Crushed Pleats

by DRALMS

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Art Fin Band born fully-formed. Majestic and impressive alt-rock. Dark yet warm sounding with a thick, intoxicating ambience. Can't stop listening to this GREAT debut. It always leaves me wanting more. Looking forward to the full-length.

RIYL: Doves, Radiohead Favorite track: Crushed Pleats.

keisha Saw these guys open for Humans a couple months ago and have not stopped listening to these songs since. Watch the video for Crushed Pleats, you won't regret it. Favorite track: Crushed Pleats.

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	1.	Divisions of Labour 03:29		buy track
	2.	Crushed Pleats 03:33		buy track

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“Dralms spits and curses below the sweet top layer. Below, in the miserable underbelly, sits something built
to explode under the weight of its own industrial misery.” – Portals Music

Dralms, the latest project for songwriter Christopher Smith, is more a reinvention than a fresh moniker. Working with long-time collaborators Shaunn Watt, William Kendrick and Peter Carruthers, the project delivers a darker, more complex sound than that of Smith’s solo work. Bringing into the equation Andy Dixon’s production and electronics Dralms packs a heavier punch, instantly dragging the listener into the depths of the song and demanding undivided attention.

The band’s rst release, Crushed Pleats, has a swampy ambience and deep bass pulse. Smith’s lyrics push listeners to look through a dystopian lens, exposing powerlessness, fear, rhetoric, and ignorance. The socio-political implications on Crushed Pleats’ track “Divisions of Labour,” exist contextually, behind a confession of lust. Smith’s words drip with derision as he chants longingly, “if my heart had its will / kill kill kill.” The title track, “Crushed Pleats,” grows from a fog of drone. Howling gusts of ambience haunt Smith’s tale of portent seduction as he sings, “you let your hair down / little birds come tumbling to the ground.” Beyond the poetic prowess of the lyrics, the band’s strength is their ability to devise all-consuming instrumental build-ups. These forceful swells are thickened with cavernous bass chords and weaving electronic textures; Smith’s vocals sit atop as smooth and varied as stained glass.

Dralms is currently working on a full-length album at Afterlife Studios in Vancouver, BC with producer/engineer
John Raham.

credits

released September 2, 2014

Produced by - Andy Dixon
Recorded by - John Raham at Afterlife Studio
Mastered by - Brock McFarlane at CPS Mastering
Label - Boompa Records
Cover Design - Lindsey Hampton
Creative Direction - Christopher Smith

All songs Written by DRALMS:

Words, Vocals & Guitar - Christopher Smith
Drums - Shaunn Thomas Watt
Synth & Keys - William Kendrick
Bass - Peter Carruthers

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DRALMS Vancouver, British Columbia

boompa.ca

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US Publicity :: Adam @ Auteur Reseach Adam@auteurresearch.com

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discography

Gracious Host

Nov 2019
Shook

Oct 2015
Shook

Jul 2015
Pillars & Pyre

May 2015
Crushed Pleats

Sep 2014

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