Description
Recorded throughout 2012 and 2013 with producers Rory Atwell and MJ from Hookworms, the aptly-titled Grin is eleven tracks of pure distorted joy. Starting off with Swimming Pools sonorous, atmospheric welcome, the album twists and turns its way through shards of hooky indie pop in Flowers and Fibbist, plunging into darker krautrock depths in Klaus and the title track. Grin successfully captures the raw energy of TRAAMS frenzied and sweaty live performances
Stu Hopkins flat, nasal honk is fetching enough from a melodic standpoint, yet its those brief pockets where the guitars go silent amidst the steady drums that are just as hooky. Pitchfork
Formed of spongy basslines, ragged guitar curls and snappy snares which crackle like broken clock hands, precisely the kind of noisy kraut-tinged rattler you might suck from the brain of producer and Hookworms frontman, MJ The Line of Best Fit
A noisy, joyous a rude awakening, a necessary shock to the system, the first time you hear TRAAMS. This Is Fake DIY
For fans of: McLusky, Parquet Courts, Shellac, Fucked Up, Thee Oh Sees, Neu, Television
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