Album Rating: 3.0

They grew on me over the course of the whole album, but I'm still someway short of getting fully behind them. I can see how they work well with the style, just don't like them that much...yet.

Album Rating: 4.0

Vox are defo the worst part about hum

nah, drums are the worst part of this
and they're mostly fine

Album Rating: 4.0

Drums are okay



I understand why people like the vox but they're just not my style at all

Album Rating: 5.0

The vox are like a nerd trying to get married on an airline strip

Album Rating: 4.5

there is no "worst part" of this album

Album Rating: 5.0

david gets it !

"The vox are like a nerd trying to get married on an airline strip"
this is the most beautiful comment I've read today

Album Rating: 4.0

I really like the vocals tbh, the whole hipster/stoner vibe doesn't bother me

Album Rating: 5.0

I can’t really imagine any other vocals with this. Really keyed in to the dazed out feel underlying all the heavy tones

Album Rating: 5.0

any other vocals would suck for sur. knowing his range adds a lot for me too, esp since he used to scream and get aggro out of nowhere on electra and like twice on astronaut. this whole album feels very intentional and natural



also an extremely underrated lyricist

Album Rating: 5.0

Matt Talbot is honestly one of my favorite lyricists. Perfect blend of abstract surrealism and gut level emotion.

Album Rating: 5.0

i come to you all dresssssed in sound

with bluebirds stripping wires to the ground

connected to a tiiiime machine that wiiill not powwwwer downnn

Album Rating: 5.0

I'm picturing a forcep in ice

That you would see if you could reach

And reconnect the engine to the delicate lens

But I just sit and wait for a blip to break the perfect little thin green line





Breaks my fucking heart

Album Rating: 5.0

yea if you are to bloom is probably still my favorite hum song. it's what really made them click for me. reminds me of the good ol days

Album Rating: 5.0

So wait - the people that hate the vocals - this is your first experience with Hum?

Album Rating: 5.0

this album is weirdly more accessible vocally than their other albums bc of how much more buried they are on this album, but at the same time, i can't imagine appreciating the croony Hum charm would be easy without at least one downward/astronaut phase

Album Rating: 4.5

"Matt Talbot is honestly one of my favorite lyricists" [2]

He often has this weird combination of like nerdy and romantic going on with his lyrics, and I dig it a lot

Album Rating: 3.0

@teamster - hate is the wrong word, but yes, I'm a Hum virgin.

Album Rating: 5.0

I was stuck on a bridge of one of my songs and thought to myself, why not just record a brand new guitar section and try to sound like Hum with it? And it worked out splendidly.