* En anglais uniquement
This short-lived, heavy-drinking garage rock/trash rock trio existed for just over a year in the early 2000s in Providence, Rhode Island. Comprising a wild drummer and two guitarists,
the Traps played only briefly in their area, recording a six-song CD-R and gigging with garage bands that came through town. When
Coachwhips played one of these blistering gigs,
the Traps came to the attention of future
Thee Oh Sees main man John Dwyer, a member of
Coachwhips at the time. While
the Traps faded into obscurity and the bandmembers would join other groups before too long, Dwyer would revisit their scant few recordings at points, and in 2014 he gathered together all known archival recordings and compiled a ten-song LP entitled Boom Pow Awesome Wow for release on his Castle Face Records imprint. ~ Fred Thomas