Converge have release their second album of 2026, Hum of Hurt, today on Deathwish/Epitaph Records, along with sharing the album’s opener “Slip the Noose.” Dig into the single’s colorful video below.
While it’s just as somber and enjoyably unsettling as their first release of the year, Love Is Not Enough, frontman Jacob Bannon is adamant that the two operate as completely separate art forms.
“When we came together to write, we ended up with a wealth of material,” Bannon said when Hum of Hurt was first announced. “As work progressed we realized we had created two separate albums, and treated them as such.”
“The unifying musical idea early on was, ‘Let’s make a noise rock album.’ But we never really did,” Bannon continued. “The first one wasn’t. This one touches on that spirit, but it’s much more dynamic than that descriptor. To me, it leans more into being an emotional hardcore album, while Love Is Not Enough feels more metal leaning album. In the end, we simply gave creative birth to another Converge record with its own unique identity and character.”
Hum Of Hurt also features a rerecorded version of “I Won’t Let You Go,” which was originally a part of the 2020 video game Cyberpunk 2077. While they enjoyed its initial version, the band knew there was more they could do with it. “It was good, but we knew we could do better,” Bannon said. “This version has everything the previous one was missing. It now feels right.”
