GHUM

GHUM currently consists of Laura Guerrero Lora (vocals), Marina MJ (bass), and Jojo Khor (guitar). Drummer Vicki Ann departed the band in January 2023 after completing a final tour with Big Joanie. They met after Marina placed an advertisement on Gumtree seeking bandmates.

They released their first EP, Ghum in 2017; their second, The Coldest Fire was released in 2019, backed with a UK tour in July 2019. The EP came to national media attention,^[2][3][4][5] with the band doing a BBC Introducing session and lead track "Saturn" being playlisted by BBC Radio 6 Music.^[6][7] The band's follow-up single "California", released January 2020, was debuted on the Steve Lamacq show on BBC Radio 6 Music ^[8] and featured on his 6 Music Recommends playlist.^[9] The song was named one of the '20 best rock songs right now' by The Fader.^[10]

Bands GHUM have played with include Dream Wife and L.A. Witch.^[11] After seeing them, Alice Go of Dream Wife contributed a remix of their 2018 single "I'm the Storm".^[12]

In March 2022 GHUM released lead new single "Some People", from their debut album Bitter, which was released on June 17, 2022.^[13] "Some People" was followed by "Bitter" in May 2022 and title track "Bad Brain" in June 2022.^[14][15] The album was described by Line of Best Fit as "a taut nine song masterclass".^[1] The band in June 2022 in Europe supporting Soft Kill and Choir Boy.^[15]

Later in 2022 saw GHUM be announced as tour support for Big Joanie's UK tour in 2023.,^[16] and the announcement of their first North American appearances in March 2023: at South By Southwest and a festival in New York.^[17][18]