bdrmm
Microtonic
Release Date: Feb 28, 2025
Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Shoegaze
Record label: Rock Action Records
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Album Review: Microtonic by bdrmm
Great, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 7.5/10
Microtonic is a marked shift from bdrmm's first two albums, 2020's Bedroom and 2023's I Don't Know. The new album shows a noticeable loosening of the tension that permeated the band's earlier work. While the post-shoegaze/dream pop DNA is still very much present, it’s been infused with a newfound sense of spaciousness, a relaxed, almost psychedelic vibe.
Opinion: Excellent
Outgrowing their shoegaze inclinations, bdrmm have stepped into their own on their new album 'Microtonic'. The record branches out into a kaleidoscopic landscape of electronic experimentation as they delve into introspections on living in a dystopia. Opener 'goit' boasts a Working Men's Club feature and nails the feeling of a growing age of anxiety, tense in electronic stuttering and chillingly paranoid synth melodies.
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