Smooth Loft’s “Dorm” is certainly one of 2025’s most stunning songs – a dreamy, tender, soul-stirring reminder to step exterior, persevere, and discover magnificence within the storm. Talking to Atwood Journal, the Swiss indie collective – an simple artist-to-watch – opened up about their journey, their ethos, and the center on the middle of their charming new single.
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I feel if our music makes folks really feel much less alone on this world, that’s the one factor I wanna do… the world goes loopy, and I do hope folks discover some consolation and possibly even a sense of sanity in music.
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“I see mountains, I see forests, I see birds looking for shelter,” Smooth Loft’s Jorina Stamm sings in a second of pure grace.
Her phrases echo like a mantra for resilience, carrying heat, marvel, and quiet power in each breath. Light acoustic strums ripple like raindrops on a windowpane, and Stamm’s voice – aching but assured, fragile but sturdy – rises to satisfy them with breathtaking readability.
“Dorm,” the Swiss indie band’s newest single, is as tender and soothing as it’s heat and welcoming – a soul-stirring lullaby for resilience and launch, a second of uncooked humanity that’s come to us once we wanted it most. One of the stunning releases of 2025, “Dorm” is dreamy, golden, heartfelt, and profoundly human: A two-and-a-half minute reminder that instances can, will, and do get powerful, however we’re nonetheless right here, nonetheless stepping exterior, nonetheless transferring ahead.
I stroll alone
on rocky stone
slippery methods
from time to time
from time to time
some rays
I see mountains
I see forests
I see birds looking for shelter
I see mountains
I see forests
I see birds looking for shelter
oh it’s raining however I nonetheless
oh I nonetheless step exterior
Launched September 19, 2025 by way of [PIAS] Recordings Germany, “Dorm” is Smooth Loft at their most intimate and impressed. The Brugg, Switzerland-born collective – comprised of Jorina Stamm (vocals/guitar), Lukas Kuprecht (drums), Marius Meier (bass), Sarina Schmid (keyboards), and Simon Boss (guitar) – have lengthy sought to make music that looks like a protected house. Their Trendy Roses EP, launched earlier this yr, was hailed by Atwood Journal as “a heartfelt, handmade assortment that invitations us to take a seat with our emotions… and discover magnificence within the in-between.”
The place that document bloomed with sweeping indie pop and radiant balladry, “Dorm” arrives softer and subtler, a single beam of sunshine piercing by the storm.
Its appeal lies in each its simplicity and its sincerity. As frontwoman Jorina Stamm explains, the track was born within the rain:
“‘Dorm’ is about life and pulling by,” Stamm tells Atwood Journal. “I bear in mind very nicely sitting in Ticino writing new songs and in some way it felt like I didn’t have a lot left to say, and requested Luk what I ought to write about. It was raining exterior, however nonetheless so stunning… He talked about one thing about it being wet exterior however eager to nonetheless step exterior and that kinda hit one thing and the phrases got here pouring out.”
She continues, “It’s a easy story and in some way a easy track, however I feel that’s precisely what it’s about – it’s about trying up and appreciating the wonder round us and about pulling by when instances really feel just a little powerful. It’s all the time good to step exterior, even when it’s raining.”
nobody to name
the telephone’s left alone
I’m getting my footwear
on and go
go and take a stroll
That unadorned honesty – as candy and nostalgic as it’s actual and true – is Smooth Loft’s superpower. It’s additionally what makes “Dorm” so totally irresistible. Constructed from Stamm’s delicate fingerpicking and blossoming into wealthy harmonies, the observe captures the intimacy and intentionality of stepping ahead regardless of the burden of the rain. “I see mountains, I see forests, I see birds looking for shelter,” Stamm sings, her voice glowing like a lantern. The refrain lifts the track right into a communal second – one to chant collectively, to carry onto, to consider in. Particularly in October 2025, because the world teeters in uncertainty, “Dorm” arrives like a balm: A harbinger of perseverance, of hope, of tender resilience.
When you’ve been looking for music that looks like a hand in your shoulder and a breath of recent air, look no additional.
With songs which are directly intimate and expansive, mild but fearless, dreamy but grounded, Smooth Loft are an simple artist to look at – not as a result of they’re chasing perfection, however as a result of they’re dedicated to capturing what it feels wish to be alive in all its magnificence, fragility, and mess. And in a yr outlined by uncertainty, concern, and eager for connection, “Dorm” bottles that have in 4 minutes of hushed radiance – shining as proof of what this band does finest, and reminding us all of what actually issues on this world.
I see mountains
I see forests
I see birds looking for shelter
I see mountains
I see forests
I see birds looking for shelter
oh it’s raining however I nonetheless
oh I nonetheless step exterior
oh it’s raining however I nonetheless
oh I nonetheless step exterior
With that in thoughts, we caught up with Smooth Loft’s Jorina Stamm to speak about their music, their journey, and the center behind “Dorm.” Because the band proceed to develop into themselves, their music solely turns into extra important, extra human. Learn our intimate interview beneath, and let this track’s phrases be a reminder to step exterior – even when it’s raining – and discover the wonder that’s all the time ready for us.
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A CONVERSATION WITH SOFT LOFT
Atwood Journal: Smooth Loft, for many who are simply discovering you right this moment by this writeup, what would you like them to learn about you and your music?
Jorina Stamm: Smooth Loft is a band, we’re shut buddies simply attempting to do music as truthfully and with as a lot enjoyable as attainable. Music all the time helped me so I hope our music finds the appropriate folks in order that it might assist too.
I like that you have just lately began calling yourselves an “indie-something-something collective” – technique to keep away from any bins, whereas retaining it gentle! What do you hope to encourage by the music you are placing out into the world as Smooth Loft?
Jorina Stamm: Thanks! I feel describing our music in bins is the toughest factor ever, trigger in spite of everything we’re those simply creating one thing and never notably those placing it into genres. I bear in mind getting requested about what style our music is for our press textual content, and as I didn’t have a very good reply, I answered “indie-something-something,” and we stored it because it’s as correct as attainable! [laughs]
Who’re we even to encourage? I feel all we would like is for us to have the ability to do music and to do it with as a lot devotion as attainable. The factor I like most about music is that it brings collectively and it lets folks really feel, so I simply hope that individuals will join. Our first EP was referred to as ‘In Case You Nonetheless Get Lonely,’ as music all the time helped me once I was feeling very alone, and I feel if our music makes folks really feel much less alone on this world, that’s the one factor I wanna do. Particularly previously few months the world goes loopy, and I do hope folks discover some consolation and possibly even a sense of sanity in music.
Earlier this spring we mentioned your EP, Trendy Roses. What’s your relationship with that document and its songs now, about half a yr out from its launch?
Jorina Stamm: It does really feel like a extremely very long time in the past already trigger a lot has occurred since then, nevertheless it nonetheless feels good and it nonetheless looks like we created one thing that was actually only for us and now folks get to take pleasure in part of us.
What is the story behind your new single, “Dorm”?
Jorina Stamm: It “Dorm” is about life and pulling by. I bear in mind sitting in Ticino writing new songs and in some way it felt like I didn’t have a lot left to say and requested Luk our drummer what I ought to write about. It was raining exterior, however trying exterior the window watching timber and mountains and the rain in some way felt very comforting… He then talked about one thing about it being wet exterior however eager to nonetheless step exterior and that kinda hit one thing and the phrases got here pouring out. It’s a easy story and in some way a easy track, however I suppose that’s precisely what it’s about, it’s about trying up and appreciating the wonder round us and about pulling by when instances really feel just a little powerful. It’s all the time good to step exterior, even when it’s raining.
“I see forests, I see mountains, I see birds looking for shelter” – Are you able to share just a little bit about what these lyrics, about what these phrases imply to you?
Jorina Stamm: The road is just about about describing what I noticed in that second whereas writing the track but additionally attempting to get folks to go searching them just a little bit extra and admire the wonder we’ve obtained throughout us if we’d simply step exterior.
What instantly struck me about this track is how comfortable and tender, how totally aching it’s. Was {that a} aware selection for the manufacturing, or did it come naturally with the lyrics?
Jorina Stamm: With this track, all the pieces sort of occurred very quick and felt very pure, there wasn’t quite a lot of fascinated with it. It simply sort of got here as it’s now, and we’re very pleased with the benefit and urge it’s obtained.
You’ve got beforehand shared how “Dorm” is about pulling by – stepping exterior, even when it’s powerful, and looking out as much as admire the wonder throughout us. What about these concepts and feelings impressed this track – what’s it about, for you?
Jorina Stamm: I feel precisely this, to not let your self sink too deep into your blankets and nonetheless rise up and do one thing, get impressed, go exterior, do all the pieces to have the life that you really want for your self. And do that even when it’s exhausting typically and also you don’t really feel like stepping exterior within the rain.
As a result of I understand how a lot power you place into the songwriting portion, what are your personal private favourite lyrics on this track?
Jorina Stamm: Hmm, powerful query ‘trigger it wouldn’t actually be a track that I’d be particularly happy with any of the lyrics, however extra the vibe it transports. However let me say: “I see mountains, I see forests, I see birds looking for shelter. Oh it’s raining however I nonetheless, oh I nonetheless step exterior.”
I like these bits most ‘trigger they’re sort of observing however nonetheless they stand for a complete lot extra, they stand for a power to not keep in your little shell on a regular basis they usually stand for being courageous and outgoing and sort of stepping exterior and doing hopefully all the appropriate issues.
Hope is such an intoxicating feeling, and it appears to trickle by “Dorm” in each easy and surprising methods. I discover myself feeling lighter after listening, regardless of or maybe on account of the track’s rawness. What’s your relationship like with hope, as an emotion and an thought?
Jorina Stamm: Ah I like this! ‘Trigger when the track obtained launched, I wrote one thing about this track in some way being such a straightforward and easy track and that it hopefully would make folks really feel extra relaxed. And being relaxed is in some way related to being hopeful, I suppose. My relationship with hope, I suppose I’m all the time on the lookout for hope in each state of affairs and particularly in songs, I are likely to attempt to flip the saddest track right into a hopeful state of affairs ultimately. Can’t go away folks hanging within the disappointment. And particularly right this moment, what would we do with out hope. Let’s be hopeful and step exterior and switch stuff round.
What do you hope listeners take away from “Dorm,” and what have you ever taken away from creating it and now placing it out?
Jorina Stamm: I hope listeners take away this ease and urge whereas listening to the track, I hope it makes folks go exterior within the rain and I hope it makes folks be all cuddled up in a blanket at house afterwards. Additionally it’s a very good track to sing alongside and do harmonies, I hope folks sing with it haha!
It’s humorous the way it was written so quick and now additionally launched so quick and I’ve to remind myself that releasing a track or placing music out there’s not all the time very significant as I might like it to be, however we’re so happy with what we’ve accomplished and the track sounds so good we’re simply completely satisfied to share that with the world and all the pieces else will come as soon as we’ve stepped exterior a few extra instances.
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