thebigsleep - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Formed in December 2002 from a desire to escape the desolate void of middle class suburban existence, *thebigsleep* comprise four fine upstanding young citizens of the Thames Valley's Number One Soulless Commuter Settlement (if you don't count Slough). Their aim, assuming they actually have one, is to provide a fitting soundtrack to life within the aforementioned soulless commuter settlement.*thebigsleep* have shared a stage with many bands, some more notable than others.Please contact band members for more details ([email protected]); last time we checked, they'd decided to stop spamming anyone who contacted them with amateur pornography."Creating huge, lush, texural soundscapes you could lump The Big Sleep in with the likes of Pelican, Godspeed! or Explosions In The Sky - this lot are definitely going places." - Rock Sound magazine

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 05/01/2005
Band Website: www.thebigsleep.org.uk
Band Members: *thebigsleep* are four separate entities:Ben Hall - Drums,Daniel Lovegrove - Bass,Laurence Eldred - Guitar/ Feedback,Mark Knight - Guitar/ Feedback/ Vox (on occasion).
Influences: *thebigsleep* are influenced (either collectively or individually) by the following: Explosions In The Sky, Mogwai, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Slint, Interpol, These Arms Are Snakes, Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Radiohead, Spacemen 3, Part Chimp, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Isis, Cave In, Dead Meadow, Sigur Ros, Red Sparowes, Comets On Fire, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Mono, The Icarus Line, Fugazi, Shellac, Joy Division, Drive Like Jehu, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Refused and an awful lot else.*thebigsleep* are also influenced by this shitty town they find themselves stuck in.
Sounds Like: Having your head kicked in outside the Ice Bar on a Saturday night.Or alternatively:"Even when you think the song has been abandoned, and the sound has subsided into pure glorious feedback, they suddenly pull together where they left off, and lapse back into some calm beauty of a melody. 5/5" - onthe-rocks.co.uk
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

'SOLO' (what a shitty phrase...) GIGS

Hey whoever is reading this, it's Mark. I have finally decided to venture into the world of playing live, outside of my bedroom walls, so thought I'd better send some word... or something l...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:43:00 GMT

MEGA UPDATE

It's been a long time coming and for that we'd all like to apologise..As fans and animals alike may have guessed thebigsleep have been dormant for the past few months/years/millennia...Members have be...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 09:47:00 GMT

TRACK NAMES

Right, so I've finally got to sit in front of a computer and thought I'd better post these track names. Whatever comes up on the cd is not the whole title (laziness is next to godliness). ...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 13:02:00 GMT

THE AUDIO WHATSITT - TONIGHT!!! (LISTEN THE HELL UP PT.II)

Afternoon. Tonight is going to be Ed's last radio show, more than likely last ever. So he's asked me to go along and enjoy the festivities. Which means i'll be choosing a few songs to play and general...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 13:22:00 GMT

LISTEN THE HELL UP

Yo. Our very good friend/ confidant/ lover/ pixie/ death-bomb, Ed has a radio show which 'airs' every Monday night at 10 o'clock on www.rarefm.co.uk just click 'listen live' and you'll be away.Tune i...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:00:00 GMT

thebigsleep@ 21 South St (14th)

THIS SAT (14th) @ 21 SOUTH ST (READING ARTS CENTRE) PETE & THE PIRATES THEBIGSLEEP MUF Would be lovely to see some people down there..Only 4 english pounds! Brand spankingly new CD's as well!...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:06:00 GMT

NEW TRACK! Are you serious..?

I can hardly believe it myself. "She Sheds Light In Darkest Corners" The new Cd is finally completed (for real?) and will be on sale at the Pelican gig for three of your British pounds, so come p...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:33:00 GMT

A big, big thank you

THIS MESSAGE IS A BIG, BIG THANK YOU TO THE GUYS IN SIRUS WHO LENT US NO END OF EQUIPMENT LAST SUNDAY IN LONDON. MOST OF ALL, THE SWEET, SWEET GUITAR I BORROWED. IF YOU EVER MEET THEM, BUY THEM A PINT...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:15:00 GMT

A big, long update.

Good afternoon my creatures, it's Mark here. I'm sitting in the studio at Daniel's and thought it might be about time we let anyone who cares know what's been going on lately... So Joe -our com...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Oct 2005 06:35:00 GMT

thebigsleep seek a new bassist.

As a few may be aware, Joe is leaving us in September to finally enter into the big wide world. Due to these rather unfortunate circumstances thebigsleep are seeking another bassist. We're l...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Aug 2005 04:11:00 GMT