The Cradle - Laughing In My Sleep (Coke Bottle Green)

The Cradle - Laughing In My Sleep (Coke Bottle Green)After 30 or so previous releases, 'Laughing in my Sleep' represents a stylistic culmination a synthesis of the many sonic flavors The Cradle has served us up since the genesis of the project in 2013. It is a sprawling, multi faceted album that will give a first time listener a taste of everything, from hi fidelity, lyrical guitar based music familiar to fans of 'Bag of Holding,' to grimy 4 track drum machine songs a la 'Sense Stats,' to spoken word

“Disgrace”

Billed on their Bandcamp as “pure music for sad people

living in Los Angeles

Unknown Mortal Orchestra frontman and multi-instrumentalist Ruban Nielson reflects on relationships: airy

Patrick Todd (drums/vocals)

My Idea) has recorded and self-released hundreds of songs under the This Is Lorelei moniker

While caring for her father

'a miss of you'

coming back to the surface with a record that captures and extends the magic of its predecessor

Amidst the frequent touring

avoiding conventional harmonic representations of mood and sentiment

The duality of vocals from Grace and Jenkins for the first time evoke an even more enthralling immediacy to Pure X's continued evolution of their nightmarish visions