Oh, Sleeper have premiered a new song titled “The Island” via Alternative Press. This track is from the band’s new album “Bloodied / Unbowed,“ which will be released on July 12.
Micah Kinard said the following about the song, which illustrates the band’s hiatus and eventual reunion through the metaphor of a sailor starting a mutiny:
“Telling everyone to forget the call that brought them there and to just ‘make it work,’ to become their own masters and carve out new lives. He builds his own kingdom, but every time he finally builds his throne, the island erupts, destroying it all. Every time he wakes up defeated, he just starts building again, determined to make it work, ignoring that this volcanic island he’s chosen to make his home will never sustain him. It simply was never meant to.”
“I actually feel like ‘The Island’ is the perfect blend of the old When I Am God Oh, Sleeper and our new matured sound. We’ve spent so long working on this album, writing, scrapping, rewriting, reworking every second of it, putting more thought and work into Bloodied/Unbowed than any album before it.”
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