TRAAMS ANNOUNCE LTD. EDITION 12″ EP “4 SONGS”
OUT APRIL 2ND VIA FATCAT RECORDS FOR BANDCAMP FRIDAY
FT. VINYL EXCLUSIVE NEW SINGLE “KARMA CAT”
HEAR / SHARE RECENT SINGLES:
“THE GREYHOUND” / “INTERCONTINENTAL RADIO WAVES“
Selected press for “The Greyhound” & “Intercontinental Radio Waves”:
” It’s a prickly, grotty three minutes of squalling, antisocial brilliance.”
the Guardian
“An urgent and ambitious trio… they have returned in a big way.”
Stereogum
“British indie trio TRAAMS have been away for five years and so you know they had to have something exciting to bring them back. “The Greyhound” is nearly 10 minutes of krautrock-chugging designed to hypnotise. Welcome back!”
The FADER
“It’s got a monochromatic drive, vocals that range from bleak to spirited and a fuse that might blow at any second.”
PASTE
“Leaning on the motorik thrust of krautrock before exploding definitions of post-rock, “The Greyhound” grapples with invention and the thrill of possibility. Remarkable.”
CLASH
“It’s time to celebrate, because TRAAMS are back.”
DIY
Today, TRAAMS return with the announcement of a ltd. edition 12″ EP entitled “4 Songs”, which is being released on Bandcamp Friday (April 2nd) via FatCat Records.
The EP is limited to just 300 copies on black vinyl and features their critically acclaimed 2020 singles “The Greyhound” and “Intercontinental Radio Waves”, as well as an exclusive new single called “Karma Cat” and “A House On Fire”, which has never been pressed to vinyl before.
TRAAMS sound has always been part motorik drum beats, part discordant guitars, pop melodies and hypnotic bass lines. All are present in the four tracks being released on the new EP, all recorded by Theo Verney in Brighton. Collaborating with friends and new instrumentation, each track is different from the last, but all sound like the inimitable TRAAMS.
“4 Songs” EP is out 2nd April via FatCat Records
on Bandcamp HERE
More info on TRAAMS:
In 2016, with two critically acclaimed albums already released through long-term label FatCat, TRAAMS put out a final – and wonderful – one-off single in “A House On Fire”, and then, a handful of touring shows aside: nothing. They didn’t break up, they didn’t announce their hiatus, but after several years as a band came to a head, they decided to put their focus elsewhere, on their families, on their home lives, and simply return to their instruments when they felt ready again and for the right reasons.
And in 2020, a torrid year by anyone’s reckoning, they found themselves ready – in improbable circumstances – to do so. The 10 minute “A House On Fire” was followed up by their first material since in the similarly expansive “The Greyhound”, which clocked in at nearly 9 minutes this time. A propulsive, three-part thriller of a song, featuring Lewis Evans of Black Country, New Road on sax, it saw TRAAMS’ return heralded enthusiastically by both press and radio internationally. Landing as it did in a completely different landscape, socially and musically, “The Greyhound” was rightly welcomed with open arms.
“THE GREYHOUND”:
The single’s accompanying video also ends with a link to Greyhound and Lurcher Rescue charity – more info can be found HERE
Following this, the band came back with a second single last Oct in the form of “Intercontinental Radio Waves”, clocking in at a more digestible 3 minutes this time and showcasing the off-kilter pop smarts ever present in their writing.
“INTERCONTINENTAL RADIO WAVES”:
Accompanied, again, by a suitably warped visualiser directed by Stewart Armstrong, who said the following about the inspiration behind the video:
“Inspired by one of my favourite books, ‘The Last Days of New Paris’ by China Miéville, in which manifestations of surrealist artworks and texts stalk the streets of Paris in 1950’s occupied France, the video is an animated paean to the ideas that art can defeat fascism and that a broken heart can be healed.”
After inspiring a wave of new artists, TRAAMS return has been perfectly timed with the band returning as vital and vibrant as ever.
“4 Songs” EP
Limited to 300 Copies
12” Black Vinyl
Side A
1. The Greyhound
2. IRW
Side B
1. Karma Cat
2. A House On Fire
TRAAMS are:
Stuart Hopkins — vocals, guitar
Leigh Padley — bass
Adam Stock — drums
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