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From next February's full-length Sleep Forever

The Big Sleep Wake Up

By Michael D. Ayers

There's no shortage of love for The Big Sleep around these parts; so when their second full length arrived in ye ol' postbox, I jumped on the opportunity to get some more information on the surreptitiously titled Sleep Forever, due February 19, 2008 on Frenchkiss.

Oh, you don't know much about them? They're a three piece consisting of husband/wife team Danny Barria on guitar / vocals and Sonya Balchandani on bass / vocals, and new father, longtime Redskins fan Gabe Rhodes on drums. They've garnered a favorable following over the last few years, mainly due to a blistering, ear-splitting live show that teeter-totters between fast, hard-hitting guitar heavy instrumentals and swirling psychedelic-post rock. Post-post rock, if there is such a thing.

Sleep Forever, while still delivering more of the swirling, sprawling psychedelic goodness from before, shows a bit of their softer-side. Tender, and at times delicate. But they haven't gone all James Bluntified; there's still enough hard-hitting jams to blow your socks off.

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