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If you go in expecting some relatively generic but good sounding riffs and zero ground broken then it's pretty decent.

SPACERITUAL wrote:Where have you been all my life

Here. Waiting. Patiently.

Now kiss.

Holy living fuck this album rules complete face!

Heavy as shit? Check.

Dune references on weed? Check.

Outstanding bass/drum/guitar/vocal? Check.

Monolithic killer thawed icebergs? Check.

Perfectly enjoyable stoned or otherwise? Check.

5 out of 5 rating right there, the math doesn't lie.

And now to expand a little further, before I get utterly trashed in a haze of booze and drug tonight. Fuck sense, I'm too old for that shit.

I didn't even know the album was released until a friend at work said "dude, you dig the new Sleep?" At that moment I vowed to procure it as quickly as possible. It arrived a week later from a cool record store up north around 4pm on Friday. So I went home, opened a beer, spun the first half, smoked a bowl, and then completed the second half. That was quite enjoyable. Sounds like Sleep. Somewhere between more accessible than Dopesmoker but not as varied as Holy Mountain. That's fine, what did I want anyhow? Good heavy rock. Mission Accomplished.

So the next morning, being Saturday, I got up early to disappear into the woods for the day. Fuck sleeping in, I'm too old for that shit. I grabbed a handful of CDs, some maps, a bit of food + water, and ventured up the highway to get lost for a spell. I started off with The Sciences and don't recall what else I brought with me, because when the album ended I just let it loop back and start anew. Again. And again. And again. And probably 3 more times after that. I only broke up the tunes with some random hikes and staring at the last bits of snow on Old Greyback.

Go to nature. Praise Hicks.

That is potentially the best post I've read.

coldbrightsunlight wrote:If you go in expecting some relatively generic but good sounding riffs and zero ground broken then it's pretty decent.

I just finally checked it out and I kind of feel like this. It's pretty good. I'll definitely listen to it again, and I dig some of the more ambient leads happening on The Botanist.

Like, I feel like this album at the end of the day was ment to be more of a "hey, we're back and we can still bring the Sleep you expect" type of thing. Throwing The Botanist at the end was smart. Its something new coming from what sleep normally does. Hopefully its a sign of where they're gonna go next with whatever follows The Sciences.

Counterpoint: This band has been creatively dead since 1996 and all three members have current projects that they can (and have) pour(ed) their forward momentum into and this record is just fan service to the fact that they've been touring old material for nine years

^^^

HOWEVER! I did give a listen to my copy of Volume 1 for the first time in a hot minute and I forgot how much of a banger Catatonic is, speaking of The Botanist (the slow bit of the former gives me similar vibes to the latter). I wonder if I still have my Aesbestosdeth CD somewhere.

And, obviously, I cannot be objective about the Sleep family tree. It's some of the most important music to me and has been forever, so the new album gives me all sorts of glorious dopamine chills.

Yeah that’s all true.

Third man still haven’t sent my copy. I should probably email them and ask them what the fuck goes on.

D.o.S. wrote:Counterpoint: This band has been creatively dead since 1996 and all three members have current projects that they can (and have) pour(ed) their forward momentum into and this record is just fan service to the fact that they've been touring old material for nine years

What is Al working on? From my research he hasn't really done much in the last 4 or more years.

It might not be super original but Antarcticans Thawed might be Sleep's best track (in the sub-40minute category at least)