Sleepwalk – View From The Outside (CD)
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Sleepwalk occupy a particular corner of the shoegaze and dream-pop world where density and melody aren't at odds, building walls of sound that still leave room for a song to breathe. Recording at Earth Analog puts them in direct conversation with the heavy, droning Midwest rock lineage that runs through Champaign-Urbana, a region with a quietly influential history in alternative music. For fans of slowcore and layered guitar textures, this one rewards headphone listening.
View From The Outside was tracked over twelve days at Earth Analog in Tolono, Illinois - the studio of Matt Talbott, guitarist/vocalist of one of Sleepwalk's major influences, Hum. The band once again worked with Zac Montez (Whirr, Cloakroom), a producer known for textured atmospherics who also helmed their Underneath The Shade album. Montez's love of electronic music enhances View From The Outside as an unusually three-dimensional aural and emotional experience. "The [newer] compositions are definitely more thought out," mulled Davis, the band's principal songwriter and lyricist. "A good balance of gloominess, hooks, and raw emotions."
Tracklist:
- Point Break
- Sandbox
- In Flames
- Suckerfish
- Jan 22
- The Lighthouse
- Cold Front
- Shell
- Dreamlessness
- Pushback
UPC: 634164444914
Label: Mnrk Heavy
Release Date: 11.13.26
Format: CD