
by Andrew Sacher Sleepies at Glasslands in January ( more by Amanda Hatfield ) Brooklyn punks Sleepies play locally a lot, and they've got more hometown shows coming up with some pretty great lineups. This Tuesday (4/23) at Death by Audio , you can catch them opening for the Merge-signed Barren Girls on their previously announced tour (which also hits Cake Shop on Wednesday with Weird Womb [...]

For your streaming pleasure, here is our third installment of Friday Night Vids for the year numbered 2012... Streamable: Haolam Avad Mizman* (youtube) by Vaadat Charigim** Downloadable: Haolam Avad Mizman (mp3) Translations: * The World Is Long Lost ** Exemptions Committee Streamable: Terra Firma (youtube) by Sleepies Streamable: [...]
Sleepies crudely animated video for Terra Firma . The crudeness adds to the charm. Their new record Weird Wild World is due out August 12th on Godmode.
indie-rock-jukebox : Sleepies - Terra Firma
This two-minute cartoon smash of Brooklyn band Sleepies , "Terra Firma," might be the best thing you'll see all day. This usually happens once a year; some band I miss out on releases an insane video, coupled with garbled lo-fi punk, and I can't help but love it. Check it out below and grab the band's album Weird, Wild, World August 21.

- "Terra Firma" music video by Sleepies - Added on 13-07-2012 - Genre : Rock & Alternative - Description : Official HD Music Video. Sleepies "Terra Firma" [from Weird Wild World, out 21 Aug 12 on Godmode/16oh] Directed by Preston Spurlock Animation by Preston Spurlock Produced by The Men's Ben Greenberg. Mastered by Josh Bonati. Sleepies are Thomas Seely (vox/guitar), Josh Intrator (bass), Max Tremblay (drums). Weird Wild World: Out 21 August 2012 on Godmode (Digital) [...]
For two gritty, fast, loud and high-energized minutes Brooklyn's Sleepies throw you into the world of "Terra Firma." The video, animated and produced by Preston Spurlock, oozes hysteria and agitation, the same character found instantly in ... read more
"Terra Firma" is a two-minute blast of teetering, raucous, punk-speed rock, all fast and loose and full of fierce, kinetic focus. It's by Brooklyn's Sleepies, and should be particularly enjoyable for fans of The Men , whose Ben Greenberg produced it along with the rest of the forthcoming LP Weird Wide World , bringing knowing hands to Sleepies' bruising hooks. (The album comes via God Mode Records, the label run by music-world luminary Nick Sylvester, so it stands to reason that fans of Sylvester's Mr. Dream will also feel solidly grounded here, too.) The "Terra Firma" [...]