Humdrum

Led by songwriter/vocalist Loren Vanderbilt, Chicago band Humdrum make introspective, thoughtful songs that are anything but sluggish, drawing on the energy of the more driving classic '90s shoegaze acts and the misty excitement of early R.E.M. After releasing a few singles, Humdrum teamed with legendary indie pop institution Slumberland Records for the release of their 2024 debut full-length, Every Heaven. Vanderbilt played in the melodic and dreamy band Star Tropics until they broke up in the early 2020s. Around the same time, he'd begun demoing new songs on his own, explor...