I am totally swept up in the eclipsing fantasy of"T3MPT3D" by divergently drawn HU3M3N birthed by former (hed) P.E. and Korn guitarist, Wes Geer and singer Matthew Bartosch and completed with the additions of D.I. guitarist Clinton Calton on bass and drummer, Zac Morris (Ugly Kid Joe / Dorothy). There is something so exquisitely grand going on here, the sound infused with a dreamy futuristic orbit. I am taken aback by Bartosch's beautifully pushed vocal aesthetic. The performance feels outstretched and so artfully theatrical as are the synth arpeggios and plaintive guitar lines. The big bass and sort of 80's toned drums that sound half organic and half electronic push the sci-fi motif. The track is so startlingly escapist that I can imagine other worlds and beings when the hallucinogenic guitar break happens.
"T3MPT3D" feels fever dreamy and cast amazing, cool imagery like it is a holographic fantasy wave noir. So much so, that if you play any part of Luc Besson's "The Fifth Element" on top of it, it feels perfectly placed. Hell, yeah.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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HU3M3N spawned in Orange County CA, formed in 2020, by former (hed) P.E. and Korn guitarist, Wes Geer and singer Matthew Bartosch. The band’s lineup was completed with the addition of D.I. guitarist Clinton Calton on bass, and former Ugly Kid Joe and Dorothy drummer, Zac Morris
Their unexpected origins explain a lot about their fluidity. Just when you think you’ve nailed down their style or genre HU3M3N morph into another sonic incarnation. The ethereal and androgynous vocals of Matthew Bartosch set atop the moody sound beds of Geer, leave you somewhere between arousal and addicted. HU3M3N’s sounds are pumped into your being through thick, fiery rhythm and deep bass from Underwood and Calton.
HU3M3N (pronounced hue-men) is anything but a group of average earthlings.
We get by with a little help from our friends
HU3M3N, Dream Pop, Indietronica, synthwave, indie rock, grandwave, Wes Geer, Matt Bartosch, Clinton Calton, Scott Underwood, dark underpinnings, "T3MPT3D", amazing vox, androgyny, cinematic, dance wave,
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