Yesterday Was Dramatic: Today Is Ok [Original recording remastered]

Múm | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 18, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Morr Music / M.M.
• ASIN: B000AGK9XC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #84,629 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Pitchfork

9.1 out of 10 "Surprises this good just don't come around that often."

Product Description

Classic debut Mum album, previously issued by Tugboat & Thule -- available again. "Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today is OK was mostly recorded in a tiny, sweaty room in the summer of 1999 with carpenters banging nails around us, but sometimes we put on headphones so we couldn't hear them. It was originally released on an Icelandic label called Thule, but early on a number of disputes came up, which ended up dragging on for many years. Part of the attraction of the album is its mixture of analogue instruments such as harmonica, accordion and glockenspiel with digital clicks and cuts. But what makes it so beautiful is that at no point this combination feels constructed or forced. While listening to Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today is OK you don't care how it was made you're just enjoying that it exists."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Something wonderful in a sea of mundane..., June 1, 2004

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therokenman "therokenman" (Warrenton, Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yesterday Was Dramatic Today Is Ok (Audio CD)

There is a lot of music out there that is really good. Unfortunately, it is surrounded by all sorts of filler. Like anyone that heads out in to the hills with a tin pan and a dream, I have spent a ridiculous amount of time searching for musical gold. This is one album that qualifies. It is the type of album that I will put on when I am in the mood for chilling out with a nice glass of scotch and a book. It is mostly instrumental, and takes a couple listens to get the feel for the flittering beauty it lays out. A lot of people have compared this band to Sigur Ros but, other than being from Iceland, it is not a fair comparison. Having said that, if you are the type of person that likes Sigur Ros, you will probably like this album (don't expect it to sound like them, though).

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very creative electronic music, December 18, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Yesterday Was Dramatic Today Is OK (Audio CD)

I think the first thing that needs addressed in regards to Mum is that their constant association with Sigur Ros is a bit misleading. This group is often mentioned to fans of Sigur Ros as another band that they might like. But in all honesty, the only two things that these groups share is that they are both from Iceland and neither band is a mainstream "soundalike" of any other band.

Sigur Ros's sound is very warm (due to the heavy use of string instruments) and is very much characterized by it's vocalist. Jonsi is a very emotional and unique singer.

Mum, on the other hand, are an almost entirely instrumental techno group. Although they do play some of the most emotional electronic music that I have heard (no repetitive dance beats here), the digital nature of the sounds used to create the music gives it a distinctly cold feel and helps it to come across as less heartfelt and less emotionally powerful.

In short, this is a good cd. There is room for improvement but on the whole it is a very worthwhile album. Just don't expect Sigur Ros when you buy it. The two groups really don't have much in common.

Mum is more like a cross between the British techno group Hybrid and electronic new age relaxation music like ForrestFang. And they somehow manage to bring together the best elements of those styles.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT!, June 4, 2001

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Haukur Jóhannsson (Brno, Czech Republic) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yesterday Was Dramatic Today Is OK (Audio CD)

From where i come from in Iceland people have been talking about how great ta band called Múm is for a very very long time. I never paid that much atention to it bescuase i had never heard anything from the band, all I knew was that hey had been a warmup band for the great band mogwai. Then when i heard that múm was going to play in my school I just HAD to see them, this great band that everybody had been talking about, the band that impressed mogwai so much that they wanted them to warm up for them, the band that are friends with Belle & Sebastian and with the twin systers that are on the cover of Belle & Sbeastian's "Fold your hands Child, You walk like a pesant" album. Then the day came, and the concert began. And I was moved by this very beautifull, touching music. There music is unbelivable. It's like nothing i've ever heard before. It's one of the greatest things I've ever heard and will ever hear. Right nerxt day after the concert i went out and bought the cd. And it was even better then the concert. Although seeing them play is the most beaustifull thing you can see, I almonst felt like crying becaude there music was so good. The tonly thing that I could think was "Oh my god! they are not humans they are gods". And every time i listen to this CD , wich is about 2 or 3 times every day or more often i experience it in a new way. This CD is the best CD i've ver bought. Not even Sigur Rós's Ágætis byrjun, Mogwai's Younge Team or Godspeed you black emperor!'s Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada EP are as good as this. So i give this CD 5 stars, although i want to give it 10 stars out af 5 because how good it is. Two thumbs up for Múm. I,m alldready excited about a new cd from them.