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Monday, November 2, 2009
Contest Win Tickets to Múm!
Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:14 AM
MÚM, HILDUR GUDNADOTTIR, SIN FANG BOUS
(Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie) Múm's brand of quiet, weird intensity doesn't make them a novelty act. They're not miniaturists—"Marmalade Fires" is restrained, but it also soars in the way a symphony orchestra soars. "Sing Along," from the Icelandic group's most recent album, Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know, seems to build into something that could become a raucous explosion, but it just keeps ascending, like an ornate marble staircase that you keep climbing, only to find it leads to a dead-end wall, but on that wall is maybe the most moody, gorgeous painting you've ever seen in your whole life. PAUL CONSTANT
Yeah, that about sums it up. Like their artistic peers on that odd bankrupt (financially, not creatively) island they call home, Múm build precise little monuments of intricate melody and sound that are endlessly rewarding to the listener. Since the band will be making a rare appearance at the Aladdin Theater this Wednesday, we want to give you a pair of tickets to see the show. Just comment below and explain why you deserve to win your way into the loving embrace of Múm. The best comment by Tuesday (that's tomorrow) at 9am will be declared the winner. If commenting isn't your thing, you can still buy tickets right here. Good luck.
LISTEN:
Múm - "Illuminated"
1
i love all things icelandic- from their free college and geothermal plants to their dominance in strongman competitions and black pudding. of course, i don't deserve anything. i can just ask that nobody else comments so my broke ass wins by default.
2
I deserve mum tickets because I love mum. And my concert budget is dwindling after those mountain goats tickets I just bought. Also I just had to pay to put a new roof on my house. And I did that because one day I was listening to mum so hard that it broke my roof clean off. Plus I would take my fiance and she would be really happy, because she also loves mum.
Also because that other guy said he didn't, and I say that I do, so so far I'm the only one who does.
Also because that other guy said he didn't, and I say that I do, so so far I'm the only one who does.
3
I too, adore múm. And I just took a paycut and am enduring all the other requisite hardships that alone should earn me tickets. But I also brokenheartedly (drunkenly) arrived at the Crystal a day off schedule last time they were in town. It wasn't until I'd purchased a ticket and made my way to the stage that I realized I had in fact just paid my way into an evening with Blackalicious.
4
I've been a fan since their earliest of days and I'll personally bring you a plate of pickled shark (isn't that what they eat there in Iceland?) if you pick me.
5
ok listen. i need these tickets. im not sure if i "deserve" them but heres my shpeel. this last month has been really hard. i lost my wallet with money in it-50 bucks, so i was really hurting. recently i lost 2 days of work. then i missed the zombie walk. and then i all my cool friends went out of town for halloween or didn't get a hold of me and i ended up going to a lame ass party and lost yet another wad of cash and someone stole my cigs. i need a reason to live here folks. im down to 50 bucks to my name and not a shoulder to cry on. its not really my thing, you know, looking for pity. (hehe). on top of all that, i haven't been to a real show in so long. i love mum and if i could win tickets to see them, i would cry... and maybe on your shoulder?
8
Two years ago I used to make out with my then-new girlfriend while listening to "finally we are no one." "Yesterda
y was dramatic" was my favorite, but this was hers. We dated, moved in together, and then broke up. Whenever I listen to the record, it reminds me of her. But, I have a new girlfriend and I want to erase the old girlfriend from my memory. To do this, I really want to go to this mum concet to associate the music with the new girlfriend. I don't believe in the pastm.
y was dramatic" was my favorite, but this was hers. We dated, moved in together, and then broke up. Whenever I listen to the record, it reminds me of her. But, I have a new girlfriend and I want to erase the old girlfriend from my memory. To do this, I really want to go to this mum concet to associate the music with the new girlfriend. I don't believe in the pastm.
9
This past May I made a pilgrimage of sorts to Smekkleysa Plötubúð in Reykjavik, the record shop of the label with the same name. I had a great conversation with the fellow working there about up-and-coming artists. He pointed me to Sin Fang Bous and I've been enjoying _Clangour_ ever since. When I heard Sindri Mar Sigfusson (SFB) was touring with Múm AND would be in Portland, I was tickled pink. I've been waiting for a show like this to come through for some time; certainly since discovering _Yesterday Was Dramatic Today Is OK_. You won't find a more appreciative reader!
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