SLEEPTALKER

SLEEPTALKER - “Fractures”

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ABOUT THE ARTIST:

SLEEPTALKER is a 5-piece heavy music outfit from Tennessee, blending raw emotion, atmospheric ambience, and crushing intensity into a dynamic & progressive metalcore sound. Emerging in 2024 with the single 'LakeSideDreams,' we poured years of dedication into crafting our sound & identity. Our debut EP, 'Deathbed Confessions,' channels personal grief - most notably from our drummer Eugene Plastino's near-fatal car accident - into a powerful & moving sonic experience. The EP Features stand out collaboration track 'Illuminate(d)' with Myke Terry (Volumes, Fire From the Gods). After completing our first co-headlining tour in 2025, we released the track 'Kingdom of Glass,' produced & co-written by Periphery frontman Spencer Sotelo, and we are currently working with Sotelo on our debut album - slated to be released in 2027.

INTERVIEW:

1. “What moment made you realize you wanted to take music seriously?”

Once we started actually learning how to do things professionally, spending money on recording, music videos, etc. We realized early on we had a real chance to make this something, so we've done all we can to level up in every aspect since.

2. “Say, your music blew up tomorrow, what’s the first thing you’d do?”

If our music blew up tomorrow, we'd try to set up shows with some of our influences and favorite bands. We say all the time that connecting with people and playing live is our favorite part of being in a band, so being able to do that on a bigger scale and share it with more people would be a dream come true.

3. “What’s a song you’ve made that means the most to you—and why?”

The song that means the most to us would be the song Deathbed. Our drummer Eugene got into a near-fatal accident a few days before Thanksgiving and was in a coma with a broken back and neck. We were unsure if he'd even be able to walk ever again, let alone drum. Once he recovered, we wrote that song and video about the whole thing, so it's a deeply personal song to us.

4. “What emotion or mindset do you want people to feel when they hear your music?”

It depends on the song really. We mostly write pissed off or sad music. So giving people something that they can relate to and makes them feel something is usually the goal. Either letting them know their rage is justified or that they aren't alone is their misery. Music is an outlet for all of us, so we try to be that for others.

5. “What separates you from every other artist in your lane right now?”

I think we just try to do things right. We don't try to emulate other bands, but we see what works and what doesn't by our peers and we try to iterate. We're quick learners, passionate, all multi-talented to areas of the band outside of the music, so I think that's partially what sets us apart. We also don't have other bands or artists in mind when writing music - we don't follow trends or try to bandwagon, so I think being authentic to ourselves and influences is important.

BONUS. “Say someone just became a fan of you—what 1 song should they listen to first and why?”

We would say listen to Deathbed and go from there. That was the first song we wrote where we thought "yeah, this is what SLEEPTALKER sounds like." It has super heavy parts, groove, melody, ambience, and super personal lyrics. But we always try to never write the same thing twice, so going through what we've released and what we're working on right now,, you'll never really know what to truly expect from us next!

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