TRAAMS It’s all too refreshing to see the faces of TRAAMS once
It’s motivated us in the writing stages.
again, albeit in their dimly lit Chichester rehearsal room by way of a fuzzy zoom call. The three-piece are back
Stuart: We’ve been working on ‘The Greyhound’ and a
and making some of their most compelling music to date,
couple of other bits for a while. It’s been quite liberating
with ‘The Greyhound’ arriving back in August as a soaring
because when we finished our last live show three or four
nine-minute epic, reminding us just what we’ve been
years ago, we knew we were going to take a hiatus, we
missing since they pulled on the brakes.
didn’t put a cap on it though and I think loads of people thought we were going to break up. We always knew
The track packed all the unique traits we’ve come to love
though, we just kept our heads down and the reaction to
about the band, a sense of grit and angst, the aching vocals
being back with this track has been lovely.
of Stuart Hopkins and an unfaltering sense of discovery Do you think there’s a renewed freshness given the fact
and impulse.
you’ve had a break? We waste little time in getting the conversation underway, reminiscing on shows and line-ups which now feel like a
S: I think going away for that period and then coming
lifetime ago, it’s hard not to feel a burgeoning excitement.
back helped, where bands had obviously seen us when they weren’t even bands was quite a nice thing. It almost
How does it feel to be back in the fold guys?
flipped it around and now we’re back in the mix a bit. It was nice to come back because we wanted to as opposed
Leigh: It’s fallen into place quite quickly, we hadn’t really
to it being something we had to do. It was nice to all go
been doing anything this whole time, we’d been off as a
away and then come back and say, do you want to do more
band. We’d been talking loads about when and what we’re
rather than having people breathing down our necks.
going to do. I don’t think we’ll feel like we’re back until we’re gigging again. It’s just nice to get in a room again
L: I think when we took a break we needed a break and
and write without having to rehearse live sets, it’s purely
there were things happening that meant we had to take a
writing. It gave us a bit of a kick up the ass having the
hiatus. We met up a few times and got drunk and had fun
song out as well. It reminded us people are listening still
but also spent a long time thinking about what we were
and there was such a nice reaction to it.
going to do next because the third album is proper.
Words by Rhys Buchanan, illustration by Jenny Zych
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