sleepersound

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Genre: Prog, Experimental, Rock

Origin: Milwaukee, WI

Label: Independent

RIYL: Mono, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Radiohead, Mogwai, Can, Neu, Low, Dif Jez

US Publicist: CHRIS ESTEY / ESTEY@XOPUBLICITY.COM / 206 728 0457

"My Own Dead Love" 3/14/25

ALBUM ZIP (MP3) (WAV)

SINGLES

“Tread Down" 1/7/24 (Artwork) (BluRB) (Listen)

“Certain Beasts” 2/4/24(Artwork) (BluRB) (Listen)

“Ni Siquiera Tu” 2/28/24(Artwork) (BluRB) (Listen)

TOUR DATES:

SAT 3/1/25@ Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
THU 3/6/25 @ Indianapolis, IN @ Healer
FRI 3/7/25 @ Louisville, KY @ Mag Bar
SAT 3/8/25 @ Dayton, OH @ Blind Bob’s
FRI 3/28/25 @ Madison, WI @ Gamma Ray Bar
SAT 3/29/25 @ Minneapolis, MN @ Zhora Darling

Sleepersound’s My Own Dead Love is the absolute loveliest miserable experience you’ll ever have.

It’s the Milwaukee band’s third full-length album of vivid and picturesque post-rock, following up the praised In Medias Rias and Idle Voices, which were highly recommended by All Songs Considered, Outburn Magazine, and The Big Takeover, among many more of you.

Produced by Sleepersound and recorded and mixed by drummer and recording engineer Dan Niedziejko’s home studio, Indian not The Arrow and expertly mastered by Niedziejko’s former neighbor and Grammy winner, Trevor Sadler.

Musically, singer and lyricist Dave D’Antonio notes that Sleepersound “shifted their vantage point with this album to lean more into our influences ranging from Mogwai and Radiohead and Godspeed! You Black Emperor and Sahara-African artists like Tinarwin, Ali Farka Touré, Mdou Moctar,” D’Antonio says. “It also features a few direct influences from Chopin's first piano concerto and Tchaikovsky's Symphonie Pathetique.”

Niedziejko adds, “Rhythmically, I am always listening to Tony Allen, Bill Bruford, Terry Bozzio, Alphonse Mouzon and James Gadson. I know those drummers may not seem to make sense in the context of our sound, but close listens will tell on me! What's common about all those drummers is they distill the rhythms while throwing in unexpected elements.”

“I think Sleepersound is unique in how we pull it together as we see each other as equal in the songwriting process,” Niedziejko continues. “Many times, a melody and riff start with something Dave brings to practice. It's pretty organic. Often, I start a stripped-down beat and let it marinate and evolve. Mike thinks about adding depth and groove with bass and synths; and then we let it become its own thing.

“It's been nearly ten years as a band, and I consider that a real fortunate thing,” Niedziejko says. “Most bands don't last this long, and I look forward to making more music, playing live, and keep on keeping on with these guys.