The Story of HUM 

My buddy was dating Matt's cousin and she found out I was a huge fan. She went to a family reunion and I told her to tell Matt hi and his music is great. When she came back she gave me an autographed LP of YPAA that Matt was gracious enough to give a complete stranger. Love Hum.

I can't believe Bryan St. Pere is gone. He was a massive influence on my playing early on my life. RIP, Bryan, heartfelt condolences to the family and his bandmates.

Matt Talbott is a music professor at my alma mater! I got to travel to Italy with him as part of our university's study abroad program. He is the coolest, funniest, most brilliant human being you'll ever meet. I'm glad to see that love for HUM is shining bright.

Bryan St. Pere used to come into my music store to get his kid drum lessons. We talked a lot while he was waiting for his lessons to end. Really laid back dude. I liked him a lot.

Chino specifically citing HUM as an influence is what made me check them out and I'm super glad I did.

Inlet is fucking brilliantly heavy and melodic. Always loved the heavy punch of stars but never really listened to anything else from Hum. Then I saw inlet while searching for some new music and can’t put it down. A lot of people comment the the songs are too long, but they’re so good I never really notice. It is SO incredibly rare for a band to write something so amazing so long into they’re career. One of my favorite albums period.

You’d prefer an Astronaut and Downward is Heavenward ruled my teenage years. They were severely underrated

Inlet is by far their best and ahead of its time... just like they were in '95. Give it time.

little dipper is so good it’s one of my favorite songs of all time

lnlet is a masterpiece. Every song is incredible.

Downward is Heavenward has some of the best tones ever produced. It’s just a wall of sound, a massive tidal wave that completely submerges you.

The new HUM album "Inlet", believe it or not, is amazing and probably their best overall album ever. This guy is crazy, it literally is a perfect HUM album.

Inlet is my favorite album of 2020. It’s Hum 2.0 loved it 💚

"I'd like your hair long" is one of the greatest songs ever of any band... So many different aspects to it that are wonderful... dynamics... arpeggios... heavy guitars... and lighter guitars (they weren't really clean, but not overloaded with distortion... not sure what to call it).. and the drum parts were amazing... I've loved this song since I first heard it. Thanks for putting together this history vid!

Inlet, by far best post-metal/prog/space rock album in years. Perfectly balanced in darkness and melodic form. Truly amazing and contemporary sounding, for the amount of time between albums. Highly recommended for listeners who are looking for something a little challenging. It gets better every listen.

I think electra2000 is a masterpiece. Its a great start to finish, no skips album

RIP Bryan.

Was just looking for Hum guitar covers, and here I am. This vid deserves an update. RIP Bryan

I truly believe if they would have put out "Green To Me" as the first single it would have blown up a lot like "Stars"

One of the best bands to ever make music.

Their recent album 'Inlet' is one of the best rock albums I've heard from the last few years, it's wonderful.

I remember as a teen hearing Stars on the radio and it blew my mind. I had You’d Prefer an Astronaut on cassette tape and wore it out in the car. And although Downward is Heavenward didn’t pull me in when it released, over time it really started pulling me more and more and is my favorite HUM album. Inlet is growing on me too though.

A great band. And Inlet is a fantastic new album. I feel so happy I made a point to see them live in the late 90's. Reading that Brian St. Pere has died is heartbreaking

I rlly hope to see Hum drop at least one more album sometime this decade, their discography is the best one ive ever gotten into. nothing but obsess and love for these dudes.

I grew up with HUM. "You'd prefer an astronaut" and "Downwards is heavenwards" are both some of the most important albums of my life but I have to disagree about "Inlet". "Inlet" is Hum's Magnum Opus. It's the bands best release to date and also one of the best albums of the decade. Especially the long songs are masterpieces. I listened to it so many times and it never gets boring. I am obsessed with this album.

I worked with Tim Lash and his brother at Willys Pizza in Champaign 1990. Tim was about 19, I was 21 so I would buy them beer. Most importantly, they played all kinds of great grunge in the kitchen. They introduced me to Soundgarden, Dinosaur Jr, Naked Ray gun, etc. Amazing times!

This group hands down one of my favorite

Great video! It has always bugged me that Hum never got the credit that they truly deserved. In my opinion, Downward is Heavenward is an amazing album, better than You’d Prefer and Astronaut. Don’t get me wrong, they’re both great albums but DiH nails their sound. Inlet blew me away!

youre continuing to impress by me by making vids about my absolute favorites!

I started getting in to alternative rock around the mid-'90s and Stars was one of my favorite tracks early on. Dating myself completely, I had a hard time remembering band names, so I walked in to a record store and asked the clerk for the album with "that Stars song". He directed me to a giant book like a huge phone book and we manually looked up who did songs named "Stars" and HUM was the first thing that popped in to my brain as we went over the list. We went over to the "H" section and looked through the rack and he said "Oh, sorry I don't have the one with Stars, but I have their new release they just put out" - Downward is Heavenward. Looking through the tracklist I recognized a couple songs (Comin' Home and Green to Me were getting a decent amount of airplay at the time) so I went ahead and bought it. And of course I fell in love immediately. It wasn't long before I tracked down YPAA and even E2K (I bought it off of Amazon back when they only sold books and music). I connected with the social scene and even found other similar bands I fell in love with over the years. My only regret is not being able to see them live while Bryan was playing with them. My friend (who I also got in to HUM) and I intended to go to the 01-01-01 'final' show but being young and having no money made that impossible. We finally got to see them when they were touring with Mineral while Jason Gerken was drumming. It was amazing to see them but it wasn't the same. They're still my favorite band. I'm glad with what we got since we're probably not getting any more now that Bryan is gone (RIP). It would be nice to get a few of the deep cuts like Inklings and Invisible Sun (a Police cover which from my understanding was recorded and finished for the X-Files Movie soundtrack before being bumped at the last minute by Sting's crappy reggae version). Matt's side project Centaur is also incredible and has a lot of common threads with Inlet. There may be more Centaur on the horizon now that HUM is completely finished. On the other side, Tim Lash has a side project called Glifted which is an acquired taste but again, carries a lot of DNA into Inlet as well. And of course, Jeff Dimpsey is probably better well known as bassist for National Skyline which also had moderate commercial success.

You should make a video about Cap'n Jazz, I don't see much about them but they're great. Great stuff btw!

Inlet is the best album I’ve heard in 10+ years. Well worth the wait.

Without a doubt my favorite song on you’d prefer an astronaut is suicide machine!

Good video, very well put together. For me when I look back at how many times iv listened to their albums Downward Is Heavenward is the one I listened to the most & I love the song Ms. Lazarus. I'm thrilled they made a new album as we now have another to throw into the arsenal of the HUM collection. I am very pleased with their new album Inlet, best song for me on there I think is Folding. Hope they continue to make great music

These guys were so loud.... On the same level with my bloody Valentine.

Inlet is a perfect record.

I was in high school when this album came out and it was one of my favorite CDs. Every song is amazingly melodic, buzzy, hypnotic and psychedelic. Stoney shoegaze at its finest.

It's hard to believe their 1995 album only sold 250k copies, that song was everywhere that summer, along with the Toadies. What a great time to be in high school.

Green to me one of my all time favorites

as a guitarist, Matt Talbott is my North Star. what a talent and, as many of these comments can attest, a sweet person.

Been a fan since the mid-90s..."Inlet" is their best and is one of best albums start to finish I have heard.

Rip Bryan - never forget

Rest easy BSP. 💛🙏🏽

Abso-fucking-lately! Hum, along with Failure are probably the two greatest space rock bands of all time. And Inlet was the best album of 2020 by a mile, in my opinion. Listen to Step Into You or Folding. Hum should be in every household of any music lover. Hail! 🤘🏻

I saw them twice, on the YPAA and Downward. Phenomenal. Deftones totally admit what an influence they were.

Really enjoying the comments defending inlet. That album is truly amazing

Inlet was the perfect surprise and distraction during the early pandemic horror. Loved it! Glad I saw them back in '98 in Madison-- I'd Like Your Hair Long was total mosh heaven! Bryan St. Pere had such a monster sound, I loved his interview on The Trap Set.

Inlet is one of the greatest albums I have ever listened to in my entire life. Bloated??? Please!!!! Although Folding is my favorite song, the 2 songs you gave as examples are 2 of the best on the album. Listen to it again. And again. and AGAIN. Then buy it on vinyl AND LISTEN TO IT AGAIN! That's the beauty of Hum. The more you listen to their music, the more you love it. RIP Bryan St. Pere. The magic of Hum will be forever missed.

I got to see them at a small cafe named koos cafe , in santa ana California.,in the 90s and they killed it. Love this band totally underrated band and musicians. So grateful for that

I like all thier stuff and inlet is crazy good!

HELL YES! They're all I listen to when I snowboard!

Fillet Show.... Fellatio? hmm...

In the late ‘00s a local radio station was about to play Stars, the DJ described the song as sounding like every ‘90s alt song put together. It’s rare for a band to write a song that summarizes a genre of music, but is also very unique and non- derivative. Way to go Hum.

I love this band so much. They have given me over 30 years of pure joy. Turn it up to 11. Inlet is an epic record.

This band can never be talked about too much

I vaguely remember Stars being played on the radio back in the 90s. I’ve just discovered Hum recently actually! I haven’t the slightest clue how I’ve missed them since the 90s… but they are an incredible band! They remind me of a gritty heavier version of Galaxie 500.

Hey man this is a great video, discovered hum thru the algorithm not too long ago. Really liking what I'm hearing. I hope you're doing good and continue making videos like this

Such a great band

Strangely enough I was born in the 90s but didn't know about the band until a couple of months ago 😅 Got into their song "Green To Me" whilst watching a skateboarding video

Then and my Failure are my favorites

A cover for an X-Files album? WHAT? um...link, please?

One of my favorites! They make me think of druid stuff- them and Centaur.

I noticed you didn’t mention Matt’s solo record ‘Centaur’ from the early 00’s - really really deep album…

Hum is definitely my favorite band

Rest in peace, BSP.

In 95 I started buying CDs. So you’d prefer an astronaut. Was the first CD I ever bought. The whole album is a masterpiece.

DiH is probably the greatest record there will ever be...

Downward is Heavenward is perfection. There aren't any improvements to be made. It's a masterpiece.

One of my fav bands ever - nicely done video. RIP Bryan.

“The band is back in 2020 and is going stronger than ever before.” It really sucks that less than a year later they broke up again due to Bryan passing away would have loved to see them. Matt is doing his solo shows but I don’t think he really does them outside of his bar or state. One of my favorite bands ever such a unique sound they are even more influential than some of my higher ranking favorite bands.

These guys should have been 90's icons.

*WISH YOU TOLD US HOW OLD THEY WERE WHEN THEY GOT TOGETHER. A VERY YOUNG LOOKING BAND, KIDS* _HEY THEY PLAYED LIVE ON HOWARD STERN SHOW 1995. RARE FOR LIVE BAND ON STERN, E-SHOW, 92.3 K-ROCK BACK THEN_

Good job. Thank you for making this. 🤘🏻

Criminally underrated band for sure!

Electro 3000 is one of my favorite records ever. As well as their newest album, Inlet. So good.

You should do Kitchens of Distinction

Didn't even mention how Bryan was discovered from a window as he was playing to a Rush song in his apartment

Downward is heavenward is in my top 5 albums of all time.

I really like the way you do videos. Informative content that really describes a bands sound& transformation, as well as very descriptive analysis of their albums! Itd be great to see one on House of large sizes! Great job!

Hum was the best, they were so nice letting fans video tape live gigs, thanks for the memories........

Rest in peace Bryan st Pere

Thank you for this

HUM is amazing.

Filet show is a genius album name

I met Matt once in my nondescript hometown. Cool dude. Just like, hey you played SNL, and I grew up over there. Good man. That new album is outstanding.

Thanks for educating me 👍 Good video & coverage man!

I hate it too was definitely my favorite track on astronaut

omg! Shweet!

Thanks. Great information

I got into them through inlet, spotify just played it randomly one day and I was really blown away by how heavy it was. I'd heard of them before but I never actually bothered to listen to them, they fucking rule

I have listened to "Electra 2000" at least a couple of times a month since it came out. It's underrated, even in their catalog.

I am honored to be among the select few that purchased Downward when it was released…

Pinch and Roll is one of my favorite jams, from these guys.

after picking up Inlet on vinyl, i fell in love with Hum. I managed to pick up a pressing of Downward is Heavenward as well.

*KUDOS; GREAT EFFORT TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER ABOUT THIS BAND. IMAGINE THERE WAS NOT MUCH INFORMATION READILY AVAILABLE. SO WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO HUM, THEM? DURING HISTORY, DID HUM EVER OPEN FOR A POPULAR BAND? WHAT STATE DID THEY PLAY/LIVE OUT OF?*

To me Electra 2000 is where it all begins, awesome sound on this album! I love all their albums but the last album Inlet is one of my favorites.

They took the layered sonic sound to the furthest expanse. I had a buddy named Tristan Crane who played Stars on his guitar and I hadn't heard the song before. It sounded so freaking awesome and spacey. Specifically the break in Stars. Good dude, good band.

Simply a fantastic band, very original and yet so extremely catchy at all times. They just grew better and better with each release. But I think second album opener "Iron Clad Lou" might be their finest hour. A colossus of a tune, one of the best of the entire decade. It's really a miracle that two geniuses like Tim and Bryan happened to end up in the same band. Blessed are we the listeners.

This band is an excellent example of how commercial success *sometimes* rewards genuine originality and technical achievement but the safer bet is glossed-up garbage built on a formula.

very good band. one of my favorites, also their riffs are different,simple yet technical.