Icelandic outfit múm make music as delicate (and, on occasion, insubstantial) as snowflakes.

Following on from 2009’s Sing Along To Songs You Don’t Know, the group have assembled assorted unreleased tracks for a new compilation. Early Birds: Early Recordings, Rare Music And Forgotten Songs From 1998-2000 Or Thereabouts will collect “long-lost and extremely rare tracks taken from demo tapes and limited edition vinyl releases”.

As that subtitle suggests, the (mostly instrumental) material primarily dates back to the turn of the century. The múm on the record was actually a duo, consisting of Gunnar Örn Tynes and Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason. We’re very much looking forward to learning the lyrics to ‘Enginn vildi hlusta á fiðlunginn, því strengir hans vóru slitnir (getiði ekki verið góð við mömmu okkar)’

Early Birds is due on July 17, courtesy of Morr Music.

Tracklisting:
1. Bak þitt er sem rennibraut
2. Póst póstmaður
3. Gingúrt
4. Glerbrot
5. Hvernig á að særa vini sína
6. Bak þitt er sem rennibraut (Bústadavegurer fáviti megamix eftir Músíkvat)
7. Insert Coin (Bjarne Riis arcade game mjiks eftir múm)
8. Loksins erum við engin (Natturuoperan song)
9. Náttúrúbúrú 10 0,000Orð
11. lalalala blái hnötturinn
12. múm spilar la la la
13. Hufeland
14. Volkspark Friedrichshain
15. Enginn vildi hlusta á fiðlunginn, því strengir hans vóru slitnir (getiði ekki verið góð við mömmu okkar)