guys from The Bronx (the band, not the place) released a side-project album (with some friends) under this name some months before The Bronx major-debut came out. This is also a really good punk-rock n' roll album.

The 3 best songs: I'm Gone, Old Sex and 16, 16, Six (this might be my favorite song of 2006).


The Blood Brothers - Young Machetes
So, I just got this CD in the mail. And I've been listening to it a couple of times. Yes, it is a bit annoying at times. But I really enjoy it too. I think this album has some of the best songs that I've heard by The Blood Brothers. This is really cool.

The 3 best songs: Set Fire To The Face On Fire, Laser Life and Spit Shine Your Black Clouds

David's Top 10 List 2006.

[Me during new years eve... yeah. I'll stop smoking... next new year. hehe ]

So here’s my top 10 list of 2006 in no particular order. I think that the year of 2006 that was a fucked up year in many different ways sure had some great music to offer.

David Gilmour - On an Island

Lisa Miskovsky – Changes

Thom Yorke – The Eraser

Múm – The Peel Session

The Bronx – The Bronx

Copeland – Eat, Sleep, Repeat

The Knife – Silent Shout

Yusuf – Another Cup

Anna Ternheim – Separation Road

Tom Waits - Orphans