UK band bdrmm, have dropped new single ”John on the Ceiling,” the song is off their forthcoming album Microtonic, available February 28th 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?”

Microtonic, was recorded with long-term band collaborator Alex Greaves and featuring guest appearances from Sydney Minsky Sargeant of Working Men’s Club and Olivesque of Nightbus, is described as a bold leap for the group, who have embraced a fuller spectrum of tones and atmospheres. “I felt very constrained writing a certain type of music to fit the genre [we were known for] but something lifted and I felt more free to create what I want,” says Ryan. “And what I seem to be doing at the moment is a lot of electronic music – taking influence from different spans of electronica, from dance music to ambient and more experimental sources.”

bdrmm
Microtonic
Rock Action

goit (ft. Sydney Minsky Sargent)
John On The Ceiling
Infinity Peaking
Snares
In The Electric Field (ft. Olivesque)
Microtonic
Clarkycat
Sat in the Heat
Lake Disappointment
The Noose

Bdrmm March 2025 Tour Dates

6 Wylam Brewery, Newcastle UK
7 The Welly, Hull UK
8 Project House, Leeds UK
9 Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow UK
11 Gorilla, Manchester UK
12 Rescue Rooms, Nottingham UK
13 The Castle & Falcon, Birmingham UK
15 Hove Old Market, Brighton UK
16 Papillon, Southampton UK
18 The Fleece, Bristol UK
19 Electric Ballroom, London UK
22 Club Volta, Cologne GE
23 Säälchen, Berlin GE
25 Bogen F, Zurich SWI
26 Santeria Toscana 31, Milan IT
27 TPO, Bologna IT
29 Trabeno, Paris FR
30 Botanique – Orangerie, Brussels BE
31 Melkweg OZ, Amsterdam NL

Pre-order Microtonic HERE