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Luke Giffen: vocals, guitar Eric Peters: bass, backing vocals Vince Corsaro: drums
In the recording studio
Influences
80s-90s UK bands: Ride, Catherine Wheel, Swervedriver,Kitchens of Distinction, My Bloody Valentine, Adorable, Boo Radleys, Lush, Cocteau Twins, Chapterhouse, etc.
90s-current American & UK bands: Radiohead, Lilys, Starflyer 59, Muse, Doves, Mogwai, the Autumns, etc.
more recent bands: Interpol, Fields, Film School, Silversun Pickups, etc., etc.)
and of course, all things shoegaze, plus a Guinness or two. the shoegaze revival is now!
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In the heart of California's Central San Joaquin Valley, the members of The Sleepover Disaster came together out of a reverence for the shoegaze scene of late 1980s UK, working since to develop a sound greater than the sum of their influences. The members of the band played in more than a dozen bands over the years; this is the band we were looking for.
discography:
Cultivation Vol.4 compilation (1999) Only If CDEP (2000) Staring at Nothing CD (2001) Scene but not Herd Velvet Blue Records compilation Vol. 3 (2002) A Salute to Local Bands KFSR 90.7FM 20th anniversary compilation (2002) Loud is the New Quiet CD (2004) Appendix Sessions Vol.1 Greytank Records compilation (2004) Rock of the Tower! compilation (2004) The Oceanographer CDEP (2005) Lower Class Revolt, Vol.1 Devil in the Woods Records compilation (2008) Hover CD (Devil in the Woods Records). CD release: Feb.10, 2009; Digital release on iTunes, eMusic, and every other download site on the planet: Jan. 28, 2009
selected press:
…string-bending My Bloody Valentine-gone-Slowdive sweeps and Swervedriver slashes-this thrusting threesome pull out every stop. Hover ranges from gently beautiful burbles (…with a slight warp of whammy bar and spectral vistas!)… to hammer-damage riffing and soaring melody. Giffen’s guitars are like rocket launchers of sonic darts, a cathedral of cosmic caucophony… they beat you up as much as cram your speakers with cloudy, starburst soundscapes. The Sleepover Disaster is suddenly the thickest flare of any band that ever lost years to the Cocteau Twins or MBV’s “Soon”. Like For Against’s latest, Shade Side Sunny Side, the well-named Hover is spectacular dreampop, breathing new life and volume into shoegaze’s enduring ghostly dissonance. (5 in Jack’s Top 40 Reviews, issue 63). -The Big Takeover, re: Hover CD (street date: Feb.10, 2009, digital Jan.28, 2009)
This [CD] is awesome. ...one of the best records of this type you've never heard of. Play it over and over and over and over... -The Big Takeover, re: The Oceanographer CDEP
"...great songs...complete with guitar overload and 6-string beauty as well. A classic if anyone's looking." -Dagger, re: The Oceanographer CDEP
If songs like these...are a sign of things to come from the band, I'm all for it. ...awesomely charged vocal performance.LosingToday.com, re: The Oceanographer CDEP
layered soundscapes of guitars married to some pounding post-shoegazer rock... This record is just shockingly great. Fire up that browser and get out the credit card. -The Big Takeover, re: Loud is the New Quiet CD
one of the finer bands to be found on the shoegazer scene today. Very impressive. ...some truly killer songs that you will return back to over and over again. -LosingToday.com, re: Loud is the New Quiet CD
dreamy-yet-intense shoegazer pop. Rightfully, it should be loud.Magnet, re: Loud is the New Quiet CD
crystalline [electric] guitars and solid, pounding rhythms. Top 15 Under the Radar records of 2005Dagger, re: Loud is the New Quiet CD
hey guys, sorry about the late notice, but we just wanted to let you know we will be playing w/dead meadow tomorrow night at audie's olympic. it should be pretty awesome. hopefully we will see you there, and hopefully we can share a stage w/you all sometime in the near future. -strange vine
Fantastic show last night, I wish you guys would have played longer. I still can't believe the 3 of you can create such a vast wall of sound. I am really enjoying listening to HOVER today, a great sounding record with amazing songs.
FREE SHOW!!! TONIGHT!!!
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