Sleepyard
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Sleepyard is a psychedelic pop band from Norway. Oliver Kersbergen formed the band in 1994 to record the first demo "Velvet sky". Later on brother Svein joined in and they started playing concerts.
The band released the minialbum “Intersounds” on their own label Orange music in 1998. This was hailed as one of the very first post rock albums from Norway.
Sleepyard released “The runner” on trust me records (2003) and contributed music to the movie Monsterthursday
, which was nominated for best foreign film in the 2005 Sundance film festival.
Next album "Easy Tensions" saw the band reaching for a more mellow and richer sound. Their multi tracked vocal harmonies reminded critics of the Beach Boys and drew comparisons to the psychedelic sound of Smile.
On their latest album "Future lines", the band has collaborated with Pianist Mike Garson
and Sonic Boom from Spacemen 3
.
The band released the minialbum “Intersounds” on their own label Orange music in 1998. This was hailed as one of the very first post rock albums from Norway.
Sleepyard released “The runner” on trust me records (2003) and contributed music to the movie Monsterthursday
Monsterthursday
Monsterthursday was a 2004 motion picture release about a quirky love triangle between a surfer, his carpenter's best friend and the surfer's wife , who was previously married to the carpenter, Even ....
, which was nominated for best foreign film in the 2005 Sundance film festival.
Next album "Easy Tensions" saw the band reaching for a more mellow and richer sound. Their multi tracked vocal harmonies reminded critics of the Beach Boys and drew comparisons to the psychedelic sound of Smile.
On their latest album "Future lines", the band has collaborated with Pianist Mike Garson
Mike Garson
Mike Garson is an American pianist, most notable for his work with David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, Billy Corgan, Free Flight, and The Smashing Pumpkins.- Early career :...
and Sonic Boom from Spacemen 3
Spacemen 3
Spacemen 3 were an English alternative rock band, formed in 1982 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Peter Kember and Jason Pierce. Their music was "colorfully mind-altering, but not in the sense of the acid rock of the '60s; instead, the band developed its own minimalistic psychedelia"...
.
In 2010 the band collaborated with Jim Shepherd of The Jasmine MinksThe Jasmine MinksThe Jasmine Minks are a British indie band, whose early singles were amongst the first releases by Creation Records.-History:Formed in Aberdeen in 1983, the band were initially a quartet of Jim Shepherd , Adam Sanderson , Martin Keena, and Tom Reid...
and released a 7" Down Tangerine Road on his Oatcake Records.
The band have now completed a version of Chocolate river for an upcoming Sky Sunlight Saxon tribute album
Discography
- Intersounds (1999) Orange/Intersounds
- The runner (2003) Trust Me Records
- Easy tensions (2006) Orange/Intersounds
- Future lines (2009) ccap Knirk
- Down Tangerine Road 7" (2010) Oatcake Records