It's been over 3 years since the release of múm's last album Summer Make Good and a lot of water has passed under the bridge. And now finally, a new batch of songs making up a fresh album, strangely titled Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy, a colorful, twitching and playful work of art, full of life affirming energy. The album was recorded in a number of different places, one of them being the music school in the small fishing town of Ísafjörður in the west fjords of Iceland, making use of the schools various instruments. The drums were mostly recorded in an old school house on the island of Nötö west of Finland. The songs on this multifarious album were conceived over a long period in many a different fashion, one song even dating back to the period of 'Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today Is OK.' With the departure of Kristín Vlatýsdóttir in the beginning of the creative process, the core of múm is again down to the original duo of founding members Gunnar and Örvar, but the band itself is now larger than ever counting in all seven people and includes Samuli Kosminen, *Ólöf Arnalds*,*Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson*, Hildur Guðnadóttir and Sigurlaug Gísladóttir. The artwork for 'Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy' is in the hands of Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir, strangely eerie images, almost hypnotizing, complimented by special packaging. Ingibjörg also animated the video for the first single.