Bad Trips – “Trapped Under Ice” [Video]

“A Mind-Melting Trip“

NYC experimental/noise trio Bad Trips are back with a brand-new visual for “Trapped Under Ice,” a standout cut from their freshly released album Nothing But Trouble. The Ridgewood/Queens crew of Andy Borsz, David Drucker, and Konrad Kamm once again twist fuzz, rhythm, and pure sonic weirdness into something that feels like a VHS hallucination made for after-midnight headphones.

The video leans hard into the band’s warped, off-center world. “Trapped Under Ice” builds an eerie pulse that mixes industrial haze with a krautrock heartbeat, drifting into that sweet spot between hypnotic and unhinged. It’s the kind of track that blurs the edges just enough to make you grin, especially if you grew up blasting noise in a basement and watching B-movies you definitely weren’t supposed to see.

Nothing But Trouble may carry the same blown-out energy as Melted Teenagers, but there’s a stronger backbone here—more shape, more hooks, and still plenty of chaos. The trio jump from rattling noise detonations (“Bone Dealer”) to grooved-out psych wanderings (“Children of Spirit Force”) to what they jokingly call “Texas High School Football Loner Rock” (“High Spirits”). Those teenage misadventures aren’t just stories—they’re part of the band’s DNA, and they play them with a mix of humor and heart.

Bad Trips pull from all corners: the scorched jams of The Dead C, the fried circuitry of Wolf Eyes, the head-spins of Butthole Surfers, and the zoned-out drift of Spacemen 3. But instead of copying, they carve their own lane, one built on community, DIY invention, and the thrill of bending sound until it does something new. Yes, some of those synth-like noises are actually custom Pure Data code running on a Linux micro-computer. Yes, it somehow makes everything better.

If you want noise that feels alive, playful, and a little dangerous, Bad Trips deliver. Nothing But Trouble is out now on LP and digital formats—grab it, blast it, and maybe melt a little.

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