Today, Hull based shoegaze quartet bdrmm have shared details of a new run of EU / UK tour dates for February and March 2024. The dates come on the heels of their new 7″ single “Mud”, which was released last Friday via Mogwai’s Rock Action label. The record arrives hot on the heels of the bands widely lauded second album “I Don’t Know”.
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 that release, the band have returned with a new 7” release which also features 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.
HEAR / SHARE “BE CAREFUL (FILA BRAZILLIA REMIX)” HERE
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
The new live dates and 7″ follow a summer of packed-out festival appearances and extensive autumn and winter live dates across the EU / UK (the latter of which is still underway), which includes their biggest London headliner yet at Scala next week. Full dates are as follows:
November 2023
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
February 2024
14th Feb – Vigo Sala
15th Feb – Oviedo
16th Feb – Valencia Loco Club
17th Feb – Barcelona
19th Feb – Milan Circolo Arci Bellezza
20th Feb – Bologna Covo Club
22nd Feb – Leipzig Naumanns
23rd Feb – Berlin Hole44
24th Feb – Dortmund FZW
25th Feb – Groningen Vera
27th Feb – Rotterdam LantarenVenster
28th Feb – Paris Petit Bain
March:
1st March – Saint-Malo La Route Du Rock
6th March – Aberdeen Tunnels
7th March – Dundee Beat Generator
8th March – Edinburgh Voodoo Rooms
9th March – Glasgow The Hug and Pint
11th March – Newcastle -The Cluny
14th March – Norwich Arts Centre
15th March – Southampton The Joiners
16th March – Margate Elsewhere
18th March – Reading The Face bar
19th March – Sheffield yellow Arch
20th March – Manchester Band On The Wall
23rd – 26th May – Bearded Theory Festival, UK
Tickets are on sale now via bdrmm.co.uk
