Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Hum - "Green To Me"

Hum - "Green To Me": "After "Stars" became a fluke hit on their previous record (You'd Prefer An Astronaut), people's expectations were unrealistic for the next Hum record - at least in terms of commercial success. While those hopes were sadly unrealized, the album (Downward Is Heavenward) is filled with heavy-sounding songs that still have melodies tucked inside the walls of noise, like this one. (The major label polish that pulls the vocals out of the fuzz of their previous records have something to do with that - making the experience a bit less spacey, but a bit sweeter in the trade-off.)"

1 comment:

Andy said...

A modern classic. As close to a "10" as possible. Green To Me is amazing, but If You Are To Bloom is the track for me. "I'm picturing a forcep in ice"...no one writes lyrics like that.