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Under The RadarDec 4, 2013Smilewound is a notably more pop effort from this hard-forecast group, and perhaps its most smoothly consumable record. [Nov-Dec 2013, p.97]
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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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MagnetSep 19, 2013There's something about the sixth full-length from this Icelandic experimental electronic outfit that feels like exciting new territory--and something about it that feels like home. [No. 102, p.58]
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Sep 17, 2013Thematically, Múm return to contrasting innocence and danger.
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Sep 17, 2013Smilewound beckons and fans out, drawing the listener further and further into its own sonic world, both familiar to fans of múm’s sound and very much unlike anything that they have done previously.
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Sep 12, 2013Smilewound’s gleeful, weird-pop eclecticism builds up the goodwill to cover any lull.
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Sep 4, 2013It may well be Múm’s most balanced, enjoyable record yet.
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Sep 3, 2013Smilewound is delicate, crunchy and as beautiful as the fountainhead of music whence it came.
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Sep 3, 2013Smilewound requires something of an adjustment of expectations.
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Sep 3, 2013The album is easily Múm's most commercial to date.