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York band The Howl & The Hum have unveiled their latest single ‘Thumbs Up’. The track sheds a spotlight on certain conversations that men find difficult to discuss with one another. With the instrumentation being of absolute beauty, front man Sam Griffiths’ touching vocal performance is absolutely heart clutching. The track follows the band’s debut album Human Contact, which was released back in 2020.

Touching on the track, Sam Griffiths mentioned:

“Thumbs Up’ is the confession that us men don’t know how to talk to other men about important sh*t. This song was written in the silence after suicides of friends, during depressive episodes, and over non-existent conversations about how we communicate our feelings: our highs, our lows, our loves and losses. It also references 80s movie icons Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger, a brief admittance of vulnerability in the face of what we call masculinity.”