The highly anticipated third album from Sleepy Sun, "Spine Hits" will be released on April 9 in Europe via ATP Recordings and April 10 in the USA via The End Records.
The album was produced by Dave Catching, Ethan Allen & Sleepy Sun, and mixed by Ethan Allen & Jim Watts. All songs were recorded at Hicksville Trailer Park & Rancho De la Luna in December 2011, except Track 8 "Still Breathing", recorded at Louder Studios, San Francisco in May 2010 by Tim Green.
"Earth-quaking riffage in such carefully measured, perfectly spaced-out rations." - Pitchfork
"Sleepy Sun are at their best when they revel in both light and dark, unleashing throatily riffing guitars to disrupt pastoral interludes." - NME
"Brings LSD's dark side to the hippies, layering head- pummeling Black Sabbath metal and head-tripping Flaming Lips psychedelia on top of Fleet Foxes folk." - Spin
"While their sound evokes another time (and intensely altered states of being), it's their flair for strangeness (in the form of massive basslines, syncopated percussion) that has their rabid fan base screaming." - Esquire
Tour:
03/07 Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst Atrium
03/08 Los Angeles, CA - Echo*
03/09 Flagstaff, AZ - Monte Vista Lounge
03/10 Scottsdale - AZ - The Rogue Bar*
03/11 Santa Fe, NM - VFW Hall *
03/12 El Paso TX Low Brow Palace*
03/13 San Antonio TX The Korvoa Basement *
03/18 Dallas, TX Club Dada - BRO FEST *
03/20 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
03/21 Lincoln, NE - Bourbon Theatre
03/22 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
03/23 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
03/24 Reno, NV - St. James Infirmary w/ The Soft White Sixties
(* w/ Crystal Antlers)
Tracklisting:
1. Stivey Pond
2. She Rex
3. Siouxsie Blaqq
4. Creature
5. Boat Trip
6. V.O.G.
7. Martyr's Mantra
8. Still Breathing
9. Yellow End
10. Deep War
11. Lioness (Requiem)
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