Description
When the world — and his previous band Star Tropics — crumbled in the early days of the pandemic, Chicago”s Loren Vanderbilt began rebuilding himself through song. Daydreaming to the chime of IRS-era R.E.M., Felt, The Railway Children, New Order, and 90”s staples like Ride, Pale Saints and Slowdive, he fell backwards in time through records as a means of escape. To break away from the present and embrace the nostalgia of musical eras gone by, Loren formed Humdrum — a band built around his favorite elements of dream-pop, indiepop, shoegaze, and new his debut album, “”Every Heaven,”” Loren establishes himself as a talented songwriter and master of melody across 10 tracks brimming with jangly guitars and lovelorn vocals—all punctuated by the pulse of a driving beat. A deeper listen reveals a juxtaposition between the album”s carefree melodies, and its sobering truths about the life, loss, and the questions of being a queer 30-something artist. With “”Every Heaven”” Humdrum has presented 10 songs that speak to life”s dynamic moments. And they can”t wait for you to hear them.
