Watch: Sleepy Sun - “Open Eyes”

We know, we know. We just posted an album review for Bay Area psych-rock sextet Sleepy Sun’s latest album, Fever, but we couldn’t resist doubling up on that action with this awesome video for, “Open Eyes.” Since Sean McCoy already penned 200-plus words on the band’s highly enjoyable new album, we’ll let this video speak for itself. Enjoy.

Sleepy SunFeverATP Recordings (2010)
Genre: IndieRating: B+
Call it all-embracing, contemporary white-boy blues, or call it some hippie jam band that has their shit together, but they just call themselves Sleepy Sun. This San Francisco six-piece has released its second album, Fever, with nine earthy tracks rooted in enough soul that not even Peter Venkman can contain it.
What fuels this musical machine are the vocal compliments of Bret Constantino and Rachel Fannan. Their male/female harmonizing on “Rigamaroo” brings an element that is rare in the muck of all the auto-tuned yowling that usually floods the ears these days. Tracks like “Ooh Boy” ignite a grace typically found in old country and gospel tunes, yet you’re receiving it without Catholic guilt or Christian piety. “Desert God” switches to an epic nature, like attempting to score a thunderstorm. The track pokes lightly for a spell until the drums fall like brimstone with a harmonica solo that honestly shreds; those two quickly sit on low heat so as to reign in the might of some hefty guitar work.
From there, we’re privy to bass lines that hum like a a power plant (“Freedom Line”) and tribal percussion that could make any heathen dance like the devil (“Marina”). “Sandstorm Woman” closes the album with the feel of a smokey jazz lounge hidden away in some dingy back alley that panders to crowds rolling on psychedelics. Besides a stretch of abrasive guitar effects, this ender wraps up all of Sleepy Sun’s angles. Fever is an album that flows so sweetly it seems to be over before it begins—even though your ears have been blessed for the better portion of an hour.
-Sean McCoy
Listen:“Open Eyes”


Sleepy Sun on Last.fm

Sleepy Sun
Fever
ATP Recordings (2010)

Genre: Indie
Rating: B+

Call it all-embracing, contemporary white-boy blues, or call it some hippie jam band that has their shit together, but they just call themselves Sleepy Sun. This San Francisco six-piece has released its second album, Fever, with nine earthy tracks rooted in enough soul that not even Peter Venkman can contain it.

What fuels this musical machine are the vocal compliments of Bret Constantino and Rachel Fannan. Their male/female harmonizing on “Rigamaroo” brings an element that is rare in the muck of all the auto-tuned yowling that usually floods the ears these days. Tracks like “Ooh Boy” ignite a grace typically found in old country and gospel tunes, yet you’re receiving it without Catholic guilt or Christian piety. “Desert God” switches to an epic nature, like attempting to score a thunderstorm. The track pokes lightly for a spell until the drums fall like brimstone with a harmonica solo that honestly shreds; those two quickly sit on low heat so as to reign in the might of some hefty guitar work.

From there, we’re privy to bass lines that hum like a a power plant (“Freedom Line”) and tribal percussion that could make any heathen dance like the devil (“Marina”). “Sandstorm Woman” closes the album with the feel of a smokey jazz lounge hidden away in some dingy back alley that panders to crowds rolling on psychedelics. Besides a stretch of abrasive guitar effects, this ender wraps up all of Sleepy Sun’s angles. Fever is an album that flows so sweetly it seems to be over before it begins—even though your ears have been blessed for the better portion of an hour.

-Sean McCoy

Listen:
“Open Eyes”

Sleepy Sun on Last.fm

Watch: Sleepy Sun - “Open Eyes”

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