Hull’s bdrmm have officially announced their third album, Microtonic, set for release on the 28th February via Mogwai’s Rock Action label.
The first single “John on the Ceiling” is a song the band had the foundations for early in their career but one that represented a direction they maybe didn’t possess the full confidence or knowhow to follow at the time. The completion of the propulsive single was to lay the groundwork for how they approached the rest of “Microtonic” and set the precedent for their third record as whole.
Vocalist and guitarist Ryan Smith had the following to say about the new single:
“The themes surrounding John on the Ceiling are that of confusion and doubt. When something ends and another starts, you lure yourself into a false sense of security that the mistakes made won’t happen again. This happens over and over until you are paralysed in limbo. Can people ever truly change?”