TRACKLISTING: 1 goit (featuring Working Men’s Club) 2 John on the Ceiling 3 Infinity Peaking 4 Snares 5 In the Electric Field (featuring Olivesque) 6 Microtonic 7 Clarkycat 8 Sat in the Heat 9 Lake Disappointment 10 The Noose “I think this is the best thing weve ever done, its a proper step up.” It’s immediately clear that the Hull band have broken new ground on Microtonic. “The last album was essentially like a bridge between the two albums,” the band say of 2023’s I Don’t Know. “With that one we knew what we were trying to do but with this one weve fully cracked it.” Bdrmm’s trademark sound hasn’t disappeared by any means, the bands more guitar-heavy beginnings a blueprint and influence on many of the groups breaking through in the here and now, a time when shoegaze is enjoying its strongest revival since its inception in the 80s, but those guitars are now incorporated into a broader, more expansive and varied sonic palette. “Microtonic”, recorded with long-term band collaborator Alex Greaves, features guest appearances from Working Mens Club and Olivesque of Nightbus.
