The Act: THE TRAPS

The Release: 'MY GRIP' / 'IMPOSTER'

The Format: DOUBLE AA-SIDE DIGITAL SINGLE

The Record Company: LABEL FANDANGO

The Release Date: MARCH 17TH 2014

The Truth: THE TRAPS are from Birmingham, Midlandshire. They consist of brothers Jamie Berry (vox / guitar) and Nick Berry (bass / vox) as well as James Minhas (guitar) and Daniel Webb (drums), and have done so since 2011.

Together The Traps make alt.pop music which is muscular, intelligent, throbby, beefy, frequently dominated by Jamie's mightily deep vocals and occasionally accompanied by trumpets. Late last year The Traps let loose the 'Calypso' album on their own Speech Fewapy Records (think about it), which revealed the singular likes of 'The Honey Drip' and 'Your Headland' and 'Moving Pictures'. You may have heard of these songs by The Traps via the classic outlets of Q magazine, John Kennedy and Janice Long. Or, such is the modern way, you might have encountered their noises through Nivea's 'Say Hello' campaign or the Sony Mobile Entertainment portal.

Either way, impressive form from a band who've been doing everything themselves and doing it thoroughly well, because there is a steely DIY determination about The Traps, one which is further evinced by this double AA-side single. The metaphorical A-side, 'My Grip' is from the 'Calypso' album and is their finest moment yet, a great big impassioned blend of New Order synthetics and towering Scott Walker-esque vocals. The non-physical AA-side meanwhile is a brand new track called 'Imposter', which is grand and twanging and impeccably imposing.

"'Imposter' was the first song we wrote after 'Calypso'," explains singer Jamie. "It immediately felt like it was holding the hand of the first record, whilst pulling it towards the light of something slightly new and exciting. The music had a brooding feel to it, which for some reason conjured images of a secretive character that became the subject. The "an imposter keeps his hand quiet" line had been running around my head for another piece of writing I was doing and when working on this song it kept popping back into my head, so I gave into it and it became the name and subject of the song."

The Traps hereby join the bountiful singles club funfair which is '12-for-12', whereby Label Fandango releases 12 singles in 12 months to celebrate Club Fandango's 12th birthday. Felt Tip, Longfellow, Desperate Journalist, Feldspar and I Am In Love are also flossing the candyfloss and dodging the dodgems. It's a fun place to be, in several senses.

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Imposter

My Grip

The Traps release new single September Storm on April 13th 2015 via Fierce Panda/Label Fandango.

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September Storm

The Act: THE TRAPS

The Release: ‘WILD ESCAPE’

The Format: DIGITAL ALBUM / LTD VINYL

The Record Company: SPEECH FEWAPY RECORDS

The Release Date: MAY 6TH 2016




THE TRAPS are a London based four piece. They consist of brothers Jamie Berry (vox / guitar) and Nick Berry (bass / vox) as well as James Minhas (guitar) and Daniel Webb (drums), and have done so since 2011.

London four piece, The Traps, will be releasing their second album, 'Wild Escape', on May 6th 2016 on independent label Speech Fewapy Recordings and Label Fandango.
The album will be released digitally through itunes, spotify, amazon and also on limited release 12” vinyl through The Traps website.

Following on from its predecessor, 'Calypso', released in September 2013, 'Wild Escape' cuts a more suave, sophisticated musical figure. A record of expansive sound and ambition, its an explosion of melody that signifies a real step-on in the band's abilities.    Littered with the infectious hooks and ethereal harmonies, that have been in evidence in all of the band's recent releases,  'Wild Escape' marks an exciting new dawn for The Traps in 2016.

Recorded across the summer of 2015 by the multi-instrumentalist, multi-faceted Rob Jones - desk duties for 'Calypso' also - at Giant Wafer studios in North Wales, 'Wild Escape' marks the first release for The Traps since their 'Club Fandango' single 'September Storm' back in Early 2015. Previous 'Club Fandango' double A-side release 'Imposter/My Grip' saw the band play a sell out show at prestigious London venue, The Lexington.

A successfully funded Kickstarter campaign securing the vinyl release of the record has shown the appeal of the band's sound, and the audience reached and won over by 'Calypso'. With live dates planned for early 2016 to mark the release of 'Wild Escape' be sure to catch them wherever you can.

‘Wild Escape’ is available now for pre-order on itunes where you can get instant download of ‘Regret & Reload’.


Regret & Reload

The Act: THE TRAPS

The Release: ‘WILD ESCAPE’

The Format: DIGITAL ALBUM / LTD VINYL

The Record Company: SPEECH FEWAPY RECORDS

The Release Date: FEBRUARY 26TH 2016




THE TRAPS are a London based four piece. They consist of brothers Jamie Berry (vox / guitar) and Nick Berry (bass / vox) as well as James Minhas (guitar) and Daniel Webb (drums), and have done so since 2011.

London four piece, The Traps, will be releasing their second album, 'Wild Escape', on February 26th 2016 on independent label Speech Fewapy Recordings and Label Fandango.
The album will be released digitally through itunes, spotify, amazon and also on limited release 12” vinyl through The Traps website.

Following on from its predecessor, 'Calypso', released in September 2013, 'Wild Escape' cuts a more suave, sophisticated musical figure. A record of expansive sound and ambition, its an explosion of melody that signifies a real step-on in the band's abilities.    Littered with the infectious hooks and ethereal harmonies, that have been in evidence in all of the band's recent releases,  'Wild Escape' marks an exciting new dawn for The Traps in 2016.

Recorded across the summer of 2015 by the multi-instrumentalist, multi-faceted Rob Jones - desk duties for 'Calypso' also - at Giant Wafer studios in North Wales, 'Wild Escape' marks the first release for The Traps since their 'Club Fandango' single 'September Storm' back in Early 2015. Previous 'Club Fandango' double A-side release 'Imposter/My Grip' saw the band play a sell out show at prestigious London venue, The Lexington; a night the band will be looking to repeat when they return there on April 2nd 2016.

A successfully funded Kickstarter campaign securing the vinyl release of the record has shown the appeal of the band's sound, and the audience reached and won over by 'Calypso'. With live dates planned for early 2016 to mark the release of 'Wild Escape' be sure to catch them wherever you can.

‘Wild Escape’ is available now for pre-order on itunes where you can get instant download of ‘Regret & Reload’.


Regret & Reload Video:

https://youtu.be/O-WeqirGJGg


Dates:

April 2nd: LONDON, The Lexington
96-98 Pentonville Road, London N1 9JB
Tickets £6.00 advance from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/342306
Fb: https://www.facebook.com/events/924575357625112/


The Act: THE TRAPS

The Release: ‘WILD ESCAPE’

The Format: DIGITAL ALBUM / LTD VINYL

The Record Company: SPEECH FEWAPY RECORDS

The Release Date: MAY 6TH 2016




THE TRAPS are a London based four piece. They consist of brothers Jamie Berry (vox / guitar) and Nick Berry (bass / vox) as well as James Minhas (guitar) and Daniel Webb (drums), and have done so since 2011.

London four piece, The Traps, will be releasing their second album, 'Wild Escape', on May 6th 2016 on independent label Speech Fewapy Recordings and Label Fandango.
The album will be released digitally through itunes, spotify, amazon and also on limited release 12” vinyl through The Traps website.

Following on from its predecessor, 'Calypso', released in September 2013, 'Wild Escape' cuts a more suave, sophisticated musical figure. A record of expansive sound and ambition, its an explosion of melody that signifies a real step-on in the band's abilities.    Littered with the infectious hooks and ethereal harmonies, that have been in evidence in all of the band's recent releases,  'Wild Escape' marks an exciting new dawn for The Traps in 2016.

Recorded across the summer of 2015 by the multi-instrumentalist, multi-faceted Rob Jones - desk duties for 'Calypso' also - at Giant Wafer studios in North Wales, 'Wild Escape' marks the first release for The Traps since their 'Club Fandango' single 'September Storm' back in Early 2015. Previous 'Club Fandango' double A-side release 'Imposter/My Grip' saw the band play a sell out show at prestigious London venue, The Lexington.

A successfully funded Kickstarter campaign securing the vinyl release of the record has shown the appeal of the band's sound, and the audience reached and won over by 'Calypso'. With live dates planned for early 2016 to mark the release of 'Wild Escape' be sure to catch them wherever you can.

‘Wild Escape’ is available now for pre-order on itunes where you can get instant download of ‘Regret & Reload’.


Regret & Reload Video:

https://youtu.be/O-WeqirGJGg


Dates:

April 2nd: LONDON, The Lexington
96-98 Pentonville Road, London N1 9JB
Tickets £6.00 advance from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/342306
Fb: https://www.facebook.com/events/924575357625112/


Join our kickstarter project and help us raise enough money to release our now finished debut album in May 2013. you can get the whole album for just £5 here - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thetraps/the-traps-5-album-release


Moving Pictures

Calypso’ is the first official release from The Traps on their own Birmingham based indie label Speech Fewapy Records. Combining upbeat tempos, an anthemic synth based beat, and a hooky guitar motif that will keep any indie dancefloor buzzing alongside a very cool vocal.

The influence behind the track and indeed their debut album is the character Calypso from Homer’s Odyssey poem who captures Homer by leading his ship ashore. 

Lead singer Jamie explains “I've always been fascinated by the character of Calypso in the Odyssey. I think it is because her story isn't really dwelt upon, but she is a tragic and flawed character denied what she desires most and they are always the most interesting. The fact that she is rarely given a voice makes her all the more intriguing and once 
I'd decided to write about her in this song, the more I thought about it, the more I liked the idea of her story guiding and influencing all the music and lyrics on the record”.

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Calypso

From forthcoming third album, 'Echoes', released on Friday 19th June 2020
From lock-up to lock down. From Birmingham to New York City. From tiny toilet venues to vast fortress festivals. Over ten years in the making. We crack open the vault, dust off the lost tapes and present our prequel album, ‘Echoes’. 
 
‘Echoes’, was forged deep under the industrial red brick train arches of Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. In our prized neon soaked band lock-up - over-crammed with instruments, games consoles and band detritus. Night after night, fuelled by a mission to make the best songs we possibly could, we would hole up and piece together these eleven songs and more. 
 
In between writing, gigging and running our own label and club nights, we lived together in our suburban band HQ, on the edge of Hobbit ridden Moseley Bog. Here we hosted disco lit kitchen parties to the close friends, bands and crazies which would come to symbolise everything we loved about our adopted city and scene. They made this album as much as we did. 
 
We’d like to thank Andy Taylor for his skills behind the recording desk and for helping organise the chaos of each session - we’d normally turn up to his studio wanting to record far too many songs in far too short a time. He made this possible and polished our punk spirited approach.  
 
As creative people we’ve always lived by the belief that we’re only as good as our next idea and we feel we’ve still got plenty of great music to make. So while ‘Echoes’, our third album and follow up to 2016’s ‘Wild Escape’, looks back and brings us full circle to our first album ‘Calypso’, we are going to be loading the flux capacitor, jumping back to the linear timeline and bringing you another new album very soon. We can’t wait. 
 
So until then, it just remains for us to say, thanks for listening.
 
Health and love. 
Jamie, Nick, Jim & Dan.


‘Echoes’ is available from June 19th 2020 vis all digital online stores worldwide.


Press Pack (Band shot, logo, album artwork) - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tsfuT6YXWDAEUeps8jGMRd5lItYte-HH?usp=sharing

Echoes

From lock-up to lock down. From Birmingham to New York City. From tiny toilet venues to vast fortress festivals. Over ten years in the making. We crack open the vault, dust off the lost tapes and present our prequel album, ‘Echoes’. 
 
‘Echoes’, was forged deep under the industrial red brick train arches of Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. In our prized neon soaked band lock-up - over-crammed with instruments, games consoles and band detritus. Night after night, fuelled by a mission to make the best songs we possibly could, we would hole up and piece together these eleven songs and more. 
 
In between writing, gigging and running our own label and club nights, we lived together in our suburban band HQ, on the edge of Hobbit ridden Moseley Bog. Here we hosted disco lit kitchen parties to the close friends, bands and crazies which would come to symbolise everything we loved about our adopted city and scene. They made this album as much as we did. 
 
We’d like to thank Andy Taylor for his skills behind the recording desk and for helping organise the chaos of each session - we’d normally turn up to his studio wanting to record far too many songs in far too short a time. He made this possible and polished our punk spirited approach.  
 
As creative people we’ve always lived by the belief that we’re only as good as our next idea and we feel we’ve still got plenty of great music to make. So while ‘Echoes’, our third album and follow up to 2016’s ‘Wild Escape’, looks back and brings us full circle to our first album ‘Calypso’, we are going to be loading the flux capacitor, jumping back to the linear timeline and bringing you another new album very soon. We can’t wait. 
 
So until then, it just remains for us to say, thanks for listening.
 
Health and love. 
Jamie, Nick, Jim & Dan.

At Sea

Same Two Tricks

Genevive You've Lost The Plot

Krook

Get Enough

White Lies

Feeling Or Failing

Cut Teeth

17th Cycle

The Honey Drip, the second single release from The Traps, looks set to build on the strong foundations laid by their debut single Calypso, released in January 2013.

The Honey Drip’s metronomic bassline and drumbeat allow the guitar and piano hooks to reign free throughout the song, while the band’s trademark melodies and harmonies drench the choruses. With a climactic outro laden with trumpets, saxophones, throbbing synths and heavy guitar hooks, The Honey Drip has become one of the standout songs from their live shows.

The Honey Drip will be released as a digital single through Speech Fewapy Records on May 13th.

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The Honey Drip

BAND: thetrapsofficial@gmail.com
LABEL: Speech Fewapy Records / Label Fandango - 

**3rd Album, 'Echoes' out June 19 2020
wwww.the-traps.com/echoes 
**'Wild Escape' out now**,  iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/wild-escape/id1076063073
Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/album/1DpEgnKTaLa2UCIZuHTFhB

**Debut album CALYPSO available on iTunes / Spotify / Amazon**: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/calypso/id706019981

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