TRAAMS

One of the wider-ranging bands of the post-punk revival, TRAAMS' taut outbursts are just as convincing as their expansive, motorik-driven meditations. When the the Chichester, West Sussex-based trio emerged in the early 2010s, the volatile mix of catharsis and experimentation on releases like 2013's debut album Grin distinguished them from their more straightforward contemporaries. Though they turned up the volume on 2015's Modern Dancing, TRAAMS' horizons continued to broaden. While seven years separated that album and personal best, the complex songwriting and electronically enhanced instrumentation of their third full-length revealed that TRAAMS were still challenging themselves and their audience. ~ Heather Phares