where's the lie tho
― j., Saturday, 27 June 2020 04:44 (three years ago) link
Glad I caught this band on the rebound. Shit, this new album is like concrete candy, love it
― rizzx, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 19:13 (three years ago) link
"In the Den" rules so much. This whole thing is so wonderful
― gman59, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 19:50 (three years ago) link
A mere 7.8, apparently.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 06:09 (three years ago) link
a "towering" 7.8 lol
it's a good review tbh
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 06:29 (three years ago) link
and by good I partially mean that it contains these words in this order:
And the riffs — the riffs!
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 06:47 (three years ago) link
^^ otmn :) The 7.8 is just a stamp of approval of a site that'd never give Hum a BNM in 2020. No qualms.
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 06:59 (three years ago) link
not even post-rock crescendos
GOOD
― j., Wednesday, 1 July 2020 07:26 (three years ago) link
I still can't figure out how Tim Lash got his geetar to sound like a sax (to me, anyway) on "Waves" tbh
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 07:39 (three years ago) link
also I accidentally listened to this on shuffle this evening and it was surprisingly revelatory
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 07:46 (three years ago) link
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
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:26 (three years ago) link
tbf they couldn't give bnms to *every* amazing record that came out in the past two weeks
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:29 (three years ago) link
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.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:32 (three years ago) link
I am betting Hum are a meaningful act to a slim minority of Pitchfork writers at this point
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:43 (three years ago) link
and by slim minority I mean small minority
anyway rock is dead, the review is good and I wanna check out those Cloakroom records
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:52 (three years ago) link
RYM likes Inlet a lot.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:52 (three years ago) link
every time I want to check a RYM chart I remember they block VPN users and am freshly furious/grateful
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:57 (three years ago) link
I really like the Cloakroom records! Not as much as I like the new Hum, but they are really nice.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:59 (three years ago) link
― enochroot, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 15:35 (three years ago) link
The last track, the most slowcore of them all, is the best track
― nostormo, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 15:47 (three years ago) link
I've never listened to Hum before, but this is great. A perfect balance of dreamy and heavy.
― jmm, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 17:16 (three years ago) link
Pared it down to the ones that make me tap my foot, which are tracks 3-5 and 7
― calstars, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 17:19 (three years ago) link
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)
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 17:29 (three years ago) link
^^ will try
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
This is basically the best God Machine L.P they never recorded
― nostormo, Thursday, 2 July 2020 17:16 (three years ago) link
...that's a hell of a comparison. And I see what you're getting at.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 July 2020 20:21 (three years ago) link
I'll confess that i'm currently addicted to this record
― nostormo, Friday, 3 July 2020 17:03 (three years ago) link
just had the thought: what if Hum showed up on Black Stallion
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Saturday, 4 July 2020 00:29 (three years ago) link
Playing as the ship sinks?
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Saturday, 4 July 2020 05:54 (three years ago) link
I should have clarified that that's the name of the forthcoming White Pony tribute remix album
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Saturday, 4 July 2020 07:14 (three years ago) link
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
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Sunday, 5 July 2020 00:51 (three years ago) link
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)
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 5 July 2020 20:21 (three years ago) link
Some Failure comes close to Hum feelings imo, especially Fantastic Planet.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Sunday, 5 July 2020 20:35 (three years ago) link
I totally missed that band the first time around for some reason, I really should check them out. Thanks for the reminder!
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 5 July 2020 20:38 (three years ago) link
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 want to change my display name (dan m), Sunday, 5 July 2020 20:40 (three years ago) link
I do wish his vox were less prosaic sometimes.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 5 July 2020 20:51 (three years ago) link
I’d care less about prosy if dude would just project his voice once in awhile
― calstars, Sunday, 5 July 2020 21:39 (three years ago) link
check the previous two albums
― j., Sunday, 5 July 2020 21:42 (three years ago) link
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
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 15:17 (three years ago) link
the last Greet Death album is great but I wouldn't think to associate it with Hum necessarily; way too angsty
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 16:38 (three years ago) link
man i wish everyone name-dropping shiner itt had just also mentioned the crucial selling point, they were on desoto records!!!!!!!!!!
― j., Wednesday, 8 July 2020 23:22 (three years ago) link
Desert Rambler could be an elder tune
― calstars, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 23:06 (three years ago) link
i recommended this album to an elder fan, agreed
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 16 July 2020 14:36 (three years ago) link
Oh yeah, I can totally see Elder fans digging this.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 16 July 2020 14:38 (three years ago) link
Rank
82147365
― nostormo, Thursday, 16 July 2020 15:09 (three years ago) link
The moment at 2.30 in Desert Rambler, when the guitars fall away and they turn it down a notch, As we dream of our descent upon the surface / I see settlement fires / Gift of water that we carry / Lies in slumber under magnifiers is pure, heavenly bliss.
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 17 July 2020 11:30 (three years ago) link
for anyone with a hankering for more new music w big geetars, you could do worse than the new Kestrels album that dropped today, ft. J Mascis
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 17 July 2020 12:55 (three years ago) link
"Grey and Blue" is cool
Is it finally time to start a rolling new loud rock thread?
― billstevejim, Friday, 17 July 2020 16:59 (three years ago) link
Oh man those Postal Service-y vocals ruin that Kestrels for me, love the guitars though. Let's do that rolling LOUD RAWK thread :)
― incapacitant hairdresser society (rizzx), Friday, 17 July 2020 19:19 (three years ago) link