Champaign, Illinois rock band Hum have surprise-released their first new album in over 22 years: Inlet is the group's follow-up to January 1998's Downward Is Heavenward. Listen to Hum's Inlet below.

The shoegaze rockers enjoyed a solid run in the '90s, issuing four studio albums and scoring the gloriously fuzzed out radio and MTV hit "Stars." But after sales for their final album, 1998's Downward ...

22 years removed from their last release, Hum have returned with Inlet, their best album to date. Since 1998's Downward Is Heavenward, they've influenced just about every recognizable strand of ...

UPDATE: Read our review of the album. Heavy, shoegazy, spacey, alternative rock greats Hum have been reunited for a few years, but so far they only played live shows… until now. The band just surprise ...

We’re still reeling from the fact that Hum — entirely out of nowhere and with no advance warning — dropped their first new album in 22 years, Inlet, on Bandcamp. (Physical copies are coming out August ...

Out of nowhere, cult indie unit Hum have surprise-released their first album in over two decades. It's called Inlet, and you can stream it now. While Hum have engaged in some reunion activities in ...

The morning of June 23, my phone was blowing up with messages from friends: “Have you heard it?” “It’s so good!” “It’s perfect.” “It” is Hum’s Inlet, the biggest surprise album-drop in indie rock ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hum on May 15, 2026, in Brooklyn, N.Y. (photo: Jonathan Cohen). Beloved Illinois rock band Hum played its first show since 2019 ...