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bdrmm
bdrmm
country: UK
genre: Indie, Rock
styles: Alternative, Post-Punk, Dream Pop, Shoegaze
Next Release
via Rock Action Records
Pulling Stitches
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Reviews and Comments
Selected support for debut album "Bedroom":
“A modern day shoegaze classic” – NME *****
“There is something about the blend of sweet melody, hypnotic rhythm and noise on bdrmm’s debut that gets under your skin” – The Times
“Manna for fans of inventive happy-sad ’80s guitar pop” – Mojo
“Takes in krautrock, shoegaze and lo-fi indie-pop but always with a soft, warm edge” – Uncut
“Much more than a genre piece, it’s a vital delve into the power of our communal isolation” – Clash
“You can make out the ghostly shapes of bands from 30 years ago in the thick, hazy guitars, chiming melodies and washed-out vocals... but bdrmm bring it to life with an intensity of focus that goes beyond nostalgia” – Financial Times
“Possesses the same sort of atmospheric value as watching dusk mellow into dawn in seamless fast forward... a stunning and candid work induced by the very traumas and anxieties of living” – So Young
“Assured and brilliant” – The Line Of Best Fit
“One of the best British guitar debuts of 2020” – Norman Records
Following the release of 2020's widely-acclaimed debut LP "Bedroom", and a clutch of hotly-received singles that have landed in the interim, February saw the Hull based shoegaze quartet bdrmm return with the news that they had signed to Mogwai's Rock Action and that the revered independent label would release an anticipated second album "I Don't Know" on June 30th.
Like their debut, the album has been recorded with long-time band collaborator Alex Greaves (Working Men’s Club, Bo Ningen) at The Nave Studios in Leeds.
Following the album's first release, "It's Just A Bit Of Blood", that saw significant press support internationally before making the playlist at BBC 6 Music in the Spring, and its trippy, densely rhythmic follow-up track "Be Careful", the band return today with "Pulling Stitches", a song that explores controlled dynamics with an almost cinematic feel to its widescreen expanse. The band's Ryan Smith saying the following about the third single:
"I remember the exact day that we wrote this track. We were in the practise room, and I just started playing the first two chords, incorporating the bend as if I was literally winking at Kevin Shields, and Conor just looked at me like, “This is the one”. I think we finished the track on that day. It’s amazing when those moments happen, and it reminds you of why you do this. It’s so obviously the shoegaze adoration within us."
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I Don't Know
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