Synopsis

Hum perform "Comin' Home" inside a surreal, heavily stylized world that mixes straightforward band performance with strange images and shifting visual effects. The video moves through a psychedelic dream of espionage, swarming locusts, unusual liquid imagery, and deliberately disorienting transitions. Rather than presenting a literal narrative, it uses fragmented scenes, bold colors, and experimental visuals to match the song's atmospheric alternative-rock sound. The result is an abstract performance piece with a dreamlike, slightly ominous tone.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video was shot in December 1997 at the Icehouse in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

• Its visual concept combined DIY effects with a more polished, big-budget music-video style.

• The production incorporated imagery described as a psychedelic dream involving espionage, locusts, and trippy liquids.

• "Comin' Home" appeared on Hum's fourth album, Downward Is Heavenward, which was released in January 1998 by RCA Records.

• The song was issued as a promotional-only single, but still reached No. 37 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart in February 1998.

• The official video was later made available through the HUMVEVO YouTube channel, with the upload identifying the copyright as 1997 BMG Entertainment.