Imho other good stuff (though possibly veering into emo territory) could be Appleseed Cast's Low Level Owl 1 & 2.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Tuesday, September 8, 2020 5:08 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Nothing about those particular fantastic albums really jump out as emo to me. Really more so just the rest of their discography.
― Evan, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 05:04 (three years ago) link
emo & post-grunge make up a decent fraction of the hum/failure/etc/etc venn diagram. there's also some stuff that is neither:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj5aZ3JYkPw
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 15:47 (three years ago) link
Also I was surprised when I found out The Notwist used to be one of these bandshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpIcmjujFDM
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 9 September 2020 15:53 (three years ago) link
and i thought this was about hem.
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 16:10 (three years ago) link
ugh why did I wait so long to finally pull the trigger on this album.
three songs in and this is magnificent
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 10 September 2020 05:27 (three years ago) link
"Step Into You", omg, that guitar lead
akjfdka;lfda i want to live in this song
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 10 September 2020 05:43 (three years ago) link
So glad this thread got active again. I can't wait to get my copy, but loving it in the meantime.
Nice to see a Space Needle drop here, though I'm not sure they give me huge Hum vibes. Love that band though.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 15:50 (three years ago) link
Man the excitement over this album faded really fast, disappointing as I still think it's one of the year's best.
Anyway, just got the notice that my CD pre-order shipped.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 15:38 (three years ago) link
def my favorite hum album at this point
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 16:03 (three years ago) link
still listening quite a bit.
― Spottie, Tuesday, 27 October 2020 16:43 (three years ago) link
DiH is still tops for me (there's no beating that ornate production), but Inlet ain't much of a step down.
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 16:47 (three years ago) link
I want the LP but it's so pricey
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 27 October 2020 17:18 (three years ago) link
Hasn’t faded for me!! <3
― brimstead, Tuesday, 27 October 2020 18:09 (three years ago) link
Me either, it's one of the best things this year and I've listened to it a ton.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 00:11 (three years ago) link
no fade over here.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 02:20 (three years ago) link
Excellent! Glad folks are still as excited. I’ve given myself a break from it until my copy shows up, want to recapture a little of that fresh magic from the surprise drop.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 02:52 (three years ago) link
Yeah, no fade here either! It's not a record that invites a lot of ~discourse~ but that's good not bad imo.
― Ilxor in the streets, Scampo in the sheets (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 07:38 (three years ago) link
It is interesting how they bowed out presenting as rock and returned presenting as metal imo
― imago, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 07:44 (three years ago) link
It still sounds like loud rock Hum to me but like, same band different era. I think Centaur and Matt's 2010s production work hinted they were gonna lean in this direction.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 17:24 (three years ago) link
looking forwarding to getting the CD
― brimstead, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 17:45 (three years ago) link
My CD showed up today and, look, I'm not going to complain at all about having new Hum in my life but I gotta be honest, the CD packaging is underwhelming to say the least. Guess I shoulda sprung for the vinyl version.
It's one of those barest of bare bones cardboard sleeves, no liner notes, no lyrics. Just one photo of a forest (I think) from above on the fold-out. The credits, such as they are, are just what fits under the song titles on the back cover.
Not trying to be negative, I still love this album to death and glad I got my copy.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 20:24 (three years ago) link
This is definitely one of my AOTYs. I agree with imago it is interesting how they "returned presenting as metal," which I think has more to do with the times than with the band. The idea of a band belonging firstmost to "rock" without other qualifiers (indie, post-, classic, etc.) no longer exists in the popular imagination. I feel like the last band to embody that concept was...The White Stripes, maybe? Perhaps that's another thread.
― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 20:39 (three years ago) link
Oh yeah, this is still running as one of my favorite three albums of the year and still has a decent shot at the top spot.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 20:40 (three years ago) link
The idea of a band belonging firstmost to "rock" without other qualifiers (indie, post-, classic, etc.) no longer exists in the popular imagination. I feel like the last band to embody that concept was...The White Stripes, maybe?
Still agree with this idea in general. I mean why would Hum want to get lumped in with Greta Van Fleet?
― enochroot, Wednesday, 4 November 2020 00:15 (three years ago) link
Maybe I'm in the minority here but I wouldn't call Inlet metal at all really. The main difference in sound between it and previous records is in the production, which is to my ear deeper, bassier, more booming.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 4 November 2020 00:26 (three years ago) link
its kinda like a whole album of the side of deftones i like the most so i can see how it fits in as 'alt metal'
― ufo, Wednesday, 4 November 2020 00:38 (three years ago) link
I guess there's some elements of doom-metal or stoner-metal but it's definitely a rock album.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 4 November 2020 14:09 (three years ago) link
Blinker The Star is back
https://blinkerthestar.bandcamp.com/album/juvenile-universe
― billstevejim, Monday, 16 November 2020 17:42 (three years ago) link
I'm hearing more doom-metal layers now revisiting this on vinyl. Plus a few moments on the Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou are blending in my head with the riffs in "The Summoning."
― billstevejim, Saturday, 28 November 2020 19:48 (three years ago) link
I though this was great news:
pic.twitter.com/w97pAQf5Fs— HUM (@humbandofficial) January 20, 2021
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 21 January 2021 21:02 (three years ago) link
is Electra 2000 good?
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Thursday, 21 January 2021 21:10 (three years ago) link
I like it a lot, but I was also in Champaign when these guys were at the time so my feelings on it are inextricably tied to seeing them live. It's definitely more angry and less refined then they'd get, but still a lot of the hallmarks were falling into place.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 21 January 2021 21:14 (three years ago) link
Electra 2000 is worth it for "Diffuse" alone imo
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Thursday, 21 January 2021 21:25 (three years ago) link
(nb the other songs are v good too but that one, for me, is an essential track by the band… "Double Dip" could be another)
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Thursday, 21 January 2021 21:26 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwyQMiMG41E
their last performance before Inlet was released, I guess?
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Sunday, 30 May 2021 02:57 (three years ago) link
really wish they'd do some kind of livestream, I would love a decently produced inlet album show with visuals etc
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Sunday, 30 May 2021 15:52 (three years ago) link
Sad news https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=349853279833118&id=100044253468466
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Thursday, 1 July 2021 16:27 (two years ago) link
Utterly awful.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 July 2021 16:36 (two years ago) link
Ugh, that's horrible.
RIP
― pomenitul, Thursday, 1 July 2021 16:37 (two years ago) link
:(((((((
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 July 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
one of my favorite rock drummers ever
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 July 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
Absolutely gutted to hear this. A tremendous loss that would be heartbreaking at any time, but feels even more difficult after the success and hype around Inlet. 2021 was shaping up to be a fantastic year for Hum.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 1 July 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
well said, jon. RIP
― brimstead, Thursday, 1 July 2021 21:00 (two years ago) link
RIP, damn
― ufo, Thursday, 1 July 2021 23:29 (two years ago) link
It's kinda fitting they found him as a drummer by hearing him play along to Rush through a window. Their rekkid last year was my fave of the year. His drumming was so inventive & serviced the songs so well. Really bummed about this. Cranking 'Downward' tonight.
― BlackIronPrison, Thursday, 1 July 2021 23:34 (two years ago) link
Sad news. He was a hard hitter but still had the touch and the groove. Rip
― calstars, Friday, 2 July 2021 01:05 (two years ago) link
ffs that's terrible. such an interesting drummer who really shaped the sound of that band.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 July 2021 01:28 (two years ago) link
this band is . . . indebted to hum. which is fine with me
https://millymusicgroup.bandcamp.com/album/eternal-ring
― mookieproof, Sunday, 23 October 2022 02:10 (one year ago) link
Sorry, this is shameless. Almost admirable in its devotion to not having a single original idea
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 24 October 2022 20:19 (one year ago) link
Yeah. I gave it a chance, but it ended up just on the wrong side of annoying
― calstars, Monday, 24 October 2022 20:34 (one year ago) link