Dusk Log features four songs that are in keeping with the more organic sound of Múm's previous full-length, Summer Make Good.
Tracks such as "Kostrzyn" rely even more heavily on acoustic instrumentation -- in this case, rousing horns and strings -- despite the skittering beats and bloopy synths around their peripheries.
This song and "This Nothing in the Faraway" are decidedly more tossed-off than anything on the sometimes overdone Summer Make Good, but that's part of their charm, and their cheerier sound makes the EP a more instantly engaging listen than the album was.
Dusk Log's immediacy also, arguably, makes a better setting for "Will the Summer Make Good for All of Our Sins?"'s fairytale-like mix of whimsical beauty and potentially dangerous strangeness.
The EP comes to a close with "Boots of Fog," one of the most abstract tracks Múm has done in a while: scratchy noises and snippets of melodies drift in and out, and Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir's vocals pile on top of each other, resulting in fractured, dreamlike folk.
The song, like the rest of Dusk Log, is a compact reminder of how good Múm is at hazy, sketchy outlines and intricate sonic doodles.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kostrzyn | Múm | Play | 05:17 | 12 MB | 28 MB |
| 2 | This Nothing Blowing in the Faraway | Múm | Play | 04:07 | 9 MB | 19 MB |
| 3 | Will the Summer Make Good for All of Our Sins? | Múm | Play | 04:06 | 9 MB | 22 MB |
| 4 | Books of Fog | Múm | Play | 04:33 | 10 MB | 19 MB |
| 18 mins | 41 MB | |||||
| 18 mins | 90 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Múm | Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |