Blog: BUZZGRINDER

"Who is this '.hopesfall.' you speak of?" IGN has a good list of indie rock releases that should have gotten more recognition when they were first released. Here's what they said about my favorite of the list, Hum's Downward Is Heavenward : Despite all of the guitar histrionics, Hum always had gorgeous melodies and top-shelf songwriting just beneath the surface. A song like "If You Are to Bloom" foreshadowed the amplifier crunch and honeyed vocal line recipe current acts like Brand New and [...]