Bdrmm announce new album ‘Microtonic’ with atmospheric single ‘John On The Ceiling’ and 2025 UK and European tour

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Bdrmm have announced their third album ‘Microtonic’ with a new single, ‘John On The Ceiling’, and shared details of a 2025 UK and European tour.

Find all the details below.The Hull-based shoegaze band are due to release their next studio record – the follow-up to 2023’s ‘I Don’t Know’ – on February 28 via Mogwai’s label Rock Action.

Pre-order/pre-save here.Speaking about the group’s glitchy and atmospheric latest track, singer/guitarist Ryan Smith explained: “The themes surrounding ‘John On The Ceiling’ are that of confusion and doubt.“When something ends and another starts, you lure yourself into a false sense of security that the mistakes made won’t happen again.

This happens over and over until you are paralysed in limbo. Can people ever truly change?”Recorded with Bdrmm’s long-term collaborator Alex Greaves, the 10-song ‘Microtonic’ features guest appearances from Sydney Minsky Sargeant (Working Men’s Club) and Olivesque (Nightbus).The forthcoming LP is described as “a bold leap for the group, who have embraced a fuller spectrum of tones and atmospheres”.“I felt very constrained writing a certain type of music to fit the genre [we were known for] but something lifted and I felt more free to create what I want,” said Smith.“And what I seem to be doing at the moment is a lot of electronic music – taking influence from different spans of electronica, from dance music to ambient and more experimental sources.”‘Microtonic’ will still represent Bdrmm’s “trademark sound”, per a press release, “but those guitars are now incorporated into a broader, more expansive and varied sonic palette”.