by Dan Goldin (@post_trash_)
Earlier this summer saw the release of Look!, the sophomore album from Seattle’s Shimmertraps. Released via Spirit Goth Records (Half Stack, Castlebeat, Vansire), the album two years in the making made a refined splash between the realms of dream pop, shoegaze, and lo-fi psych. It sounds like a bummed out bedroom disco party, like a squeaky clean Helvetia making radio-friendly pop songs for another planet. It’s nearly four months later and the quartet return with a new single, “Atrium,” out October 30th once again in conjunction with Spirit Goth.
“Atrium” expands upon the silky space-age pop of Look!, bouncing with a soft groove and synths that feel washed in time. Led by a liquid bassline and enough layered melodic haze to drift right into the clouds, the tempo shifts and the chords warble, giving everything just the right touch of surrealism to balance the otherwise pure pop core of the songwriting’s vocal presence. Stay tuned to the band’s socials for the music video, due out on Halloween, October 31st.