For years, Múm have put me to sleep. In my bed, on trains and planes, and almost during their Showbox appearance in 2004. I blame that not entirely on the Icelandic experimental bands soothing presence, but on whoever booked them following hip-hop dude Why? and Southwestern-tinged rockers Calexico. Touring for their spooky, lost-at-sea album Summer Make Good, it was a rough comedown. In Seattle on an earlier tour, theyd played a secret show on the old ferry Kalakala, where Id much rather have seen them; their enchanted meanderings on the physical and inner world mustve sounded perfect there. How itll come off on this tour is a mystery now that the foursome has been reduced to two of its original members, Gunnar Örn Tynes and Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason. Outlook is good, though, as their newest album, Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy, returns the band to its earliest sound, a playful tinkering with rhythms and glitches thats like a six-year-old turned loose on an MPC. Theyve married that old sensibility to their usual storytelling for songs thatll keep you on your feet. With Talkdemonic and Tom Brosseau.
Sat., Oct. 27, 8 p.m., 2007
