The Golden Hum by Remy Zero

The Golden Hum, released on Elektra in 2001, was the third and final studio album from Remy Zero, the alternative rock band out of Birmingham, Alabama. Brothers Cinjun Tate and Shelby Tate lead the charge, with Cinjun singing and playing guitar and Shelby on guitar, vocals and keys, alongside guitarist Jeffrey Cain and bassist Cedric LeMoyne, and the record has a lush, slow-building ache, all shimmering guitars and a high, yearning voice.

"Save Me" is the song that gave the album its afterlife: it became the theme for the TV series Smallville, heard on The WB and later The CW, and "Perfect Memory" turned up in two episodes of the show as well as in the film The Invisible. For a band that stopped here, it's a strong way to go out.

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