News: Rotterdam Post-Punks Tramhaus Release Debut Album 'The First Exit' Out Now Via Subroutine Records

Rotterdam Post-Punks Tramhaus share long-awaited debut album – ‘The First Exit’ – via Dutch independent label Subroutine Records.

Clocking in at just over 30 minutes, ‘The First Exit’ delivers a 9-song blast of coruscating punk-rock thrills; fierce, but patently danceable, the music of Tramhaus feels like a soundtrack to a vivacious, mysterious, and dangerous story. There is no room to lean back as the band takes you with them in a drag race full of emotions and euphoria driven by streamlined, fiery songs mixed with fragile and abstract tones.

It’s also the most accurate realisation yet of their furious live-shows, which has seen the band perform all over the world since forming in 2021, rapidly making them “a word-of-mouth live sensation” (The Needle Drop). Chalking up multiple EU/UK wide tours, eight shows at SXSW, a seven-date tour of Japan, the band can also boast performances at practically every major European showcase festival going (The Great Escape, Reeperbahn, Eurosonic et al).

Garnering critical press/radio acclaim in the UK and the U.S, Tramhaus have won multiple plays on BBC Radio 6 Music (Steve Lamacq, Deb Grant), KEXP (“Track of The day”) and Radio X (John Kennedy), in addition to widespread press backing from The Quietus, CRACK, NME, The Line of Best Fit, So Young Magazine, Rough Trade, The Needle Drop, Under The Radar and Beats Per Minute

To mark the album’s release, the band embark on the biggest headline tour-to-date from October, spanning 28 dates in 10 countries (including a UK stint in November), commencing at their biggest Dutch headline at Amsterdam’s iconic Paradiso.

Speaking about the album, guitarist Micha Zaat states:

“Suffice to say, we are immensely proud of this thing we birthed called ‘The First Exit’. One might even say it is our magnum opus up until this point. Anyway, expect a lot, expect dissonance and twisted dreams, personal stories and introspective contemplation. Truly a product of the ethos of a postmodern world.”

Check out the video for track Once Again, below: