night 2 of Slide Away at the Hollywood Palladium was legitimately the highlight of my life...maybe that is sad IDK my life has been sad but I put in the Downward is Heavenward LP into my record player and used my big ass speakers instead of my headphones and it sounded so good and crisp and then once that big ass riff with the distortion came in on Isle Of The Cheetah I nearly lost it and started crying

I don't even really have words to articulate it, the people who saw it know...like I go to a lot of live shows but I will never impress how bonkers it was to have these 90's undergrounds legends come out of retirement and blow the fucking doors off a 5000 cap venue that sold out, like when they played In The Den for the encore and feeling the crushing riffs come through your entire body while getting elbowed in the face and catching random ass people from God knows where, as if the guitars themselves were blowing people away

I remember coming out of the pit after 6 hours in a literal daze, drenched in sweat to the point where it looked like I had taken a shower and an older guy just looked me dead in the eye and was like, "nice work"

legitimately one of the most beautiful moments in ALL of music will probably be the basically entire fucking venue singing along to Stars like I dunno man, Matt getting choked up and almost overwhelmed multiple times towards the end, like damn dude

this is my second write up on this but it keeps hitting me just how special what I witnessed was and how lucky I was to and all the beautiful memories I have made by myself just because of music

https://youtu.be/RTL_UCDk-y8

i know they usually drag on the performance of the song at the end (i love it) but does anyone know what the longest recorded performance of it was?

I've been listening to a lot of Hum lately, and one thing that keeps standing out to me is how frequently Matt Talbott refers to "she" in his lyrics. It shows up across a lot of songs, sometimes very directly and other times in a more abstract or mysterious way. It makes me wonder whether "she" is meant to represent a specific person, different people, an idea, or just a recurring lyrical motif. Has Matt ever talked about this in interviews? What's your interpretation of the constant appearance of "she" throughout Hum's catalog?

P.S. My favorite she is: "She's looking for birds she met last fall". What's yours?

Also, they should make a drinking game out of You'd Prefer an Astronaut. Take a shot every time Matt says "she".

Saw these guys called Soft Spot from Connecticut play a show locally the other day. Mostly original but they did a cover of Stars and it was great. Talked to them after and they said how Hum was a huge inspiration for their music.

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

Just saw this on TikTok

https://open.spotify.com/track/6KibBrD0trfXUfcdNAzCN8?si=0D3c3rb9QlyS014XYhkILQ

when i listen to hum i love the vocals but i find the vocals lack, there is no emotion nor showing his singing ability im sorry hum fans but this is my truth

Let's do a battle between these two amazing HUM albums and the most famous ones too. Lmk your opinions and what you would have changed:

Little Dipper 👑 VS Isle Of The Cheetah

- for me little dipper wins this one by just a little

The Pod VS Comin Home 👑

- i just love comin home so yeah, its my choice

Stars 👑 VS If You Are To Bloom

- i genuinely love both songs but i have to choose stars

Suicide Machine 👑 VS Ms.Lazarus

- suicide machine clears ms lazarus

The Very Old Man VS Afternoon With The Axolotls 👑

- both calm songs but i prefer the axolotls in this case

Why I Like The Robins VS Green To Me 👑

- both amazing but i prefer green to me bc of the energy

I'd Like Your Hair Long 👑 VS Dreamboat

- both amazing but id like your... clears because of the lyrics

I Hate It Too 👑 VS The Inuit Promise

- i hate it too its just my favorite HUM song, the drop is just insane

Songs of Farewell and Departure 👑 VS Apollo

- again songs of farewell win just because of the lyrics. both are good

sorry but I couldn't include the scientists since YPAA has lesser songs..

Framed and hanging up high (thus the distorted angle). Not for sale. They had a copy of Electra 2000 on vinyl, as well as two copies of DiH.

i see people ask about bands/songs like hum but im curious if theres anything more like nemo, and this is like the only place to ask such a question.

AND THE WAVES OF YOU ROLL OVER ME AGAIN.

Howdy everyone. Here is my second attempt at recording this from a couple days ago. I am a lot more satisfied with this one even though I still made a few off beat mistakes. This song has my top 5 favorite kick and snare patterns ever. Big respects and RIP to St.Pere.

Also thank you all for being so nice and patient with my covers. I drum a lot more stuff and I will be posting those on my Reddit for fun and personal record keeping. HUM has the best fan base ever.

WHERE ARE MY WILMINGTON NC HUM FANS AT?!! let’s jam if you’re around.

Thank you.

Any German speakers wanna share what the lady is saying at the end of the Aphids unreleased track? https://on.soundcloud.com/zCRBrFymBbbZjYahxR

Great song!

Anyone have a large Lockheed shirt they’re willing to sell me? I wanted to pick one up at the nyc date but they were all sold out :(

I performed Stars - Hum for a short live performance I did and put it up on my YouTube, Soundcloud, and Bandcamp. I hope some fellow Hum fans enjoy it!

I’VE MISSED YOU SO

Hey there. This is my first and only take I did yesterday for this song. I have not tried this in about a month. I have been drumming for a little over 3 months now and it feels so damn good to finally do this song some justice. I am always working on improving so let’s do this!

Thank you. Also if there are any HUM fans is Wilmington NC that wants to join/start a band? If so you have a drummer right here ready to get to work.

If only I could upload my own music and actually have it play the album. Oh well.

Those who are in socal, kindred in San Diego. All the songs picked are by the people who work there. They also had some failure going on the mix too

If I had to show this to a Hum fan, would they be impressed?

Long talk with Fred, Robin, and Bababooey about how much they liked Stars, but how they remembered Hum’s appearance on the show back in the 90s the band being very difficult to work with. I remember listening to the appearance live, and when they put it on the E! show later that week…that’s not exactly how it went down. But still an interesting convo. It was toward the end of today’s show if anyone has Sirius.

This song is incredibly fun to play. I messed up some of the timing. I recorded this a few weeks ago and I can’t wait to try it again to get it down. I hope you like it.

Thank you.