Released Friday on Deathwish / Epitaph, Converge’s new album Hum of Hurt follows Love Is Not Enough as the band’s second full-length release of 2026. Like its predecessor, the album offers a bleak yet empathetic assessment of the human condition and its ongoing deterioration. With this album, the songs are more raw and exposed.
When we came together to write, we ended up with a wealth of material
Says vocalist Jacob Bannon
As work progressed we realized we had created two separate albums, and treated them as such.
It’s not a sequel, though. The unifying musical idea early on was, ‘Let’s make a noise rock album.’ But we never really did. 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
The album also features a new rendition of “I Won’t Let You Go,” originally recorded for the 2020 video game Cyberpunk 2077.
When we recorded the first version, Ben tracked drums in California and we assembled it elsewhere. It was good, but we knew we could do better. This version has everything the previous one was missing. It now feels right
The album is out now. Be sure to catch Converge on tour this summer.
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