Thoughts on hum?

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.

I'm listening now and oh good they've drowned him under enormous floods of guitars.

Sound reminds me of the first My Vitriol album as well, as another possible cross-influence

The vocals are mostly super low-key, very 90s.

no one is listening to Hum for the vox but it is kind of remarkable his voice hasn't changed at all in 20+ years

listening to Shiner's Schadenfreude, their first in 19 years, which is an impressive hiatus in itself! also 8 tracks with most of them on the longer side. kind of mining a similar vibe in spots. pretty good!

I listen for the whole package. Matt Talbot's vox match the songwriting tone - appropriately understated.

Bryan St Pere is definitely playing on this. One reason why they took their time completing the record was due to working around everyone's schedule. I think they only toured in 2015 with the dude from Shiner.

The drumming in "Cloud City" rules pretty hard.

So far this is easily top 10 of the year for me

This is pure comfort food.

The Summoning -> Cloud City -> Folding is just *all time*.

Nailed it

It's kind of cool how you expect the closer to blossom out into oblivion but instead it recedes into something like a Perfect From Now On outtake.

I would really love to call tracks 5-8 "a solid Side B" but I checked and of course this is one of those two-songs-per-side audiophile deals.

i love that they continue to put the running time on the album cover

Don't think I'd heard "Stars" since 120 Mins days, just reminded myself what it sounds like. I should've been into this band!

but it's not too late, this thread suggests :)

"Bryan St Pere is definitely playing on this. "
definitely good news, he was a huge part of why the earlier records were so good. Massive drummer

Ha, I was wondering why the Hum thread suddenly lit up.

kinda surprised there’s this much love here <3

well it's a bit like when Sleep came back, except arguably even more ILM-beloved (and I'd say considerably better too)

considerably better too

Indeed, indeed.

TS: Inlet vs Slowdive

is that the presumed gold standard for shoegaze comebacks eh

we'll need an Avalon Emerson remix to be sure

'considerably better' thirded. It is nice how Hum's last album was from before these borads existed, and now making clear how many ppl here love them.

is that the presumed gold standard for shoegaze comebacks eh

m b v trumps them all tbh – it's best thing they've ever done, as a matter of fact.

haha, nicely saved pom

I quite liked Slowdive's s/t too, give or take a track or two.

how many of the og US gazers have returned is a question

(come back, Swirlies!)

Doesn't matter, just listen to Holy Fawn.

m b v trumps them all tbh – it's best thing they've ever done, as a matter of fact.

― pomenitul, Wednesday, June 24, 2020 8:17 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Wait wasn't it just last week you said 'This Is Your Bloody Valentine' was their best? Or did I imagine that? Made me blink a couple of times!

lol that wasn't me, no. I've been consistently stanning for m b v and knocking Loveless for years!

Lol, mea maxima culpa! (putting it down to the fever I had last week)

Knocking Loveless for years

Love Loveless but I do love this :D

my recent controversial MBV opinion is that Feed Me With Your Kiss might be their best EP (along with YMMR obv)

anyway, off-topic sorry

Proof:

New Ride

Then again, I may have shitposted about MBV last week without realizing it.

xps