Ondanks de lockdown-periode wist de post-shoegaze, dream pop en indie (kraut/post-punk) rock-formatie bdrmm, uit het Engelse Hull, in 2020 toch een behoorlijke impact te maken met hun debuut-album “Bedroom”. Het werd onthaald als ‘a heady, forward-thinking shoe gaze distillation’ (Clash), ‘one of the underground hits of lockdown’ (The Guardian) en NME-magazine gaf het de maximale vijf sterrren en noemde de release ‘a modern day shoe gaze classic’! De band is nu terug met hun tweede album “I Don’t Know”, en bevat weer de kenmerkende ‘effects-laden guitars (The Cure, Ride), dreamy ambient melody-lines (Beach House, Slowdive) and motorik grooves (Neu!, Can), but now added with piano, strings, electronica, sampling and the occassional dance beat. Stilstand is achteruitgang en bdrmm toont aan dat shoegaze anno 2023 nog innovatief en springlevend kan zijn!
Op 30 juni verschijnt het album: “I Don’t Know”
TRACKLISTING:
1 Alps
2 Be Careful
3 It’s Just A Bit Of Blood
4 We Fall Apart
5 Advertisement One
6 Hidden Cinema
7 Pulling Stitches
8 A Final Movement
While the world became socially distanced in 2020, Hull’s post-shoegaze, dream pop and indie (kraut/post-punk) rock quartet bdrmm made the kind of impact with their debut album any young band would dream about. “Bedroom” was hailed as “a heady, forward-thinking shoe gaze distillation” by Clash magazine, the Guardian proclaimed “one of the underground hits of lockdown”, while NME awarded the album five solid stars and called “Bedroom” nothing less than “a modern day shoe gaze classic”. Now signed to Mogwai’s Rock Action Records, the band returns with “I Don’t Know”, complete with their trademark effects-laden guitars (The Cure, Ride), dreamy ambient melody-lines (Beach House, Slowdive) and motoric grooves (Neu!, Can), but now added with piano, strings, electronica, sampling and the occasional dance beat. Bdrmm fans will not be disappointed and fans of bands like Radiohead, The Stone Roses, Warpaint, Mogwai, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Galaxie 500, Boards Of Canada, Low, The Smashing Pumpkins, Deerhunter, Wire, Cigarettes After Sex and My Bloody Valentine that are yet to discover bdrmm would do well by blessing their ears with “I Don’t Know”.
