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Humour
Humour
country: UK
genre: Rock
styles: Post-Punk, Post Hardcore, Alternative Rock, Experimental
The Halfwit
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Reviews and Comments
"A superbly exciting debut EP."
NME
"Bracing, bizarre avant-rock... Humour combine melancholic, open-hearted instrumentation with Andreas Christodoulidis’ utterly alien vocal performances, replete with violent pitch changes and lurching dynamics."
Loud & Quiet
"Far from the despair of its title, ‘Pure Misery’ has lots in it to love"
DIY
"Pretty soon everyone's going to have a sense of Humour"
Dork
"Helter-skelter post-punk that stands out from the pack"
CLASH
At the tail end of last year Glasgow's Humour put out their debut EP "Pure Misery", a six-track fever dream that established the band as one of the most exciting new bands on the circuit, a record they called themselves "a montage of miserable things... a bit desperate and a bit grim, but also a bit ridiculous". Released by tastemaker label So Young, a limited number of LPs are still available to buy here.
Tipped in the NME100 at the start of the year and following a number of suitably packed shows at The Great Escape, the band return today with their first new music of the year. After recording last year's debut EP themselves, this time they've worked with Idlewild guitarist and producer Rod Jones at his Post Electric Studios and the force is felt on new single "The Halfwit", with ringing, propuslive guitars paired to anxious, unhinged melodicism from front man Andreas Christodoulidis.
Andreas had the following to say about "The Halfwit":
"This song was one that came together fairly easily. I decided to write a song about a guy who takes himself off to some far away place and gradually transforms into something less than human, somewhere between a person and an animal, with little sense of who he is remaining. I wanted to describe his new life as being quite sad and lonely, but also kind of peaceful and carefree."
Humour live together in Glasgow and formed across the 2021 lockdowns, writing and recording their material at home, with the music intended as a backdrop to Andreas' lyrics. Sometimes they’re about letting people down, sometimes they’re about pets dying, sometimes they’re about trying to say something when you don’t have anything worth saying. They're usually just trying to paint a picture, with Andreas drawing sketches to go along with each of their songs, including last year's EP cover, and the artwork and visuals behind the lyric videos for previous singles.
They hope that each song looks the way that it sounds.
latest releases
EP
A Small Crowd Gathered To Watch Me
out on December 01, 2023
via So Young Records
Single
Take a Look At My Tongue
out on November 02, 2023
via So Young Records
Single
Big Money
out on September 21, 2023
via So Young Records
Single
Wrangel
out on August 17, 2023
via So Young Records
EP
pure misery
out on November 25, 2022
via So Young Records
Single
good boys remember well
out on November 08, 2022
via So Young Records
