Emerging from Essex, UK, Details is a new instrumental post-rock quartet making their debut with the EP From the Backroom, released July 18, 2025. Recorded and produced entirely DIY, this five-track release marks an impressive first step that introduces a clearly focused sound and direction. With angular guitar lines, slow-burning dynamics, and bursts of noise, the band channels early Mogwai, Jakob, and traces of God Is An Astronaut — and in leaning into those influences, the EP doesn’t try to reinvent the genre, but instead delivers a compelling take on it.
Across its five tracks, From the Backroom moves with a careful sense of pacing, gradually unfolding a sound that shifts between quiet tension and full-bodied, emotionally charged climaxes. The opener, “Stay Lost,” sets the tone early, building patiently before reaching a cathartic lift-off that feels as emotional as it is loud. That balance also recurs in the well-timed surges of “Nice Try, God,” one of the standout tracks on the EP. Elsewhere, the nostalgic drift of “Sad Ticker Tape Parade” offers a gentler moment. It’s a spacious breather that expands the record’s emotional range without breaking its atmosphere.
The fourth track, “Lunaring,” is the EP’s most compelling moment. Melodic yet still drenched in atmosphere, it stands out as the most fully realized blend of the band’s noise-driven leanings and more introspective tendencies. Think a meeting point between GIAA’s spatial textures and Mogwai’s earlier, heavier material. The closing track, “Klopeks,” acts as a summation of sorts and provides a fitting end to a record that thrives on contrast and shadow play.
As a debut, From the Backroom is undeniably solid. The band delivers a strong first impression with a sound that is immersive and often beautifully bleak. Their greatest strength lies in how cohesively they shape this atmosphere: not just moody, but shaded with emotion, heaviness, and an undercurrent of subtle darkness. If there’s one area for growth, it’s in pushing their songwriting beyond the familiar quiet-loud dynamic that the genre tends to lean on a little too much. There’s room for further experimentation in structure and texture, and it’ll be interesting to see how they push those boundaries on future releases.
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