Hum are an American alternative rock band formed in Champaign, Illinois in the late 1980s, known for combining heavy guitar walls with melodic songwriting. Key albums include You'd Prefer an Astronaut (1995), Downward Is Heavenward (1998) and the reunion album Inlet (2020).

Reviews and public sources note Hum's influence on later alternative and nu-metal bands (Deftones frequently cited), the single "Stars" received modest radio exposure and MTV/TV appearances, and the band's sound blends heavy riffs with shoegaze/pop melody. Critical reception of the 2020 album Inlet emphasised a heavier, more riff-focused direction compared with their 1990s work.

Hum are an American alternative/space-rock band noted for combining heavy guitar walls with strong melodic sense. Reviews praise their 1990s records (You'd Prefer an Astronaut, Downward Is Heavenward) and find the 2020 comeback Inlet heavier and more polarising. Critics highlight influence on later bands and a persistent blend of noise and melody.

For:Fans of 90s alternative rock, shoegaze, space-rock and heavy melodic music

 There is so much stuff in a Hum album that it makes your head spin.

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 The peculiarity of the American band lay in their ability to wonderfully combine a variety of genres (post-hardcore, space-rock, shoegaze tinges); but above all, to merge in an almost impossible combination a brutal "heaviness" given by the wall of sound from the guitars ... with an exquisite "pop" taste, in short, a natural, talented inclination towards melody.

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