Originally a solo project for Ryan Smith, an unexpected pick-up of a home-recorded demo EP by the BBC soon saw him enlist brother Jordan Smith, Joe Vickers and Conor Murray - and Hull's post-shoegaze quartet bdrmm was born.

Debut EP If Not, When? (2019) was followed by a stunning debut album Bedroom. Released in 2020, it was championed by the likes of Huw Stephens, Lauren Laverne, Steve Lamacq and John Kennedy, entered the Official UK chart three times, and ended up in Rough Trade’s Top 10 albums of 2020. Signing to Rock Action Records in 2023, second studio album I Don't Know saw bdrmm’s trademark effects-laden guitars augmented by piano, strings, electronica, sampling and even occasional dance beats.

Third album Microtonic is the sound of a band finding confidence and feeling comfortable but using that position to thrust themselves into the unknown rather than rest on their laurels. It’s an ambitious album that is rich in scope and teeming with ideas yet also thoughtfully coherent. 

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