Take Arms
from Take Arms & Never Enough EP by Low Hummer
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Take Arms & Never Enough Limited Edition 7" Vinyl
Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumLimited edition 7" vinyl pressing of Low Hummer singles 'Take Arms', 'Never Enough' and 'Sometimes I Wish (I Was a Different Person)'. Pressed on yellow vinyl.
Cover Design by Joe Cox.
Includes unlimited streaming of Take Arms & Never Enough EP via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Sold Out
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about
Take Arms quickly became the blueprint for what Low Hummer should sound like as a band.
I was at the end of one project and wondering what to do next. I had the remnants of a plodding, scrappy sounding song, and some friends who would eventually join as Low Hummer, went to The Nave with me to see our producer Matt who completely turned the song on it’s head.
Within an hour of settling in at the studio he chucked Krautrock drum patterns at us, we had fuzzy synths on the go which we had no idea how to use, and John sweating in the live room creating guitar hero finger tapping solos. We walked out at the end of a couple of days recording time, terrified we’d wasted our money on a drastically different song we wouldn’t know how to play live, but once we had a couple of plays of the mix in the car on the way back from Leeds to our safety net hometown of Hull, we were hooked and felt like those inspirations Matt had drawn from should be used to help us write more.
We shared the song with friends as the old project disintegrated, and got some amazing feedback which motivated us to get started with something new.
‘Take Arms’ helped shape the sound of our first singles and was constantly referenced when writing new material. Aimee joined the band and her laid back vocals had become such a big part of what we do, we decided to add her vocals to it, which felt like a missing piece of the puzzle thats now complete, we can’t wait to share the song with old friends and hopefully it’ll be peoples favourites at live shows like it is ours, when it’s safe to return to playing shows.
I was at the end of one project and wondering what to do next. I had the remnants of a plodding, scrappy sounding song, and some friends who would eventually join as Low Hummer, went to The Nave with me to see our producer Matt who completely turned the song on it’s head.
Within an hour of settling in at the studio he chucked Krautrock drum patterns at us, we had fuzzy synths on the go which we had no idea how to use, and John sweating in the live room creating guitar hero finger tapping solos. We walked out at the end of a couple of days recording time, terrified we’d wasted our money on a drastically different song we wouldn’t know how to play live, but once we had a couple of plays of the mix in the car on the way back from Leeds to our safety net hometown of Hull, we were hooked and felt like those inspirations Matt had drawn from should be used to help us write more.
We shared the song with friends as the old project disintegrated, and got some amazing feedback which motivated us to get started with something new.
‘Take Arms’ helped shape the sound of our first singles and was constantly referenced when writing new material. Aimee joined the band and her laid back vocals had become such a big part of what we do, we decided to add her vocals to it, which felt like a missing piece of the puzzle thats now complete, we can’t wait to share the song with old friends and hopefully it’ll be peoples favourites at live shows like it is ours, when it’s safe to return to playing shows.
lyrics
For all the Northerners pretending to be Southern, take arms
All the business class still living with your mothers, take arms
All the billionaires that don’t believe in sharing, take arms
Now all the single parents scrounge to making a living, take arms
I don’t want us to be friends, I just want a little peace of mind
You always said we’re too young to be loved, well now I’m too old to judge
You seem to think we’ll jump when you jump, my father said enough is enough
Instead we’ll all get drunk, ‘til we drop, escape the bores of the job
Our way of saying, ‘I won't take it’
Do you think there's Southerners who wish that they were Northern
Cos we’re all weekend zombies drinking through the boredom
Is this the modern age that we’re all living? Take arms
I don’t want you to hate me, I just want a little peace of mind
You always said we’re too young to be loved, well now it looks like death from above
You seem to think we’ll jump when you jump, my sister said enough is enough
Instead we’ll all get drunk, ‘til we drop, escape the bores of the job
Our way of saying, ‘I won't take it’
All the business class still living with your mothers, take arms
All the billionaires that don’t believe in sharing, take arms
Now all the single parents scrounge to making a living, take arms
I don’t want us to be friends, I just want a little peace of mind
You always said we’re too young to be loved, well now I’m too old to judge
You seem to think we’ll jump when you jump, my father said enough is enough
Instead we’ll all get drunk, ‘til we drop, escape the bores of the job
Our way of saying, ‘I won't take it’
Do you think there's Southerners who wish that they were Northern
Cos we’re all weekend zombies drinking through the boredom
Is this the modern age that we’re all living? Take arms
I don’t want you to hate me, I just want a little peace of mind
You always said we’re too young to be loved, well now it looks like death from above
You seem to think we’ll jump when you jump, my sister said enough is enough
Instead we’ll all get drunk, ‘til we drop, escape the bores of the job
Our way of saying, ‘I won't take it’
credits
from Take Arms & Never Enough EP,
released February 11, 2022
Daniel Mawer - Lead Vocals
Aimee Duncan - Lead Vocals
Steph Hebdon - Synthesizer
John Copley - Electric Guitar
Jack Gallagher - Bass Guitar
Joe Gray - Drums
Produced by Matt Peel
Mastered by Felix Davis
Daniel Mawer - Lead Vocals
Aimee Duncan - Lead Vocals
Steph Hebdon - Synthesizer
John Copley - Electric Guitar
Jack Gallagher - Bass Guitar
Joe Gray - Drums
Produced by Matt Peel
Mastered by Felix Davis
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about
Low Hummer Hull, UK
Low Hummer are a 6 piece from Hull who make danceable, synth-heavy post-punk. They write about feelings of alienation in a modern world of consumerism and societal pressures from the safety of their band home - the New Adelphi Club.
discography
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Jul 2023 -
Feb 2022 -
Sep 2021