As the genre-defying masters of stoner metal, the latest iteration of Sleep finds founding member and lead songwriter Al Cisneros newly partnered with the generational talent of Dale Crover (Melvins, Redd Kross) on drums and the iconoclastic Bubba Dupree (Void) on guitar.
While simpler minds may seek out the redundancy of a monotonous iterative exercise, the road map of new album Hempispheres is an exploratory vision, one replacing overload with nuance and subtlety yet maintaining the interplay that made the band so special from the outset.
So while the discourse on message boards and comment sections bemoans the amicable absence of long-time guitarist Matt Pike, real heads, visionaries and open-minded truth-seekers alike will be rewarded with not the Sleep album they anticipated or expected, but with Hempispheres being the album that is needed.
- Pre-order release date: 30th October 2026
- Indie exclusive pressing on opaque purple vinyl
- First new album since 2018's 'The Sciences'
Track Listing:
Side A
- Have Spacesuit Will Travel
- The Morrisist
- Hempispheres
Side B
- Arrival of the Industry Ships
- Whole Wheat Mountain Well Baked
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