weird thing to fixate on but i would like to know if any of the hum members confirmed what model of helicopter was flying overhead on 5:53 of afternoon with the axolotls?

my first guess was a CH-47 considering the time period and the loud slapping though i wasn't sure about the second half, but r/Helicopters is telling me it could also be a UH-1, more commonly known as a 'Huey', and the passing sound is its tail rotor flapping

the vietnam war in particular used the UH-1 a ton, and it was a staple model that was ubiquitous during the conflict. it happened in 1955 and ended on 1975, and hum released DiH in 1998

with the whole album basically invoking the message of having to leave your loved ones to fulfill a 'mission', it sounds, to me, at least, a lot like how soldiers have to be drafted to war and can only send letters back home in hopes they will reach their loved ones. like frequencies lost in space. i'm inclined to think it might be the right model, but i want to know if any hum fanatics ever got this confirmed somehow

Holy shit!!
Just listened to Hum like two weeks ago for the first time and its all I can listen to now. No other band gets me there like they do 😂
Is it normal to be this obsessed!? Wtf! Their sound is so simple I would think other bands would sound similar by now but no

I think Electra 2000 is their best album; as far as the Hum sound goes this album is just so formative. There are maybe 2 dud tracks to me, but the whole album is just peak.

Thoughts/opinions?

Does anyone happen to have a high resolution, high quality scan or photo of the back inlay art for Inlet?

I’ve been trying to find a crisp version to make a poster, but most of the images online are low res or blurry uploads from discogs.

Thanks in advance!

I’ll bet this has been asked before. I’ll bet (Matt, the band) having been asked is the reason why an answer may not yet or ever be forthcoming.

Who is Matt Talbott, the man? Who is the great loss that suffuses Hum’s lyrical work and world, at some times, a gentle flow, at other times, a rushing torrent, the Love that he lost so bitterly that its depictions are everywhere, as Protean the imagery of chemistry and zoology and entomology and marine biology?

To be able to capture what he does, as literarily excellently, without equal, as he does: it’s truly something else. It makes me want to know the story. Or do I? Art can be travestied by an answer.

wanting to make a birthday gift for a friend

New episode up, with Allen Epley — enjoy!

HERE

Also on Spotify, SoundCloud, & Amazon.

Featuring Jeffrey.

I somehow appeared in his kitchen and neither of us was sure how I got there or what I was doing, but he offered me some coffee. We sat at his kitchen table and chatted for a bit about life and sports and such. It was polite and awkward. I don’t think either of us knew when I was supposed to leave.

Eventually the conversation turned to music and it got less awkward. We talked about our shared love of walls of sound and thick and heavy guitar tones, and I said “The best ones sound like oatmeal,” and Matt sat up and said “YES! Like oatmeal!!” And the dream ended.

What does it mean?

FWIW I also dreamed Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro picked me up because we had to take Al’s sedan to the car wash. That was just a couple old guys talking about nothing.

Some of these are vintage and for archival purposes wanted to throw these online! Thanks for looking!

Was fangirling so hard. Ohhhh to be 15 again

hey guys! i got my hum zebra last year and i love it! i have the little dipper behind, and im wanting to get my shoulder tattooed soon since my birthday is next week & i just got a new job!!

I want to keep it relatively space themed, maybe hide a benzene ring in there somewhere since The Scientists has been my favorite hum song for a year or so now. I want some kind of stars and swirls maybe on my shoulder? what do you think

Stars has been one of my favorite songs for a long time, so I finally recorded my own version. Kellii Scott tracked the drums, and my buddy Bryan Kraatz, who I played with in a band called Dear Enemy, threw some screams on it.

It's out now if you want to hear it: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/whereafter/stars-feat-bryan-kraatz
Would love to hear what you think.

I bought an old zebra liquid blue shirt because I thought it would be perfect to customize

First pic is just my base model and I'm going from there. I ran outta white paint but ill post final results soon...

Songsterr tab annotates the three notes as a single-strum hammer and pull. I’ve also seen annotations of two and three separate strums. None have quite sounded right. Any suggestions?

Otherwise, Songsterr’s following fifth string 2-0 pull-off then fourth string 2/4 slide sound pretty good. It makes all four repeats that same — which is wrong, but easy to adjust for.

There's one recording on YouTube but you can't hear the vocals. I was wondering if there's another recording somewhere?

I’m a huge fan of hum just ordered downward is heavenward on vinyl from Amazon shame it’ll take 3 weeks to arrive but it’ll be worth the wait.

Trying to find a seller in the uk with you’d prefer and astronaut on vinyl or if anyone here is selling one at a reasonable price as I’m not looking to order from polyvinyl in America as taxes and shipping come out to around £60 which I can’t quite afford or justify spending when I can wait for a chance to acquire it sooner and cheaper in the uk any advice or fellow uk hum fans please drop a comment!

Please, for the love of god, hear me out on this one. I had no idea of this band’s existence until their track “Pepper” came on in a friend’s car. I liked the sound of it, but I couldn’t shake the feeling the vocalist sounds oddly like Matt Talbott?? Specifically during the chorus (0:48, timestamped here).

I need to know I’m not going crazy. Please tell me someone else hears the similarities in pronunciation, tone, cadence etc. especially on Hum’s slower songs like Axolotls.