Iceland's múm played a rare set at the remote but fantastic-ish Knockdown Center in Maspeth, Queens. Personally, I find their songs to be totally captivating. Some describe them as "twee" but I think that misses the depth of experience that can be gained from repeated listens. "Finally We Are No One" (2002) is one of my top 10 albums of all time and the feelings and memories it evokes mean a lot to me. I reached the Knockdown Center after a 10-minute Citibike (not e-bike) ride in drizzle from Jefferson Street so not in the best of moods. The front of house doorkeepers were pretty surly but efficient. No Guinness here and the food was sold out by 8pm, so things didn't start well, but there was no queue to purchase a can of Founders All Day IPA and soon things started to improve. The guy in the men's room selling Twix (not a euphemism) at $5 for two fingers was friendly, but not too friendly. There is now a "Champagne Bar" (I don't know either) and more seating than I remember seeing at this venue before. I couldn't find any múm merch anywhere. Perhaps múm don't endorse such unabashed consumerism.
The music was consistently good for all of the bands at the Outline Festival. Two stages were in use, which is a first for me at Knockdown Center. Unfortunately, the múm set was plagued with a blown fuse on the monitor set-up so the band couldn't hear themselves. So frustrating to travel from Iceland and then have tech issues. Otherwise the sound was good on both stages and the cavernous venue made it easy to get around.
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