Exotic Fever Records is proud to announce the release of Now Sleepyhead’s debut full-length CD, Nocturne. This release is the result of an exciting partnership with Pop Faction Records, a label based in the band’s hometown of Richmond, Virginia. Now Sleepyhead formed in the summer of 2004 when veteran Virginia rockers Karen Creighton and Michael Otley began playing guitar and piano songs together. Michael’s former bandmates Oura Sananikone and Phil Barbato soon joined to round out the group.
Now Sleepyhead recorded Nocturne in 2007 and 2008, the band creating and capturing its diverse sounds—a mix of introspective indie, pummeling shoe-gazer, and atmospheric rock. The members share conviction about social justice issues, which is how we met them in the first place, through their submission of an incredible animal rights–centered track "Pandemic" for our Compassion Over Killing benefit compilation.
These hardworking and collaborative artists share instrumental and vocal duties, which gives each song a very different feel, making the band impossible to pigeonhole. The instrumentation includes acoustic and electric pianos, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, drums, Casio SK-1, bellkit, organ, French horn, and shaker. The members also collaborated on the beautiful Digipak artwork and have plotted weekend jaunts and tours throughout the rest of the year in support of the release. We are thrilled to present this powerful first release and recommend any track as a starting point, particularly "Who the Fuck" and "Eternal Damnation," the first two songs on the CD.
post some show info or something, dangit. I saw that you told Dan you were playing, but I see no details. also, I need to be in your top friends, like now. I'm your number 1 fan!
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hey michael, thanks for panda veg. this weekend. im glad we could get together even if its just for an hour. hope you had a good ufo match last night. talk to ya soon.
so I see that naousheh is in your top 8...may I just say that she has played two shows in my huge garage a while back...we used to have bands come play there...till it got shut down. but that's not the point. the point is that it makes me happy you all like her cause she's a talented gal.
