Thoughts on hum?

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!!!!!!!!!!

Desert Rambler could be an elder tune

i recommended this album to an elder fan, agreed

Oh yeah, I can totally see Elder fans digging this.

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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.

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

"Grey and Blue" is cool

Is it finally time to start a rolling new loud rock thread?

Oh man those Postal Service-y vocals ruin that Kestrels for me, love the guitars though. Let's do that rolling LOUD RAWK thread :)

Postal service vocals? Pass

I've been pondering "best new rock music" as a thread idea for a while

This album still rules, just confirmed it.

I was just about to get excited about getting my physical copy soon, but looks like we’ll all have to wait a little longer:

Thank you for pre-ordering Inlet!

We're sending this update to let you know that the pre-order ship date for the CD and 2xLP has been moved to November 6.

The band has been working diligently to produce the highest quality product possible and, as a result, identified several issues that needed to be addressed, which has pushed the manufacturing deadline back further than initially anticipated.

We are sympathetic to any frustration or inconvenience news of this date change may cause. We -- and the band -- are eager to get this album into your hands as soon as possible, but know that the wait will be worth it in the end.

Wouldn't expect anything less.

I need more stuff like this... slow moving, warm, well-engineered walls of distorted guitars.. hard hitting drums.. preferably unobtrusive vocals but considering welcome to sky valley is also scratching this itch for me these days who knows... halp.. I like elder too..

Bailterspace? Maybe?

Try Cave In, the Tides of Tomorrow/Jupiter era specifically, could be what you're looking for

d e f t o n e s

built to spill (though the vocals . . .), and post-reunion polvo (though the herky jerky rhythms . . .)

I like these
https://windhand.bandcamp.com/track/grey-garden
https://holyserpentband.bandcamp.com/track/for-no-one

rockin, thanx all for suggestions!

The Angelic Process? Weighing Souls With Sand is colossal. Might be a bit heavy.

Try Cave In, the Tides of Tomorrow/Jupiter era specifically, could be what you're looking for

^otm

Also as said above: Shiner and Failure are good touch points that are contemporary with most of Hum's catalogue. Imho other good stuff (though possibly veering into emo territory) could be Appleseed Cast's Low Level Owl 1 & 2.

Certain *songs*, maybe not albums, also seem to me like they could qualify, such as Travel is Dangerous my Mogwai or The Wedding Procession by Yume Bitsu.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOh9k1kqQhg

there are like 100 bands that sound like Hum (I like Hum)

Deftones is otm

100? sweet!

Imho other good stuff (though possibly veering into emo territory) could be Appleseed Cast's Low Level Owl 1 & 2.

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Nothing about those particular fantastic albums really jump out as emo to me. Really more so just the rest of their discography.

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

Also I was surprised when I found out The Notwist used to be one of these bands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpIcmjujFDM

and i thought this was about hem.

ugh why did I wait so long to finally pull the trigger on this album.

three songs in and this is magnificent

"Step Into You", omg, that guitar lead

akjfdka;lfda i want to live in this song

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.

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.

def my favorite hum album at this point

still listening quite a bit.

DiH is still tops for me (there's no beating that ornate production), but Inlet ain't much of a step down.

I want the LP but it's so pricey

Hasn’t faded for me!! <3

Me either, it's one of the best things this year and I've listened to it a ton.

no fade over here.

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.

Yeah, no fade here either! It's not a record that invites a lot of ~discourse~ but that's good not bad imo.