sleep ∞ over

We're beyond psyched to announce that we're teaming up with our good friends at Dallas' historic Granada Theater this summer to throw the first ever Gorilla vs. Bear Festival, on the evening of Saturday, July 23. The inaugural lineup couldn't be much more representative of the inspiration and history behind this blog, as it features our current favorite band (White Denim), the newest endeavor of

Here's the dreamy, lovesick a-side from the new single by ex-Sleep ∞ Over members Christa Palazzolo + Sarah Brown, aka Austin's Boy Friend. The Lovedropper 7" drops May 16 on Hell, Yes! Limited to 1000 copies, with the first 300 coming on orange vinyl...

Laurel Halo turns the new Sleep ∞ Over single into a skittering, swirling machine-like jam that's much colder than the original, but every bit as haunting : mp3: Laurel Halo's remix appears on the limited Casual Diamond 7" single, out tomorrow on Hippos in Tanks...

We first mentioned Austin's Boy Friend -- the new project from ex-Sleep ∞ Over members Christa Palazzolo + Sarah Brown -- back in January, and now the duo has announced their first physical release in the form of the new Lovedropper 7" single, out in May on Hell, Yes...

Sleep ∞ Over alpha femme Stefanie Franciotti has a new tape out on Bathetic Records under her free-form "psych-murk" side-project moniker Raga Chrome. The label says, "It's the kind of dark-ish purple and turquoise fog that hollows out your skull and leaves it full of fairy dust and debris," so we'll go with that...

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In the time since we released Sleep ∞ Over's transcendent Outer Limits 7" single last Spring on Forest Family, two of the band's three members left to form a new group, leaving the status of the project's future somewhat vague for a minute there...

Austin's Boy Friend is the new project of (former?) Sleep ∞ Over members Christa Palazzolo + Sarah Brown. Christa sent over the duo's gorgeous, soaring new EP, which glows with the same cavernous, ghostly dream-pop vibes that earned Sleep ∞ Over's devastating Forest Family 7" all of those Cocteau Twins/Beach House comparisons: mp3: Download Boy Friend's 4-song EP here...

We helped curate this official Fun Fun Fun Fest afterparty at the Mohawk on Friday, November 5, starring Memory Tapes, Sleep ∞ Over, and a secret special guest headliner + Fol Chen and Soft Healer on the inside stage. Only $5 with your FFF wristband...

unofficial video by MEGABEATS mp3: