Hum is by far my favorite band. I have been sitting here trying to think of a good way to describe their music, and I'm afraid I'm not coming up with much. Spacey geek-rock perhaps, but that's just my personal interpretation. Their songs, I find are thick with sound. Anyway, the lyrics are excellent too, and I shall commence to node as many of them as possible. Normally I don't like lyric nodes, but Hum is great, they deserve more attention than they get, and I like to share the beautiful things with people.. I suggest you check out some of their music on napster (while you can) at the very least. If you like your music more 'conventional' I'd start with something off of Downward is Heveanward, until you get used to the sound. I'm going to tell you, it may sound a little strange at first, but just leave it on you playlist for a while. I promise it will grow on you.
Album list goes like this, 'cause I just realized how screwed up pi's are:
Fillet Show
Electra 2000
You'd Prefer an Astronaut
Downward is Heavenward
Oh yeah, and the lead singer, Matt Talbot, doesn't provide any official versions of the lyrics, so it's mostly by ear. I may node variations on what
Stride had done if it seems worthwhile.