Today, Hull-based shoegaze quartet bdrmm return with a new single titled “Mud”. The track arrives hot on the heels of the band’s widely lauded second album “I Don’t Know”, which came out earlier this year on Mogwai’s Rock Action label.
The post-shoegaze, dream pop, heavy guitar effects quartet’s latest album arrived in late-June to critical acclaim with the likes of Consequence calling it “one of their most enticing successes yet” and Rolling Stone UK describing it as “a chaotic, thrilling evolution”. The lead single “It’s Just A Bit Of Blood” was also playlisted on BBC Radio 6 Music, and Brooklyn Vegan made the record their Album Of The Week saying that “I Don’t Know” saw them “not only avoid the sophomore slump, but deliver a second album that is miles better their debut.”
Now, just two months on from release, the band have returned with a new single titled “Mud”. The track forms part of a new 7” release which will also feature a remix of the recent album track “Be Careful”, which is reworked by fellow Hull outfit Fila Brazillia who have collaborated with everyone from Radiohead to Harold Budd, Black Uhuru, Twilight Singers, and The Orb.
Recorded with long-time collaborator Alex Greaves (Working Men’s Club, Bo Ningen) during their album sessions at The Nave Studios in Leeds, “Mud” sees the band expanding further on their dynamic and sprawling sound, with oceanic production and atmospheric instrumentation, underpinned by the bands reverb heavy vocals.
Speaking on the single, frontman Ryan Smith says, “Mud is a track about approaching loss. Trying to cope with the end before it has even happened. The memories created are in fear of being washed away, and by keeping hold of them. You’re doing more harm than good.”
HEAR / SHARE “MUD” HERE
“Mud” also follows a summer of packed-out festival appearances and comes ahead of the band’s headline EU / UK tour dates, which will take place across October and November (including their biggest London headliner yet at Scala). Dates are as follows:
October 2023
Monday 9th – Birkenhead – Future Yard
Tuesday 17th – Belgium, Bruges – Cactus Club
Wednesday 18th – Tourcoing, France – Le Grand Mix
Thursday 19th – Belgium, Antwerp – Trix Bar
Friday 20 th – Netherlands, Rotterdam – Left of the Dial
Saturday 21st – Netherlands, Rotterdam – Left of the Dial
Monday 23rd – Germany, Hamburg – Molotow
Tuesday 24th – Denmark, Copenhagen – Loppen
Wednesday 25th – Sweden, Stockholm – Hus 7
Thursday 26th – Sweden, Malmo – Plan B
Sunday 28th – Germany, Dresden – Kleinvieh Klub
Tuesday 30th – Germany, Berlin – Privatclub (SOLD OUT)
Wednesday 31st – Germany, Cologne – Helios37
November 2023
Saturday 3rd – France, Paris – Point Ephemere (SOLD OUT)
Sunday 4th – Netherlands, Amsterdam – Paradiso (SOLD OUT)
Monday 5th – Netherlands, Nijmegen – Merleyn
Friday 12th – Glasgow – The Classic Grand
Monday 13th – Birmingham – The Hare and Hounds (SOLD OUT)
Tuesday 14th – Salford – The White Hotel (SOLD OUT)
Wednesday 15th – Nottingham – Bodega (SOLD OUT)
Thursday 16th – Leeds – Stylus
Saturday 18th – Cardiff – Clwb Ifor Bach
Sunday 19th – Bristol – Thekla
Monday 20th – London – Scala
Wednesday 22nd – Cambridge – Mash
Thursday 23rd – Bedford – Esquires (SOLD OUT)
Friday 24th – Brighton – Patterns (SOLD OUT)
Sunday 26th – Dublin – The Button Factory
Monday 27th – Belfast – Limelight 2
Tickets are on sale now via bdrmm.co.uk
New 7” single out 10th November via Rock Action – Pre-order HERE
