Hum

king_buzzo · 09.06.2007, 03:16 PM

RULES.

End of story.

king_buzzo · 09.06.2007, 03:21 PM

It wasn't really grunge though.... The pod is okay, the other songs on that album are waaay better. like Stars. They've got a very pumpkinesque sound but i like them more.

atsonicpark · 09.06.2007, 03:22 PM

Hum fucking rule. I bought "You'd Prefer an Astronaut" many many years ago for $3 at a pawn shop.. it was good enough, especially the first song, but the sound of it kinda got tiring (too drifty and Abercrombie&Fitch-core at times, though the effects were great). However, I decided to download "Downward is Heavenward" and I realized that not only was it one of the best albums of all time, but I hadn't paid close enough attention to the genius of "Astronaut". So, yeah, those two albums are amazing, I know they have a few other things, but I'd reccomend everyone get "Downward". Another killer first song (the time changes on that are hard to follow and the way the guitar overdubs slink in and out are insane -- you'll know exactly what I'm talking about when you hear it!). Huge effects-heavy walls of guitar with beautiful lyrics and soft melodic vocals. Great. One of a kind. Space-rock and whatnot.

atsonicpark · 09.06.2007, 03:23 PM

Oh, and I hate "Stars", I think that's their worst song, I remember... some band covering it.. I can't remember who (Evergreen Terrace?)...

And this band sounds NOTHING like grunge.. it's spacerock with shoegaze overtones.

Bicorn Halfelven · 09.06.2007, 11:41 PM

I haven't pulled out that record in at least a decade.

I wonder how it's held up.

king_buzzo · 09.07.2007, 01:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

Oh, and I hate "Stars", I think that's their worst song, I remember... some band covering it.. I can't remember who (Evergreen Terrace?)...

And this band sounds NOTHING like grunge.. it's spacerock with shoegaze overtones.

I love stars!! its awesome. I dont hate downward, but I'll get it very soon.

HairwayToSteven · 09.07.2007, 10:38 AM

Hum is awesome. Electra 2000 is a sweet album, as are the rest of them. Everything they did was good.

The post-Hum bands are worth checking out as well, Centaur and
National Skyline.

Torn Curtain · 09.07.2007, 03:17 PM

Never heard of them

matt g · 09.07.2007, 07:37 PM

hum is like rush-lite.

atsonicpark · 09.08.2007, 08:21 AM

hum don't sound like grunge or rush!

i guess if i were to equate the sound to someone, it'd be .. a toned-down spacemen 3 that wasn't on drugs but actually went to space with your typical indie guy singing over layers and layers of effects and distortion walls. perfectly acceptable pop music. it has that quality i like in swervedriver's music.. the kind of odd transcendent parts where it feels like everything in life is okay.. just be a lyric... and i usually don't pay attention to lyrics but yeah...

"She's out back counting stars"

okay, so this song is amazing.

Sonic Youth 37 · 09.08.2007, 10:55 AM

Hum is one a the best bands ever. Atsonic is right "Downward" is a great, great album. The lyrics are just wonderful, just spacey enough "my dreamboat living on a submarine/she packs a second set of tanks/and all I ever want and need" And beyond the lyrics the guitar work is just amazing if you listening to the left channel closely on both albums. This guy throughs in little bends everywhere he can, the live stuff is wild with this guy. Never, never, ever ever ever ever, get tired of Hum, ok?

atsonicpark · 09.10.2007, 12:28 PM

she always had the brightest bright ideas about my love

Everyneurotic · 09.10.2007, 03:56 PM

downward is awesome.

09.06.2007, 03:16 PM	#1
king_buzzo invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 11,110	RULES. End of story.
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king_buzzo invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 11,110	It wasn't really grunge though.... The pod is okay, the other songs on that album are waaay better. like Stars. They've got a very pumpkinesque sound but i like them more.
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09.06.2007, 03:22 PM	#3
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Hum fucking rule. I bought "You'd Prefer an Astronaut" many many years ago for $3 at a pawn shop.. it was good enough, especially the first song, but the sound of it kinda got tiring (too drifty and Abercrombie&Fitch-core at times, though the effects were great). However, I decided to download "Downward is Heavenward" and I realized that not only was it one of the best albums of all time, but I hadn't paid close enough attention to the genius of "Astronaut". So, yeah, those two albums are amazing, I know they have a few other things, but I'd reccomend everyone get "Downward". Another killer first song (the time changes on that are hard to follow and the way the guitar overdubs slink in and out are insane -- you'll know exactly what I'm talking about when you hear it!). Huge effects-heavy walls of guitar with beautiful lyrics and soft melodic vocals. Great. One of a kind. Space-rock and whatnot. __________________
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09.06.2007, 03:23 PM	#4
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Oh, and I hate "Stars", I think that's their worst song, I remember... some band covering it.. I can't remember who (Evergreen Terrace?)... And this band sounds NOTHING like grunge.. it's spacerock with shoegaze overtones. __________________
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09.06.2007, 11:41 PM	#5
Bicorn Halfelven children of satan Join Date: May 2007 Location: MPLS Posts: 295	I haven't pulled out that record in at least a decade. I wonder how it's held up. __________________ http://demilichmonolith.blogspot.com www.myspace.com/whenitrainsitsnows www.myspace.com/gunmountainknife
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09.07.2007, 10:38 AM	#7
HairwayToSteven children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Iowa. Posts: 266	Hum is awesome. Electra 2000 is a sweet album, as are the rest of them. Everything they did was good. The post-Hum bands are worth checking out as well, Centaur and National Skyline.
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09.07.2007, 03:17 PM	#8
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	Never heard of them
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09.07.2007, 07:37 PM	#9
matt g bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: cimmaron hills Posts: 171	hum is like rush-lite.
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09.08.2007, 08:21 AM	#10
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	hum don't sound like grunge or rush! i guess if i were to equate the sound to someone, it'd be .. a toned-down spacemen 3 that wasn't on drugs but actually went to space with your typical indie guy singing over layers and layers of effects and distortion walls. perfectly acceptable pop music. it has that quality i like in swervedriver's music.. the kind of odd transcendent parts where it feels like everything in life is okay.. just be a lyric... and i usually don't pay attention to lyrics but yeah... "She's out back counting stars" okay, so this song is amazing. __________________
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09.08.2007, 10:55 AM	#11
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	Hum is one a the best bands ever. Atsonic is right "Downward" is a great, great album. The lyrics are just wonderful, just spacey enough "my dreamboat living on a submarine/she packs a second set of tanks/and all I ever want and need" And beyond the lyrics the guitar work is just amazing if you listening to the left channel closely on both albums. This guy throughs in little bends everywhere he can, the live stuff is wild with this guy. Never, never, ever ever ever ever, get tired of Hum, ok? __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	she always had the brightest bright ideas about my love __________________
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Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	downward is awesome. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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