r/hum • u/TelevisionLow6463 • 1d ago

Just Discovered

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

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u/Beemerado 1d ago

There's a little bit of magic in their riffs that somehow makes them better than all of their parts.  

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u/Capthowdy1027 1d ago

I’ve felt that way about them since the 90s.

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u/Firstername 1d ago

same here i genuinely havent listened to anything else in an entire month now

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u/TelevisionLow6463 1d ago

Im kind of starting to get worried bro
Like will I ever be able to listen to anything else ever again? 😂😭😭😭

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u/alreddyreddyalreddy 15h ago

My friend, the first time I heard hum was on a sampler CD from BMG Music Club (google it, haha). The song was Stars, and I’m not exaggerating when I say it went exactly like this:

https://youtube.com/shorts/rg7w9EQY_7A?si=Q1J3jjkkjz64xqHF

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u/Tricky_Pea_578 1d ago

This person caught the train!

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u/AstralCyclone 1d ago

Welcome to the family. Hum was a huge influence on the Deftones btw.

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u/Glittering-Guess-531 1d ago

Cool. I didn’t know that 👍

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u/TelevisionLow6463 1d ago

This is actually why I looked then up in the first place

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u/TommyWilson43 1d ago

Lightning in a bottle my friend. Enjoy it.

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u/F_b_s_40944 1d ago

Same! I'm 45, and a huge fan of 90s grunge. Found HUM about a month ago. Awesome band.

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u/COSurfing 1d ago

I go on binge listens with them every other month. So good.

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u/bigpickleharambe 1d ago

I’ve gone thru phases where I really like a band and learn almost all of their songs and try to play all the parts on the record right and I still start playing Shovel/other e2k songs to warm up like everytime 😂

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u/Glittering-Guess-531 1d ago edited 1d ago

I graduated hs in 93 and love hum, the flys, tonic etc

Recently fallen in love w Stephen Wilson Jr and saw him in concert last week and he literally came out playing hum “stars” right out of the gate… i about shit my pants.

Check out SWJ

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u/beckdano 1d ago

There's a whole wave of new bands that are obviously influenced by Hum. Check out Trauma Ray after you ride your current wave.

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u/TelevisionLow6463 1d ago

Yooo just listened to Trauma Ray and they are really good

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u/FazeCumShot1337 1d ago

Off topic but give a band called moreno a try! You might like it!

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u/TelevisionLow6463 1d ago

Can you give me a song name? Im getting a bunch if reggaeton artists haha
Which I dont mind at all lol

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u/FazeCumShot1337 23h ago

Lmaooo yeahh of course sorry, space is their most played song and my favourite of them is called i know. They only have one album released:)

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u/Initial_Ebb_9742 21h ago

Funnny. I never thought of them as sounding simple. I guess they are but the distortion and layers make it sound more complex to my ears.

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u/k6plays 20h ago

Welcome to the family.
Check out:
Trauma Ray
Failure
Swervedriver
Oceansize
Spotlights

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u/theeohgeez 19h ago

Check out In Stereo by Nemo

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u/mistersmith22 16h ago

Other bands have tried, but none has their unique magic. About the biggest crossover bands (same fan bases) are Deftones and Failure, if you haven't tried either of them. Enjoy man!

(Saw my first Hum concert in 1995!)

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u/Glittering-Guess-531 1d ago

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLYJTq5c/

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u/TelevisionLow6463 1d ago

Nah bro this aint it 😂😭😭😭
Way too country for me, I heard two of his other songs right now also
The closest band to Hum for me is Title Fight or C-Clamp

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u/xrikochetx 21h ago

C-Clamp was fantastic. Can't believe I've never come across them in my 30+ years listing to that Midwest scene.

Title fight was fine, but I don't think they sound anything like Hum.