Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy is an album

Album

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 by the Iceland

Iceland

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ic group múm

Múm

múm are an experimental Icelandic musical group whose music is characterized by soft vocals, electronic glitch beats and effects, and a variety of traditional and unconventional instruments.- History :...

. It was released on the Fat Cat

Fat Cat Records

Fat Cat Records is an independent label based in Brighton on England’s South Coast. Their output includes electronica, post rock, indie, downtempo, minimal techno, noise and punk-pop...

 label on 24 September 2007.

The album marks a shift from the group's original style as it uses more live instruments than electronics, and there is a different vocal style, including male vocals. Almost two years prior to the release of this album, former lead singer of múm, Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir

Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir

Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir is an Icelandic vocalist and classically trained multi-instrumentalist. She is best known as a former frontperson of múm, and later on for collaborating with former husband David Portner as Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan....

, departed from the band. According to reviews this is believed to be one reason for the break of style compared to earlier releases.

The seventh song is listed as "Rhubarbidoo" in the album liner notes, while it is named "Rhuubarbidoo" on the "Marmalade Fires

Marmalade Fires

"Marmalade Fires" is the second single from the album Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy released by múm in December 2007. The second song of the single Rhuubarbidoo appears as Rhubarbidoo on the original album.-Track listing:# "Marmalade Fires" — 5:03...

" single.

Track listing

1. "Blessed Brambles" – 6:00
2. "A Little Bit, Sometimes" – 3:50
3. "They Made Frogs Smoke 'Til They Exploded
   They Made Frogs Smoke 'til They Exploded
   "They Made Frogs Smoke 'til They Exploded" is a single from the album Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy that was released by múm in 2007. The song The Amateur Show is also available as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of the album.-Track listing:...
   
   " – 4:02
4. "These Eyes Are Berries" – 3:00
5. "Moon Pulls" – 2:32
6. "Marmalade Fires
   Marmalade Fires
   "Marmalade Fires" is the second single from the album Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy released by múm in December 2007. The second song of the single Rhuubarbidoo appears as Rhubarbidoo on the original album.-Track listing:# "Marmalade Fires" — 5:03...
   
   " – 5:03
7. "Rhubarbidoo" – 1:34
8. "Dancing Behind My Eyelids" – 4:07
9. "Schoolsong Misfortune" – 2:39
10. "I Was Her Horse" – 2:08
11. "Guilty Rocks" – 5:02
12. "Winter (What We Never Were After All)" – 4:08
13. "The Amateur Show" – 5:02 (Japanese edition bonus track)

Personnel

• Samuli Kosminen — drums
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   on track 1, 3, 4, 7 and 12.
• Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson – trumpet
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   on track 8 and 10.
• Guðbjörg Hlin Guðmundsdóttir — violin
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• Þórarinn MárBaldursson — viola
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• Laufey Jensdóttir — violin
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• Gyða Valtýsdóttir — cello
  Cello
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• Páll Ivan Pálsson — bass
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• Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir — harp
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