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About Me

Sleepy Eyes of Death's debut LP 'Street Lights For a Ribcage' will officially street on July 17th. Recorded/mixed in Seattle at Chroma and Soundhouse, Street lights was produced by Sleepy Eyes and Zack Reinig (Black Heart Procession, Blonde Redhead).
Citing inspiration from My Bloody Valentine, Kraftwerk, and 80's soundtrack hero John Carpenter to Trans Am and M83, Sleepy Eyes of Death fill the gap between ambient shoegaze and dance-centric instrumental epics from the Dirty South. With intentions of creating a wall of analog induced sound thick enough to bury their listeners, Sleepy Eyes of Death employ an array of a half dozen different types of keyboards (often simultaneously) with that of heavily constructed doses of effected guitar. While often relying upon stark drum machine beats for pacing, live drums give way to flourishes of energy and mathematical fluidity throughout their sets. In addition to their music, Sleepy Eyes of Death are devoted to synchronized smoke, light, and cinematic accompaniment at all of their shows.
Street Lights for a Ribcage [available online]
[digital downloads also available]
"Sleepy Eyes of Death employ an arsenal of antique machines and only the occasional acoustic instrument or human voice to achieve grand, cinematic results. ..a terrific debut score."
Eric Grandy :: The Stranger/thestranger.com
"While there's something lost in the translation from live to recording (you can't capture mood lighting and fog on a CD), this mostly instrumental collection captures the sheer grandiosity of the Sleepy Eyes of Death sound. This CD is going to turn a lot of heads and is a definite contender for one of the region's best albums of 2007."
Donte Parks :: seattlest.com
"This Seattle band follows up their promising debut EP with this excellent full-length of hypnotic space-rock. Sleepy Eyes of Death combine guitars and synthesizers for an epic, mostly instrumental electro-rock sound."
Don Yates :: KEXP 90.3FM/kexp.org
"The band uses a number of keyboards and periodic guitar effects to create a very large sound but never to the point of overwhelming where it seem like it may be reaching the point of overkill. No, these guys pretty much know what they are doing and have made good use of every instrument and effect that they employ. ..just genuinely inspired and moving music that I imagine shoegazers out there will enjoy heavily."
Jonathan Harnish :: BuiltOnAWeakSpot.com
"Seattle's wunderkinds of syntho-electric instrumental moodiness.."
JFlores :: ThreeImaginaryGirls.com
self titled EP [available online]
â€œBesides having an AWESOME name, this band is a nice addition to the scene. Moody, emotional ep full of surprises. Hopefully a sign of things to come!â€
John Richards :: KEXP 90.3FM/kexp.org
â€œKraftwerk, and shoegazer all filtered intellectually into creating their own original sound. You can strongly recognize it's experimental sound, but the experimentalness never becomes introverted, remaining energetic and showing how seemingly excited these musicians are in creating music together.â€
Hiroshi Ohira :: Cookie Scene vol.49 June/July 2006

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/10/2004
Band Website: sleepyeyesofdeath.com
Band Members: Keith ::: moog, roland, drums, mpc, sampler

Brandon ::: industrial light and magic

Cassidy ::: guitar

J Andrew ::: korg, guitar, sampler, vocoder

Joel ::: moog, roland, drums, programming, vocals
Influences: My Bloody Valentine, Kraftwerk, Goblin, John Carpenter, Mogwai, ESG, M83, Trans Am, Fennesz, Gary Numan, Isis, Brian Eno, Boards of Canada, Glen Branca, Three Mile Pilot, Susumu Yokota, Neu!, Tangerine Dream, Zombi, Kling Klang, Supercar, .. Japanese 7-11's, Dual Analog Controllers, multi-region DVD players, and flowers (wilted).
Sounds Like: dual tiered keyboard stands, guitar, machine/live drums, and fog machines over heating.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Vera show - belated thanks!

Better late than never, we wish to thank all the rad people we met at the Vera show on the 13th! We're extremely sorry that we were unable to perform an entire set due to the mishap with the fog mach...
Posted by Sleepy Eyes of Death on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:18:00 PST

Fall Update

After having a pretty good summer with the release of our full-length, we're all ready for Fall (our favorite season of the year - or at least mine). And what better way to celebrate 9 months st...
Posted by Sleepy Eyes of Death on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:09:00 PST

KEXP Song of the Day [podcast]

Monday, July 23rd we're stoked to announce that we'll have a song featured as the Song of the Day on KEXP's daily Podcast! Mean Time Till Failure off our new full-length will be offered totally free....
Posted by Sleepy Eyes of Death on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:10:00 PST

Buy Street Lights For A Ribcage online!

The good folks over at Sonic Boom were nice enough to include our LP in their online store.Sonic Boom Records...
Posted by Sleepy Eyes of Death on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:33:00 PST

thank you, thank you

Everyone who came out for our CD release show on Saturday night, thanks! Even through the dense haze of fog rising from the stage, we were surprised to see how great of a turnout we had for our set l...
Posted by Sleepy Eyes of Death on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:33:00 PST

Early album reviews

Thanks to both KEXP and KXLU down in Los Angeles for playing Street Lights, semi-frequently!Also found album reviews from both KEXP and The Stranger!...
Posted by Sleepy Eyes of Death on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:53:00 PST

Album release details!

After a year+ in the making, our debut full length CD is finally ready! Street Lights For A Ribcage will be officially in stores (or at least local Seattle ones) on July 17th. You'll also be able to...
Posted by Sleepy Eyes of Death on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:53:00 PST

yo! Exclusive track on New Comp.

The newest Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly(vol.8) is now available and along with Joy Wants Eternity and a bunch of other Seattle locals and dudes from around the country, has a track from yours truly.Rol...
Posted by Sleepy Eyes of Death on Thu, 24 May 2007 02:15:00 PST

may shows - thanks!

Big ups to everyone who came out to either of our shows last week.. The album is done. No really, it is. CD release sometime in early July hopefully.
Posted by Sleepy Eyes of Death on Mon, 21 May 2007 12:22:00 PST

February +

After months of silence we're getting proper again at the practice space and preparing for some shows. Brandon promises to dazzle with an even more complex light/fog display - wear sunglasses and fir...
Posted by Sleepy Eyes of Death on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:56:00 PST