Thoughts on hum?

That last few minutes of Desert Rambler aren't *nearly* long enough.

agreed, started that section over and over yesterday

chopped and screwed edition when

Is anyone else hearing echoes of 'October Rust' era Type O Negative?

XXP - I made one for yez, Desert Rambler, 13'45" version.

https://we.tl/t-yz9lS1iGbH

I keep falling into the guitars and getting 'called back' by the cadences of the vocals - definite Roddy Woomble thing going on! Probably just me.

oh man thx Maresn3st I will find some uses for this

awww, awesome!! xxp

a friend said he was afraid he loved this too much because it was the only good thing that has happened this year… so emo

where's the lie tho

Glad I caught this band on the rebound. Shit, this new album is like concrete candy, love it

"In the Den" rules so much. This whole thing is so wonderful

A mere 7.8, apparently.

a "towering" 7.8 lol

it's a good review tbh

and by good I partially mean that it contains these words in this order:

And the riffs — the riffs!

^^ otmn :) The 7.8 is just a stamp of approval of a site that'd never give Hum a BNM in 2020. No qualms.

not even post-rock crescendos

GOOD

I still can't figure out how Tim Lash got his geetar to sound like a sax (to me, anyway) on "Waves" tbh

also I accidentally listened to this on shuffle this evening and it was surprisingly revelatory

Distracted by the numerous grammatical errors in that Hum review

Also, just because a song is "longer than eight minutes" doesn't make it "prog," you dummy

I will concede that this is a rather insightful observation:

"...it could pass for the work of a band influenced by Hum, taking them in a more minimalist, esoteric direction: post-hardcore guitars played at stoner metal tempos."

Should have been a BNM but I realize that's an impossible dream because rock music

tbf they couldn't give bnms to *every* amazing record that came out in the past two weeks

Thought it was an alright review, the part that stuck out for me was the idea of it being "inherently decadent" for them (or others) to take 22 years for a new album. It insinuates this idea of a bunch of super rich dudes with nothing better to do than lay around the studio for years on end, perfecting riffs, instead of the reality of them living life and taking time as it comes. Maybe I'm reading more into it than intended, but that part felt weird.

I am betting Hum are a meaningful act to a slim minority of Pitchfork writers at this point

and by slim minority I mean small minority

anyway rock is dead, the review is good and I wanna check out those Cloakroom records

RYM likes Inlet a lot.

every time I want to check a RYM chart I remember they block VPN users and am freshly furious/grateful

I really like the Cloakroom records! Not as much as I like the new Hum, but they are really nice.

Also, just because a song is "longer than eight minutes" doesn't make it "prog," you dummy

The last track, the most slowcore of them all, is the best track

I've never listened to Hum before, but this is great. A perfect balance of dreamy and heavy.

Pared it down to the ones that make me tap my foot, which are tracks 3-5 and 7

I accidentally listened to this on shuffle this evening and it was surprisingly revelatory

there is absolutely nothing wrong with the original sequencing but try this one for fun:

waves / shapeshifter / step into you / the summoning / in the den / cloud city / folding / desert rambler (maresn3st extend0 ed1t)

^^ will try

This is basically the best God Machine L.P they never recorded

...that's a hell of a comparison. And I see what you're getting at.

I'll confess that i'm currently addicted to this record

just had the thought: what if Hum showed up on Black Stallion

Playing as the ship sinks?

I should have clarified that that's the name of the forthcoming White Pony tribute remix album

today's thought on hum: it took listening back to the Centaur album to realize I really love talbott's vocal melodies and phrasing specifically

Wanting more Hum feelings I checked out Cloakroom, Narrow Head, and Greet Death because of the Pitchfork review and this thread. After listening I can say with certainty that I could not tell any of these bands apart if you offered me a hundred bucks

So Torche is still the closest thing to a great Hum-sounding band I've heard (Deftones notwithstanding)

Some Failure comes close to Hum feelings imo, especially Fantastic Planet.

I totally missed that band the first time around for some reason, I really should check them out. Thanks for the reminder!

After listening to Inlet and Electra 2000 while driving over the weekend, I really want to hear a re-recorded version of "Diffuse" with Inlet-style production.

I do wish his vox were less prosaic sometimes.

I’d care less about prosy if dude would just project his voice once in awhile

check the previous two albums

this seems like as good a place as any to post this i guess but i’ve noticed that the idol group yanakoto sotto mute works with a guitarist that sounds very hum-inspired to me, like here -

https://open.spotify.com/track/0Cv9wrH9k8D8kWj7k6BdqH?si=IBSCqcR8TqyYtNVGjTHq2w

the actual new hum record is good too

the last Greet Death album is great but I wouldn't think to associate it with Hum necessarily; way too angsty

man i wish everyone name-dropping shiner itt had just also mentioned the crucial selling point, they were on desoto records!!!!!!!!!!