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Team Sleep invite fans to join them as they record new album
By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 22 August 2014
Team Sleep are planning to record a second album, which means they might just get it out in time to mark the tenth anniversary of their debut. And they want fans who have waited patiently all this time to lend a hand with it.
Fronted by Deftones vocalist Chino Moreno, and featuring former Hella and Death Grips member Zach Hill on drums, the band released the (still great) ‘Team Sleep’ album in 2005. A second album, reported to be in production in 2007, never materialised, and it was generally thought that the project had come to an end.
Indeed, when discussing more recent side-project ††† in 2011, Moreno said that he didn’t want this band to suffer the same fate as his last, telling AOL’s Noisecreep: “The main thing about it is, I don’t want to hype it up and give people all these expectations. To me, that’s what made Team Sleep so hard to do. It was supposed to be this underground thing that would happen whenever, and it developed so much hype around it that it kind of ruined the whole thing for me”.
But – hurrah! – Team Sleep were not dead at all, just sleeping. Which, I guess, is appropriate. They have now revealed that they will head down to the Applehead recording studio in Woodstock on 17-18 Oct to record album number two.
Yeah, you’re right, those dates do seem unusually specific for a ‘band to record new album’ story like this. But that’s because they are inviting fans to come and join them in the studio as they record it.
In a statement, the band said this: “For a long time, business people, logistics, careers, adulthood, families and the House Republicans have thwarted us, but we’ve continued to make music. At the same time, the creative process has become increasingly fragmented and dehumanised. With that in mind, we’re very excited to get together with our dear friends, hang out, play music and have a unique experience in a beautiful place. We’d like you to be there, too. Your participation will be essential to the independent creation and release of the live performance and our forthcoming studio record; we look forward to seeing you”.
Essential how? Do they need some tambourines shaking, or something? No, they need cash, as far as I can see. Your essential input will pay for the studio time, it appears. Well, that and the money it’ll cost to produce all the extra bits and pieces – like hoodies, CDs and a gourmet meal with the band – that attendees will receive.
So, now I’ve got you interested, I’ll have to let you know that tickets to this are $500 each. Which seems like a lot of money. Did I mention the gourmet meal though? I bet that’ll be nice. If you’re still game, you can secure your place here.
