Sleeping at Last

So Jaylene and discovered this band from Wheaton, Illinois; Sleeping At Last.  They are a very smooth flowing band to listen to and are a great soundtrack for doing many different things.

The way they write songs is almost like poetry

Example:

“Every calender is playing the same old trick:

a year will disapear, replaced with counterfeit

but we’ll never really mind

’cause if nothing else, we’re given a little time

to change the game, a chance to redefine

everything we are, in our january white.”

From the song January white, off of the January Ep

“One day we’ll wake up and realize-

to make any difference one must simply try.

try to use words less then our hands,

for change is a direct result of our plans

we’ve got no stakes in the ground.

we’ve got no anchors tied down

land or sea, there is no guarantees here, we know,

there is nothing but our fears of being free.”

From the song Land or Sea From the February

” ‘cause grey is not a comprimise –

it is the bridge between two sides.

the shores on which our stubborn land and restless seas collide.

grey is not just middle ground,

it as a truce that waits to be signed.

i would even argue that, from where we stand,

it most represents the clour of God’s eyes.”

from the song 101010 on the the November Ep

We have both fallen in love with this band and wait in eager anticipation each onth for there new EP to come out.

This whole year each month they are recording and releasing three songs, they call it the Yearbook project and each Ep is named after the month it is released in. so far they have gotten up to February and they started in october.

If you havent heard this band before i suggest you go look them up, sometimes you can find free downloads on Noisetrade.com of there music, or you can go to there website and read about them.

I guess if i had to choose a top 5 song, witch is really hard because they are all so amazing, it might look like this though.

1.January White

2. Umbrellas

3. The Ash Is In Our Clothes

4. Next To Me

5. Snow

Jaylene’s 5.  [after much hard deliberation…]

1. January White

2. Next To Me

3. Needle and Thread

4. The Ash Is In Our Clothes

5. Dear True Love