The newly reconfigured Sleep are back with another new single, “The Morrisist“, which they’ve dropped in tandem with the announcement of their first new album in some eight years, “Hempispheres“. That record will be out on September 03rd digitally, with a vinyl pressing to follow on October 30th. Third Man Records, the label headed up by Rock & Roll Hall Of Famer Jack White, will be handling that release.
Controversially, this new album finds the band moving forward without guitarist Matt Pike (High On Fire, etc.). Bubba Dupree (3rd Secret, ex-Void, etc.) was brought on as his replacement. Melvins drummer Dale Crover is behind the kit for this new record. This latest track and album from the enduring stoner metal outfit expands upon their legacy of worshipping heavy metal architect, Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi.
“Hempispheres” track listing:
01 – “Have Spacesuit Will Travel“
02 – “The Morrisist“
03 – “Hempispheres“
04 – “Arrival Of The Industry Ships“
05 – “Whole Wheat Mountain Well Baked“
Pre-saves are available now via ffm.to/hempispheres. Additionally, pre-orders for the comic book tie-in to this new record can be found via Third Man Records in two formats, a standard edition and a signed special edition. That book was penned by Sleep‘s own Al Cisneros and feeatures illustrations from Dave Kloc and Arik Roper. The following was said of that 24-page read:
“Here begins the saga of The Marijuanaut. An adventure which takes the reader to Planet Iommia, encounters with The Weedian, and introduces the traveller to Iommia’s deeper reverential practices, and more that resonates within the universe that Cisneros‘s lyrics created from the riff filled lands of Sleep’s discography.”
As previously announced, the band will be out touring on the record this fall:
09/08 San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
09/09 Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
09/10 Albuquerque, NM – Revel
09/12 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
09/13 Austin, TX – Levitation
09/14 Oklahoma City, OK – Tower Theatre
09/16 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
09/17 Salt Lake City, UT – The Grand At The Complex
09/18 Boise, ID – Treefort Music Hall
09/20 Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
09/21 Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
09/22 Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
09/23 Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
09/25 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
09/26 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
09/27 Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst
09/28 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
09/29 Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
11/04 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
11/05 Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater
11/06 Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
11/07 Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall
11/09 Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre
11/10 Montreal, QC – Club Soda
11/11 South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Ballroom
11/12 Boston, MA – Roadrunner
11/13 Hudson, NY – Basilica Hudson
11/15 Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts
11/16 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
11/17 Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre
