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- Summary: The sixth full-length studio release for the experimental Icelandic band sees the return of founding member Gyða Valtýsdóttir.
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- Record Label: Morr Music
- Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Sep 3, 2013The album is easily Múm's most commercial to date.
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Sep 12, 2013Smilewound’s gleeful, weird-pop eclecticism builds up the goodwill to cover any lull.
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MojoSep 19, 2013Pared-down twinkly electronic pop with arcane instruments alloyed to laptop smarts that chills as it enchants. [Oct 2013, p.98]
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Sep 4, 2013It may well be Múm’s most balanced, enjoyable record yet.
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Q MagazineJan 27, 2014There's still the odd detour into eerie atmospherics, but essentially this is electronica for people who fine The Knife hard going, with recent Kylie collaboration, Whistle, providing a final dusting of pop sugar. [Oct 2013, p.106]
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UncutSep 3, 2013Smilewound finds the woolly jumpered collective coasting through another set of impressionistic glitch-pop and clockwork exotica. [Sep 2013, p.92]
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Nov 18, 2013They are trying too hard for precocious-ness, not enough for worn-in beauty.
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