Mum Live at Warsaw Basen 2nd October 2013

Had the absolute honour of seeing Icelandic band, Mum, at Warsaw Basen last night.  Like fellow Icelanders Arstidir who I saw at the Klub Progresja in Warsaw earlier this year, this turned out to be something of a beautiful, epiphany-type experience, it was simply that good.

With me, the thing about Mum is that their songs are such beautiful, dreamy, relaxing soundscapes that despite recognising the songs themselves, it's difficult to remember any of the titles (with the exception of 'Green Grass of Tunnel' - from the Latitude Festival below - many thanks to whoever put this on Youtube):

A classic example of this is 'Land Between Solar Systems' (from ATP Iceland below - thanks a lot to whoever put this on Youtube) which, despite having to look for the name of this tune now, I fully expected the band to come on with last night, and they didn't disappoint:

Besides their obvious musical proficiency (love the versatility of the members playing several different instruments), I also love the sense of innocence and goodwill that the band effortlessly evoke from the stage:  all the elfine-type quirky smiles and nicely 'strange' dances, I find all this really refreshing, almost mystical even.  In a nutshell, the band just naturally create a wonderfully subtle but also highly intimate rapport with the audience, and, last night, at one point, had the audience gently whistling like birds for some time.  Yes, sometimes it's just good to feel captivated by the beautiful subtlety of it all, the gentle sense of some kind of transcendence.

Yes, this was one band that was well worthy of a healthy round of applause at the end of the evening.  The band modestly thanked the audience for sharing the evening with them, and I felt it an honour to experience such a subtly beautiful presence.