Since Sleep (Myspace)

Since Sleep is an, I don’t know, shoegazer rock?, band based in LA that has caught my ears recently. The band appears to be currently unsigned and has been on MySpace since 2005.

I couldn’t find any more information about the band anywhere online, which makes me believe that they are currently dormant.

But still, I have to write this blog post just to share their beautiful melodic tracks like Honah Lee and Amillionbeatsperminute which got me sitting up straight, after listening to it on an 8tracks mix (which by the way, is great too if you’re looking for songs to relax to).

Now I’d like to embed the two tracks I mentioned above but unfortunately MySpace is still stuck in the early ’00s and doesn’t have embed functionality. So instead, I’m going to ask you to just click on the link to the MySpace page above and give it a whirl.

But if you’re lazy, here’s the 8tracks track that I’ve got me searching for more information about their band in the first place:

You guys have to check out these acoustic re-arranged covers of local songs originally sang by bands like The Great Spy Experiment, Postbox, Electrico and A Vacant Affair.

The folks from Replug IG, a music interest group from Republic Polytechnic got together to perform these amazing renditions.

Song: Class A Love Affair
Original Artist: The Great Spy Experiment
Rearranged by: The New Science Project from Replug IG
Vocals: Gerard
Guitars: Joel and Ezra
Bass: Rufus
Percussion: Shafeeq

Song: What do you see
Original Artist: Electrico
Rearranged by: Half a dozen from Replug IG
Vocals: Insyirah and Rachael
Guitars: Donavon and Kevin
Piano: Binh
Percussion: Shawal

Song: We are not the same
Original Artist: A Vacant Affair
Rearranged by: Flushed from Replug IG

Vocals: Zai and Liyana
Guitars: Irwan and Joel
Piano: Sarah
Percussion: Syazwan

Song: Amber
Original Artist: Postbox
Rearranged by: Calico from Replug IG

Vocals: Zeenol
Guitar: Sougat
Bass: Johnson
Saxophone: Solha
Percussion: Ahmad

Amazing amazing work. I especially love the saxophone intelude in Amber and the extremely chill version of “We are not the same” by A Vacant Affair.

I’m not going to bore you guys with my words, because that would mean I’ll be taking up the time that should be used listening to the songs.

Beautiful.

If anybody know these guys, please tell them that if they are interested in releasing an EP of these tracks and more, I’m more than willing to put my money in it. I love it.

You’re welcome. Rickroll’d.

Sara Wee and Bani’s performance of Sara’s original track ‘We Should Be Together’ at the Esplanade Recital Theatre sometime ago.

Sara Wee and Alvin Khoo (53A) performs a couple of days a week at Wala Wala (Holland V).

Bani’s the lead singer from the awesome B-Quartet on the Aging Youth label.