Sleepwall - Come in From the Cold 7''

After seeing names like Seaweed, Hum, and Dinosaur Jr. thrown about when reading up on the fairly new Long Island outfit Sleepwall, I felt obligated to take a listen to their new single out now on Toxic Pop Records. The band doesn’t take long to impress on this three song effort, leaping back in time a bit to the rich times of 90’s indie rock/post-hardcore where they’ve managed to put to tape some excellent no bullshit rock. Side A features the track “Come in From the Cold”, which is probably the most upbeat of the three tracks included while being jammed packed with riffs galore. The B side contains the absolutely smoking and more punk driven “The World is Too Dark”, which may be my favorite track of the bunch. It’s funny, as the description on the labels site mentions, if I weren’t told who this was by or when it came out I would be surprised to learn that this 7 inch was released this year, let alone this decade. However, as much as it draws from indie-rocks past it’s still entirely refreshing to hear something like this that has such an emphasis for tapped out distortion AND plenty of jangly melody to boot. Definitely check this out if you get the chance.

Sleepwall – Come in From the Cold [MP3]

For anyone looking to pick this up, and I highly suggest doing so, it can be had over at Toxic Pop Records. Enjoy and everyone have a good weekend!