Filed under: electronic, goth, music | Tags: ambient, electronic, music, Neil Smith, synthpop
Released July 26 is Fralick, a twelve-song, instrumental electronic album. It’s a collection of music Neil has putting together for the past year or so. The tracks range from mellow and ambient to upbeat and happy-synthy.
Fralick is now available via Bandcamp for $5. Please share the link! Have a listen below.
Also note that the music is published under a Creative Commons license and is available for your podcast, film or other project under Attribution, Noncommerclal, Share Alike. More info. on the license is available here.
Filed under: electronic, goth, music, Never in a Million Years, press, The Sleep | Tags: alternative, Cincinnati, CityBeat, Dave Eberhardt, electronic, goth, Laura Smith, music, Neil Smith, Never in a Million Years, news, press, The Sleep
We are honored to announce that The Sleep has been nominated for Best of 2009 Cincinnati Entertainment Award (CEA) in the “experimental/electronic” category. The band is very surprised and excited and are asking fans to go to the CEA site and vote. And you don’t have to live in Cincinnati to vote! Voting continues until mid-November.
Click here to vote!
Filed under: electronic, goth, music, Never in a Million Years, press, The Sleep | Tags: Elwood Emission, Luciar, Lucy Kalantari, Never in a Million Years, The Sleep
Lucy Kalantari of Luciar and Elwood Emission wrote a lovely review of Never in a Million Years on her blog. Here’s a taste:
On my first listen to Never in a Million Years, I noticed how I had been listening to instrumentals for quite some time before hearing any vocals–for about 6 minutes in fact. I understood immediately that The Sleep lays emphasis on ambience, vibe and sonic texture… Track 5 “Take Me” is one of my favorites on the album. The taunting phrase, “is it worth it?” made me second guess what I had been doing at the time, as if the song were talking to me directly. I remembered this wasn’t a voice on my head, but a song I was listening to. Powerful stuff.
Pop over to A Few Little Notes and check out the rest of what she had to say. You can click on links to check out her music while you are there.
Thanks so much, Lucy!
Filed under: electronic, goth, music, Never in a Million Years, The Sleep, video | Tags: Bill Poff, Dave Eberhardt, Laura Smith, Music Video, Neil Smith, Never in a Million Years, Pro Video Bandits, Susan Jung, That Part of You, The Sleep
We are happy to premiere our very first music video! It is for the song “That Part of You.” It was directed by Bill Poff and we love it! Especially in HD!
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Please watch it, rate it, comment on it, link to it! AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, EMBED IT WHEREVER YOU PLEASE! Below is a link to the video on Vimeo. You can watch and even download it there in HD.
We couldn’t have done it without the help of the following people! Thanks so much to everyone who contributed to this project. You guys made it happen!
The Sleep is:
Neil Smith
Laura Smith
Dave Eberhardt
Directed by William Poff
CAST
Susan Jung – Woman
Steven Brumer – Man
Ben Saunders – Director of Photography
Thomas Green – Key Grip
Jim Tobergta – Production Design
Peggy Edwards – Costumes
Christa Harrison – Laura’s Makeup
Susan Pagliaro – Editor
Neil Smith – Post Production
Special Thanks To:
Jennie Chacon
Paula Rakestraw
Wilma Gaunt
Dave Flege
Pat Tobergta
Gayle’s Vintage Clothing
Riverside Center Antique Mall
Filed under: electronic, goth, iTunes, music, Never in a Million Years, press, The Sleep, video | Tags: alternative, Cincinnati, electronic, goth, iTunes, music, Never in a Million Years, news, press, The Sleep, video
In the very near future, The Sleep will be releasing their first music video from the album Never in a Million Years. In the meantime, check out some photos taken at the video shoot.
Filed under: electronic, goth, iTunes, music, Never in a Million Years, The Sleep | Tags: alternative, commentary, electronic, free download, goth, iTunes, Never in a Million Years, podcast, The Sleep
Listen to alternative electronic band, The Sleep [Neil Smith, Laura Smith and Dave Eberhardt], as they discuss the making of their debut album, Never In A Million Years, in a track-by-track commentary. With special guests Will Crewdson and Tony Miracle.
Available for free on iTunes
Click here to download directly or listen online.
Filed under: electronic, goth, music, Never in a Million Years, press, The Sleep | Tags: Cincinnati, CityBeat, Interview, Never in a Million Years, The Sleep
Check out the article about The Sleep in Cincinnati’s CityBeat. Thanks so much to C.A. MacConnell!
Awakening With a Powerful Alternative/Electronic Debut
Filed under: electronic, goth, iTunes, music, Never in a Million Years, press, The Sleep | Tags: alternative, electronic, goth, iTunes, music, Never in a Million Years, news, press, The Sleep
The Sleep’s debut album was recently reviewed in City Beat, a Cincinnati paper:
Also just released on iTunes is Never In A Million Years, the debut album by new, moody Cincy-based Electronica trio The Sleep. The band consists of singer Laura Smith, Neil Smith on keys, synths and electronics and guitarist Dave Eberhardt, who has performed with the late Katie Reider and singer/songwriter Holly Spears. The sound of the album is very 4AD, with ambient, airy soundscapes, a dash of psychedelica, excellent, diverse guitar work and Laura’s breathy, ethereal vocals. If you dug the recent M83 album Saturdays = Youth or were a fan of Dead Can Dance and Cocteau Twins, you’ll find The Sleep’s dreamy sound incredibly mesmerizing. You can find a preview of the album on The Sleep’s MySpace page: myspace.com/thesleepmusic. A free album booklet — with liner notes and lyrics — can be downloaded at the band’s official site. The album will be available soon at other online music-buying outlets.Filed under: electronic, goth, iTunes, music, Never in a Million Years, The Sleep, Uncategorized | Tags: alternative, electronic, goth, iTunes, music, Never in a Million Years, news, The Sleep
Never in a Million Years, the debut album by The Sleep, is now available for purchase at iTunes (US and UK).
Also coming soon to Rhapsody.
Want lyrics and liner notes?
Click here to download the free Never in a Million Years digital booklet.
Filed under: electronic, goth, music, Never in a Million Years, press, The Sleep | Tags: Again and Again, alternative, electronic, free download, goth, insomnia radio, music, Never in a Million Years, news, press, The Sleep
The Sleep’s first – and free – single “Again and Again” was featured as a Daily Dose on Insomnia Radio.
Insomnia Radio is a small tight-knit family of volunteers on different continents working to bring you a wide variety of indie music worldwide since 2004, usually rock-centric. We consistently dive into the musical ether for the love of helping quality independents, for the appreciation of discovery, and the pure joy of being music fanatics. [Taken from the Insomnia Radio website]
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