SLEEPY SUN - Embrace (digi) on sale

SLEEPY SUN - Embrace (digi)
Whether droning madly, spiralling into cascades of infinitely echoing vocals or kicking back with their blissed-out take on classic Americana rock, Sleepy Sun are a band that demand your attention. Formed in Santa Cruz and now based in San Francisco, this intense sextet are set to release their breathtaking debut album, Embrace, in May. Recorded in Vancouver, British Columbia, in January 2008, the album is the sound of West Coast psychedelia updated for the late noughties. Golden Artifact was conceived in the band's Santa Cruz living room, nicknamed The Dungeon for its low ceilings, low lighting, and various smells, and sounds like a dark incantation. Thunderous freakout New Age, meanwhile, was written after watching every Hellraiser and Jim Henson film in succession. Tellingly, this unique band's catchphrase is 'Let's Get Weird'. Comprising Brian Tice (drums), Jack Allen (bass), Rachael Williams (vocals, haberdashery & interpretive dancing) Bret Constantino (vocals & harmonica), Evan Reiss (guitars) and Matt Holliman (guitars) - all 22 and 23, the band met in the counter-cultural hub city of Santa Cruz, California, citing "pizza, horticulture, Neil Percival Young," as common interests. "With the forest and ocean as our back drop, we were drawn to each other as fellow musicians, friends, and lovers" they say.