bdrmm

{{Short description|British shoegaze band}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2024}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Bdrmm

| image = Bdrmm.jpg

| caption = Bdrmm live at Left of the Dial Festival, 21 October 2023

| origin = Kingston upon Hull, England

| genre = Shoegaze, Indie rock

| years_active = {{start date|2016}}–present

| label = {{flatlist|

• Rock Action
• Sonic Cathedral}}

| past_members = *Danny Hull

• Luke Irvin

| website = {{URL|bdrmm.co.uk}}

| current_members = * Ryan Smith

• Jordan Smith
• Joe Vickers
• Conor Murray

}}

Bdrmm (stylised as bdrmm) is a British shoegaze band. The group currently consists of four members, Ryan Smith (vocals, guitar, synthesizer), Jordan Smith (vocals, bass, synthesizer), Joe Vickers (guitar, bass) and Conor Murray (drums). The group has so far released three studio albums, Bedroom (2020), I Don't Know (2023) and Microtonic (2025).

The project Bdrmm originally started out as a bedroom project, hence the name, by lead vocalist Ryan Smith. After having an early demo get picked up by BBC Radio 1,{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/bdrmm-i-dont-know-evolution-signing-rock-action-28443/|title=Careful Chaos: bdrmm on 'I Don't Know', evolution and signing to Rock Action|last=Goggins|first=Joe|website=Rolling Stone UK|date=14 April 2023|access-date=6 July 2023}} He later enlisted his brother Jordan Smith (bass and backing vocals) as well as friends, Joe Vickers (guitar), Danny Hull (synth and backing vocals) and Luke Irvin (drums).{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bdrmm-mn0003927823/biography?1688633632405|title=bdrmm Biography by Liam Martin|last=Martin|first=Liam|website=AllMusic|access-date=6 July 2023}} After touring relentlessly, and releasing two self-recorded demo EPs as well as a handful of singles produced for the first time by longtime collaborator Alex Greaves, the band was signed to Sonic Cathedral in 2019. Their official debut EP If Not, When? was released later that year.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/shoegazers-bdrmm-on-their-meditative-debut-its-a-hybrid-of-relationships-mental-health-and-growing-up-2647985|title=Shoegazers bdrmm on their meditative debut: "It's a hybrid of relationships, mental health and growing up"|last=Buchanan|first=Rhys|website=NME|date=28 April 2020|access-date=6 July 2023}} 2020 saw the release of their debut studio album Bedroom.

In 2023, the band signed with Mogwai's Rock Action Records and subsequently released their second studio album I Don't Know.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/bdrmm-interview-album-mogwai-3462988|title=Bdrmm on downing guitars for their euphoric second album: "It was a case of going all in"|last=Buchanan|first=Rhys|website=NME|date=30 June 2023|access-date=6 July 2023}} Influences for this project were drawn from a wider range of sounds, including ambient, trip hop, slowcore, and jazz.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/bdrmm-talk-new-album-i-dont-know-lead-single-its-just-a-bit-of-blood-3391296|title=bdrmm talk new album 'I Don't Know' and share lead single 'It's Just A Bit Of Blood'|last=Clarke|first=Patrick|website=NME|date=6 February 2023|access-date=6 July 2023}}

On 28 February 2025 they released their third album Microtonic, which featured more of a focus on electronic music, to positive acclaim.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/bdrmm-microtonic-review-3842167|title=Bdrmm – 'Microtonic' review: Hull shoegazers' courageous, considered electronic pivot|last=Rigotti|first=Alex|website=NME|date=25 February 2025|access-date=25 February 2025}}.