"A real unexpected treat. Hub are from Leeds....which is slightly embarrassing and annoying for me. Embarrassing because I too am from Leeds and I haven’t heard of them, annoying because they are stunning and I wish I had heard of them. Its also annoying because their music is
ethereal, haunting and just jaw droppingly beautiful, which means
I’m fast running out of the sort of superlatives I was expecting to
use on The Howling Bells.....you should save your own embarrassment and
see them at one of their upcoming shows, if they continue to make
music like this you’ll be lying to your friends and saying you did
anyway."
Sandman Live Review, Hub w/ Howling Bells at Fibbers, August 2006
"In under a year, Hub has gone from conception to the production of a superb piece of ambient indie/post rock……ethereal, down-tempo, sprawling and poignant……The fact that they have pulled it off with such style in such a short amount of time shows a band with some serious potential.
Hub is already ahead of most of the local competition (and there are some very good Leeds-based post rock bands).....they could be up there with the genres front runners."
Leeds Music Scene EP Review, February 2007 (8/10)
""This three track epic has been produced under the multiple influences of sigur ros, mogwai and elbow... Each song curls and undulates... as Peter Gorsuch sings his melancholic poetry of lost acquaintances."
Sandman EP Review, March 2007.
"Hub's (songs) were slow and downbeat (whilst) still maintaining accessibility. The echoing combination of guitars and synths reverberate around the room, caressing the senses of everyone listening and flowing together beautifully, creating a beneficial equilibrium between commercial indie and credible post rock."
Sandman Live Review, Hub w/ Immune and Kyte at the Mixing Tin, January 29th 2007
"The second band from Leeds to go on stage were Hub.... VERY unique vocally, a great mass of noise, every song was a great epic journey of sound and distortion."
Burning World review, Hub w/ iLiKETRAiNS and Kyte at Fibbers, April 29th 2008
"Hugely mood evoking post rock, existential like Sigur Ros and incorporating all the credibility of Radiohead's instrumental sound and the big sounds of Muse, this band are foooooking quality. All the right ingredients and a jaw droppingly big big sound"
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