bamzelam Captures Scrappy Bedroom Intimacy on 'vhs'

Working as a chef in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Nicholas Papotto treats bamzelam as an audio journal for songs pulled straight out of his own life. 'vhs' stitches together voice notes and takes recorded between 2022 and 2026, laid down on an iPhone 12 using BandLab and a gaming headset he won in a Rocket League bracket, alongside a Keith Urban acoustic guitar his grandmother got him years back. Leaning on cues from Alex G, Sun Kil Moon, and Elliott Smith, Papotto skips formal theory for plain trial and error, calling out his layered vocal effects as the part he likes best.

The track sits in that restless headspace of lying awake in bed when sleep won't come, spilling quiet domestic frustration right onto the floorboards:

'Autumn night Chilly air Youre not here, im not there Always end up on the floor Staring at the bedroom door'

These lines set up that familiar, quiet numbness after a dumb argument, where you are left pacing a cold room and staring at the door frame while your thoughts loop. Recorded between bedrooms and whatever space was around, 'vhs' keeps every hiss and rough edge right where it landed, making no excuses for its bare-bones setup.