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