The official tracklist officially confirms the rumours of vocal collaborations with Simon Neil from Biffy Clyro on the song ‘Nervous‘ as well as Deryck Whibley from Canadian punk rock veterans Sum 41 for ‘No Defeat For The Brave‘. Alongside the already released ‘Sleeps Society‘ and recent banger ‘You Are All You Need‘, the album will include the track ‘Call Of The Void‘ revealed to feature members of the Sleeps Society, teasing involvement from While She Sleeps’ hardcore fan base.

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The band revealed the second promo single ‘You Are All You Need‘ last Sunday during Daniel P. Carter’s ‘Rock Show‘ on BBC1. An undeniable masters of their craft and confidently moving to a league of their own, While She Sleeps deliver some of the most exciting arrangement and guitar work in modern metal, backed by rich bass sections, restless drums and singer Loz Taylor’s versatile vocal performance. Lead guitarist Sean Long talks about their new single and video, giving some insight on the direction of their explosive recent track and video:

“We are always trying to express a certain kind of emotion or internal insight and sometimes you really hit the nail on the head, expressing it how you imagined, and other times you miss it completely. Well, this time we hit it dead on with no room for speculation. The song says it how it is and reminds us to stop looking outwards for approval & validation. The video is a colour explosion from start to finish and, with the current state of this dull bleak world, we think it’s going to be the colour everyone needs to illuminate their spirits, even if it’s only for three minutes.”

While She Sleeps shared the psychedelic video for ‘You Are All You Need‘ at 6pm on Monday with a premiere that coincided with Architects’ latest track ‘Meteor‘ reveal on BBC Radio 1 and immediately sent ripples across the music media. In a seemingly coincidental yet powerfully unified action at both fronts, for a brief moment all eyes and ears were focused on two of the leading contemporary metal exports from the country, continuing the recently reinvigorated surge across the entire scene.

YOU ARE ALL YOU NEED MUSIC VIDEO OUT NOW! https://t.co/4bEHAZ3eFS pic.twitter.com/aYb3hcsJFN

— WHILE SHE SLEEPS (@whileshesleeps) February 8, 2021

2021 is already shaping to be a truly exciting time for modern metal fans and professionals across the UK, making the most of these troubled times. With established bands morphing into genre-defining global heavyweights and talented new acts confidently rising to fill the ranks, main albums charts are increasingly seeing more guitar-driven and louder music across the spots. Only recently Bring Me The Horizon confidently grabbed the top spot with the physical release of their seminal EP Post Human: Survival Horror, while Enter Shikari and Bury Tomorrow seamlessly broke into Top 10 in 2020, just to name a few without pinpointing specific genres.

Building on the momentum with the likes of While She Sleeps and Architects demanding the attention of primetime national radio shows and making press headlines with their highly anticipated new albums Sleeps Society and For Those That Wish To Exist, now is as exciting time as any to follow the new trends. Curiously, Biffy Clyro’s frontman Simon Neil is set to feature on both bands’ upcoming records, further expanding their shared creative field and strengthening the guitar-focused community across the country.

Check out While She Sleeps’ latest video in full below, and pre-order Sleeps Society from their official website. Album out 16 April 2021 via Spinefarm Records.

The proposed solution came in a Patreon-run online membership system where people can pay for monthly subscription in four different tiers, and get exclusive content and special access to tickets, merch and most of the band’s activities. The so called Sleeps Society seemed like an interesting idea but surely had lots of doubters and critics. Now, two weeks later, the Sheffield crew have shared an exclusive update of the phenomenal response and initial support from their fans that have ralied and more than smashed the 500-subscribers target to reach a staggering 2190 members and counting.

The initial reception of the track, and the feedback of While She Sleeps’ sustainable business model have been overwhelmingly positive across all social media channels and media outlets. Some of the most popular YouTube reaction channels such as Nik Nocturnal, Hard Core, METALBIRB and Hoopsick have immediately jumped on board and supported the cause, alongside many of the of the leading metal bands in the UK. As seen in the above video desctiption, While She Sleeps are truly grateful to all of the support and promised that “content within the Society is coming in full force and [they] haven’t even scratched the surface yet!“.

The last couple of weeks have more than exceeded any of the band members’ expectations and are already proving to be hugely beneficial. As it is, getting the 2000+ subscribers have helped While She Sleeps hire in some of their touring crew which in itself is a phenomenal progress considering the difficult situatuon all workers in the live entertainment indsutry are finding themselves in the COVID-19 crisis, especially with a second nation-wide lockdown on the line. The fans’ support also goes towards the recording and production of the band’s new record, with bits of the process being available to members of the their Patreon Society.

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The first vocal tutorial series is dropping tonight at 6 in the Sleeps Society! Stoked for you guys to see this one!

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So far, members of the Sleeps Society have received loads of special perks including warm-up lessons and vocal tutorials from singer Lawrence Taylor, exclusive peak at new tracks, teasers for the new album, podcast and upcoming merch. There is also a Discord community set up within the membership where fans share instrumental covers, art ideas, photos or simply hang out with fellow like-minded people.

The official Sleeps Society Patreon membership starts from £4.99 for Support member and carry on with £7.99 for Defiance member, £19.99 for limited Mutiny member with only 6 remaining at present. Incredibly, the £59.99 top level Revolution Membership has already sold out – a clear evidence that the system works and fans should not be underestimated.

Moreover, most of the early bird tickets were purchased upon their release, and in some cases shows from While She Sleeps’ 2021 tour dates have completely sold out, forcing more events to be added. As it is, the band is playing three shows at The Key Club in Leeds, and another three in Camden’s Underworld due to popular demand, some of these exclusive for members of the Sleeps Society.

All dates for While She Sleeps UK shows can be seen below, with tickets available here:
02/05/2021 – Stereo – Glasgow
03/05 – Stereo – Glasgow
06/05 – O2 Academy – Leicester
07/05 – Asylum – Birmingham
08/05 – Hobos – Bridgend
09/05 – Hobos – Bridgend
12/05 – The Key – Leeds
13/05 – The Key – Leeds
14/05 – The Key – Leeds
17/05 – Underworld – London
18/05 – Underworld – London
19/05 – Underworld – London
23/05 – Chalk – Brighton

‘Sleeps Society‘ openly criticises the global music industry with its long introduction outlining the main issues with its current state, hierarchy and distribution of wealth, and sharing a new concept centred around bands’ sustainable self-management through online platforms such as Patreon. The song goes on to glorify While She Sleeps’ own fans, well known for their dedication and passion, and supporters of music in general who are the main reason bands do what they do. The composition and production of the track offers a brilliant foundation of its message with fast bouncy riffs, groovy rhythm and unifying lyrics focused on creating “a system where the people exist“.

The response for the track has been overwhelmingly positive so far with fans sharing their love and support for the band, their idea and the song itself all over social media. When the singer Lawrence ‘Loz’ Taylor shouted “welcome to the guilty party” back in January 2019, noone could predict the global pandemic will send the music industry in downward spiral that would eventually lead to the sobering growl “welcome to sleeps society” from yesterday. The COVID crisis and recent developments put aside, the band challenges the status quo and joins the long list of acts inspired to create a better future for themselves and their fellow musicians with their followers at the heart of everything.

Speaking from personal experience, While She Sleeps throw shade at an industry where 5000 online streams generate no more than £20 for the band, and 14 year are often not sufficient to turn music into an actual career with steady income. While openly acknowledging the huge positive impact of streaming platforms, publishers and labels, the band offers an alternative where fans have all the power to support the bands they love. Without being a revolutionary concept, establishing The Sleeps Society and turning the tables around immediately makes While She Sleeps one of the first bands from the UK to offer a solution and switch to audience support systems.

Not surprisingly, the support video opens with Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s recent announcement that has prompted an angry response from almost every UK artist and band in the past few weeks. With the uncertain state of the industry, alongside the openly criticised streaming monetisation system and the potential live events restrictions running into mid-2021, While She Sleeps have reacted accordingly and adapted to the new way of life, hopeful to pave the way to other bands and inspire a generation of likeminded artists willing to break the conractual restraints, all of this backed up with the killer metalcore banger ‘Sleeps Society‘ worthy of the WSS brand.

The Patreon-based Sleeps Society offers members four different tiers (Support, Defiance, Mutiny and Revolution) with monthly fees ranging from £4.99 all the way to premium £59.99. The benefits for all tiers vary but most of the packages offer a “too good to be true” value to a membership that starts from as little as two coffees. While She Sleeps are promising to pay their fans back with exclusive content and updates, music tutiorials and track run-throughs, early ticket and merch access, members only events and secret shows, live stream writing and recording sessions and even mental health guidance and support groups.

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Sleeps Society guitar run through will be available from the Defiance tier and higher from 6pm this evening!

Публикация, споделена от WHILE SHE SLEEPS (@whileshesleeps) на Окт 16, 2020 в 7:03 PDT