Hum, The

General | Nov 2014

Reviews

Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2014-11-19
Thee Oh Sees, Rondelles, early Stereolab, Wooden Shijps, Neu come to mind. UK band’s second release. Fuzzed out joyous garage psyche post punk krautrock. Some songs have crazed fuzzed vocs, all vocs are echoey and cool. Most songs blend together so lots of fun potential tracking. See also Spacemen 3, Sonic Youth, Goat, Black Angels.

1)* (2:43) driving desperate, ends cold
2)* (6:03) slower organ fueled psychey wooden ships early stereolab, ends but fits perfectly with next
3)* (2:59) a lovely cool sustain/feedback melodic drone out of previous (play together)
4) (4:02) driving post punky with crazed vocs but a Rondelles fun organ element, middle breakdown
5)* (6:37) quieter still upbeat, spacey, kinda like track 2, blends into next
6)* (0:40) organ coming out of previous blends into next
7)* (7:38) very chill echoey with quiet tom tom beat, stereolaby, play with previous two and next
8)* (1:32) another drone organ coming out of previous play together
9) (5:49) head nodding rockin with fuzzed organ guitar onslaught very early stereolab.

Recent airplay

The Impasse
MeowJan 22, 2015
Retreat, Vi
A Visit From DrumJan 22, 2015
Beginners, Iv, On Leaving
A-philliacJan 22, 2015
Radio Tokyo
cease and desistJan 18, 2015
Radio Tokyo
A Visit From DrumJan 16, 2015
The Impasse
Brownian MotionJan 14, 2015

Charting

2014-11-21 — 2015-01-23
Week EndingAirplays
Jan 25 4
Jan 18 4
Jan 11 2
Dec 21 1
Dec 14 2
Dec 7 5
Nov 30 4
Nov 23 1

Track listing

1. The Impasse
2. On Leaving
3. Iv
4. Radio Tokyo
5. Beginners
6. V
7. Off Screen
8. Vi
9. Retreat