TRAAMS

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = TRAAMS

| image = TRAAMS, The Great Escape Festival 2025 1.jpg

| caption = TRAAMS at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton UK, 14 May 2025

| landscape = yes

| origin = Chichester, West Sussex, England

| genre = {{flatlist|

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| years_active = 2011–present

| associated_acts =

| label = {{flatlist|

FatCat

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| website = {{URL|traams.tumblr.com/}}

| current_members = Stuart Hopkins
Adam Stock
Leigh Padley

| past_members =

}}

TRAAMS are an English indie rock band, formed in 2011 in Chichester, West Sussex, England.

Background

The band's name "TRAAMS" comes from the acronym for "Time Reference Angle of Arrival Measurement System".{{cite web |title=TRAAMS - Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/traams-mn0003095765/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=25 November 2018}} The trio's roots originated in mid-2011 when the bandmembers met at Goo a club night based in Bognor Regis. There, Stuart Hopkins was a DJ where he spun songs by Wire, New Order, and Le Tigre along with mainstream pop and rap. The three bandmembers bonded over their mutual tastes of music, specifically musicians such as McLusky, Pavement, Television and Kraftwerk. The influences caused the band to begin jamming together and in late 2011, to begin recording music with each other. Much of the band's earliest demo work has been described as a hybrid of Krautrock and punk rock.

They sent the demos to producer and former Test Icicles member Rory Atwell, and recorded their first set of songs with him in November 2011. They continued working with him through 2012, and also signed with FatCat that year. Early in 2013, they recorded with Hookworms' Matthew Johnson at his Leeds studio and released their EP, Ladders that June. TRAAMS' first full-length studio album, Grin, was released 24 September 2013.{{cite web |last1=Feldman |first1=Paul |title=Album Review: TRAAMS - Grin |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17839/reviews/4146833 |website=Drowned In Sound |access-date=25 November 2018 |date=9 September 2013 |archive-date=12 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012015139/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17839/reviews/4146833 |url-status=dead }} The band reunited with Atwell for their next EP, Cissa, which arrived in July 2014.

TRAAMS worked with Johnson again{{cite web |last1=Reynolds |first1=Aidan |title=Album Review: TRAAMS - Modern Dancing |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/19103/reviews/4149562 |website=Drowned In Sound |access-date=25 November 2018 |date=10 November 2015 |archive-date=13 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213121852/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/19103/reviews/4149562 |url-status=dead }} on their second album, Modern Dancing, which was released on 20 November 2015.{{cite web |title=SPIN Singles Mix: Low, Bob Moses, TRAAMS, and More |url=https://www.spin.com/2015/08/spin-singles-mix-low-bob-moses-traams/ |website=Spin |access-date=25 November 2018 |date=4 August 2015}} On 27 October 2016, the band released an eight minute track titled "A House On Fire".{{cite web |title=Hear Traams' New Epic, Eight-minute Track 'A House on Fire' |url=http://diymag.com/2016/10/27/traams-share-new-track-a-house-on-fire |website=DIY |access-date=25 November 2018 |date=27 October 2016}}

Their latest album, Personal Best, was released on 22 July 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/personal-best-mw0003697072|title=TRAAMS - personal best Album Reviews, Songs & More |website=AllMusic|access-date=27 August 2022}}