Smooth Loft’s “Dorm” is considered one of 2025’s most stunning songs – a dreamy, tender, soul-stirring reminder to step outdoors, persevere, and discover magnificence within the storm. Chatting with 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 individuals really feel much less alone on this world, that’s the one factor I wanna do… the world goes loopy, and I do hope individuals discover some consolation and perhaps even a sense of sanity in music.
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“I see mountains, I see forests, I see birds in search of shelter,” Smooth Loft’s Jorina Stamm sings in a second of pure grace.
Her phrases echo like a mantra for resilience, carrying heat, surprise, and quiet power in each breath. Mild acoustic strums ripple like raindrops on a windowpane, and Stamm’s voice – aching but assured, fragile but sturdy – rises to fulfill 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 crucial stunning releases of 2025, “Dorm” is dreamy, golden, heartfelt, and profoundly human: A two-and-a-half minute reminder that occasions can, will, and do get powerful, however we’re nonetheless right here, nonetheless stepping outdoors, nonetheless shifting ahead.
I stroll alone
on rocky stone
slippery methods
at times
at times
some rays
I see mountains
I see forests
I see birds in search of shelter
I see mountains
I see forests
I see birds in search of shelter
oh it’s raining however I nonetheless
oh I nonetheless step outdoors
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 secure area. Their Fashionable Roses EP, launched earlier this 12 months, 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 file bloomed with sweeping indie pop and radiant balladry, “Dorm” arrives softer and subtler, a single beam of sunshine piercing by way of the storm.
Its allure lies in each its simplicity and its sincerity. As frontwoman Jorina Stamm explains, the tune was born within the rain:
“‘Dorm’ is about life and pulling by way of,” Stamm tells Atwood Journal. “I bear in mind very nicely sitting in Ticino writing new songs and one way or the other it felt like I didn’t have a lot left to say, and requested Luk what I ought to write about. It was raining outdoors, however nonetheless so stunning… He talked about one thing about it being wet outdoors however desirous to nonetheless step outdoors and that kinda hit one thing and the phrases got here pouring out.”
She continues, “It’s a easy story and one way or the other a easy tune, however I feel that’s precisely what it’s about – it’s about wanting up and appreciating the sweetness round us and about pulling by way of when occasions really feel slightly powerful. It’s at all times good to step outdoors, even when it’s raining.”
nobody to name
the telephone’s left alone
I’m getting my sneakers
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 in search of shelter,” Stamm sings, her voice glowing like a lantern. The refrain lifts the tune right into a communal second – one to chant collectively, to carry onto, to imagine 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.
If you happen to’ve been looking for music that looks like a hand in your shoulder and a breath of contemporary air, look no additional.
With songs which are without delay intimate and expansive, mild but fearless, dreamy but grounded, Smooth Loft are an simple artist to observe – 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 12 months outlined by uncertainty, worry, 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 in search of shelter
I see mountains
I see forests
I see birds in search of shelter
oh it’s raining however I nonetheless
oh I nonetheless step outdoors
oh it’s raining however I nonetheless
oh I nonetheless step outdoors
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 under, and let this tune’s phrases be a reminder to step outdoors – even when it’s raining – and discover the sweetness that’s at all times ready for us.
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A CONVERSATION WITH SOFT LOFT
Atwood Journal: Smooth Loft, for many who are simply discovering you immediately by way of this writeup, what would you like them to find out about you and your music?
Jorina Stamm: Smooth Loft is a band, we’re shut pals simply making an attempt to do music as actually and with as a lot enjoyable as doable. Music at all times helped me so I hope our music finds the correct individuals in order that it will possibly assist too.
I like that you have not too long ago began calling yourselves an “indie-something-something collective” – strategy to keep away from any containers, whereas conserving it mild! What do you hope to encourage by way of the music you are placing out into the world as Smooth Loft?
Jorina Stamm: Thanks! I feel describing our music in containers is the toughest factor ever, trigger in any case we’re those simply creating one thing and never significantly 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 superb reply, I answered “indie-something-something,” and we stored it because it’s as correct as doable! [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 doable. The factor I like most about music is that it brings collectively and it lets individuals 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 at all times helped me once I was feeling very alone, and I feel if our music makes individuals really feel much less alone on this world, that’s the one factor I wanna do. Particularly prior to now few months the world goes loopy, and I do hope individuals discover some consolation and perhaps even a sense of sanity in music.
Earlier this spring we mentioned your EP, Fashionable Roses. What’s your relationship with that file and its songs now, about half a 12 months out from its launch?
Jorina Stamm: It does really feel like a very very long time in the past already trigger a lot has occurred since then, but it surely nonetheless feels good and it nonetheless looks like we created one thing that was actually only for us and now individuals 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 way of. I bear in mind sitting in Ticino writing new songs and one way or the other 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 outdoors, however wanting outdoors the window watching bushes and mountains and the rain one way or the other felt very comforting… He then talked about one thing about it being wet outdoors however desirous to nonetheless step outdoors and that kinda hit one thing and the phrases got here pouring out. It’s a easy story and one way or the other a easy tune, however I suppose that’s precisely what it’s about, it’s about wanting up and appreciating the sweetness round us and about pulling by way of when occasions really feel slightly powerful. It’s at all times good to step outdoors, even when it’s raining.
“I see forests, I see mountains, I see birds in search of shelter” – Are you able to share slightly 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 tune but in addition making an attempt to get individuals to go searching them slightly bit extra and respect the sweetness we’ve obtained throughout us if we’d simply step outdoors.
What instantly struck me about this tune is how smooth and tender, how totally aching it’s. Was {that a} aware alternative for the manufacturing, or did it come naturally with the lyrics?
Jorina Stamm: With this tune, every part sort of occurred very quick and felt very pure, there wasn’t a number of serious about it. It simply sort of got here as it’s now, and we’re very proud of the convenience and urge it’s obtained.
You have beforehand shared how “Dorm” is about pulling by way of – stepping outdoors, even when it’s powerful, and looking out as much as respect the sweetness throughout us. What about these concepts and feelings impressed this tune – 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 outdoors, do every part to have the life that you really want for your self. And do that even when it’s arduous typically and also you don’t really feel like stepping outdoors within the rain.
As a result of I understand how a lot power you set into the songwriting portion, what are your individual private favourite lyrics on this tune?
Jorina Stamm: Hmm, powerful query ‘trigger it wouldn’t actually be a tune that I’d be particularly pleased with any of the lyrics, however extra the vibe it transports. However let me say: “I see mountains, I see forests, I see birds in search of shelter. Oh it’s raining however I nonetheless, oh I nonetheless step outdoors.”
I like these bits most ‘trigger they’re sort of observing however nonetheless they stand for an entire 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 outdoors and doing hopefully all the correct issues.
Hope is such an intoxicating feeling, and it appears to trickle by way of “Dorm” in each easy and surprising methods. I discover myself feeling lighter after listening, regardless of or maybe because of the tune’s rawness. What’s your relationship like with hope, as an emotion and an thought?
Jorina Stamm: Ah I like this! ‘Trigger when the tune obtained launched, I wrote one thing about this tune one way or the other being such a straightforward and easy tune and that it hopefully would make individuals really feel extra comfy. And being comfy is one way or the other linked to being hopeful, I suppose. My relationship with hope, I suppose I’m at all times searching for hope in each scenario and particularly in songs, I are inclined to attempt to flip the saddest tune right into a hopeful situation ultimately. Can’t go away individuals hanging within the unhappiness. And particularly immediately, what would we do with out hope. Let’s be hopeful and step outdoors 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 tune, I hope it makes individuals go outdoors within the rain and I hope it makes individuals be all cuddled up in a blanket at dwelling afterwards. Additionally it’s a superb tune to sing alongside and do harmonies, I hope individuals 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 tune or placing music out there’s not at all times very significant as I’d like it to be, however we’re so pleased with what we’ve accomplished and the tune sounds so good we’re simply pleased to share that with the world and every part else will come as soon as we’ve stepped outdoors a few extra occasions.
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