Thoughts on hum?

holy shit

holy shit

waiting till I can blast this on proper speakers whilst high, that seems like the appropriate and respectful thing to do

Yeah, it's why I'm holding off for now. I'd love to do this while holding the physical thing in my hand to start at the cover, but since they won't even be shipping until the end of August that seems very... unlikely.

why would you hold off

get stoned right now and pretend you're next to the ocean

why would you hold off

Specifically because for the next five hours at least I am stuck at my work laptop with really shitty speakers. Def not going to experience this for the first time like that. I'll wait until tonight and I can at least stream it to my better speakers.

fair, fair

Liking this so far

Brad is it this weeks album of the year? ;)

yes

it's been ~17 years since I first heard DiH, I can wait another few hours

this album is riff city

its great

tracks 2 and 3 are the pinnacle (maybe 7 too) but yeah

"cloud city" -> "folding"... lysergic guitar bliss

yeah that too i almost threw in cloud city

god though the end of 'in the den'

an ending so powerful they do it again on the next track and it's just as good

relistening to DiH in preparation and it's now obvious to me that Hum are the shane carruth of rock. no I will not be taking questions

Well then, this is a bit oceanic, innit...

they get ross robinson in to produce this thing??

It's reminding me of that last Cave In record, that one that was mostly works-in-progress, but really good.

kind of too bad to lose brian st pere, his neil peart energy was a big part of this band's charm

i want the drums to be . . . bigger? i guess not everything can be big

i really like "the summoning". most impressed by the last half really.

it's actually kind of mellow imo, a few tracks feel laggy tbh but overall it's a .. really cozy security blanket?

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Goddamn I am so happy

Step Into You and Cloud City seem like the most classicly Hum songs on this

kind of too bad to lose brian st pere, his neil peart energy was a big part of this band's charm

― j., Tuesday, June 23, 2020 5:12 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

He's listed on the Bandcamp fwiw

saw a thing that said they replaced him

from what i can tell, jason gerken of shiner replaced st. pere for a brief period in 2015 but st. pere rejoined?

not sure who's drumming on this record but more likely than not it's st. pere

it's actually kind of mellow imo, a few tracks feel laggy tbh but overall it's a .. really cozy security blanket?

― crystal-brained yogahead (map), Tuesday, June 23, 2020 7:31 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

feeling this. it's heavy but it doesn't really rock out much, which i think is fine? it's more just going for a vibe.

this Hum shit, it ain't for everybody man. it's a motherfucking vibe. it's for motherfuckers that's patient.

(about to play)

is....is that a sax winding through this first song?!

I can already tell this is gonna be a "front to back listens only" album

so many bands have been striving for this and never getting there

has this band gotten more psychedelic or am I just stoned: a memoir

I get a real Slowdive vibe from the first track

"Shapeshifter" is possibly their "Faded"/"Purple Rain"

hold up now, it's been 12 hours

I said possibly!!

Extremely good album indeed.

am I mad or is there possibly Deftones cross-influence on this

i hear it too

been forever since i've listened to hum but this is sounding fantastic

I think "The Summoning" is my fave so far. So heavy, and the fake-out ending is beyond dreamy

I have been craving these tones... excellent news

cloud city >>>>>>

This is fucking fantastic. First song indeed heavy Slowdive/MBV vibes. The Summoning -> Cloud City -> Folding is just *all time*. What a comeback, man.

Genuinely never heard of these before. An Angelic Process reference? I'm in.

Devin Townsend too

How are the vocals on this? That's always kept Hum records at arms length for me, the guitars and landscapes always sounded great but the vocals were like bland cardboard and dragged everything down to earth. Corgan is a pretty divisive voice but you can't deny his vocals add character.