Modern Dancing

TRAAMS return with their second album, Modern Dancing. Recorded and produced by MJ of Hookworms at Suburban Home Studios in Leeds, where the band located briefly, the album is the follow up to their 2013 debut Grin.. Following the success of that debut album release, TRAAMS have spent the last couple of years bringing their frantic, high-energy performances to various festivals and venues across Europe and the U.S., opening for the likes of Wire, Fucked Up, Parquet Courts, Royal Blood and more. Their second album Modern Dancing captures the energy of their live performances and draws a wealth of brooding aggression and krautrock infused-post punk. They have adapted the charisma of White Denim’s experimentalism and early Modest Mouse’ indie guitar pop to fit their own generation’s drowsy indie ethos.

TRAAMS’ return shows itself to be one that’s all the better for its slow build. Early birds are overrated anyway.

It's a rare and exciting thing when a record unapologetically slaps you in the face, drenches you in ice-cold water and then launches you into an