Sleepingdog – With Our Heads In The Clouds And Our Hearts In The Fields
Sleepingdog is the musical lovechild of True Bypass’ Chantal Acda and Adam Wiltzie of Stars of the Lid fame; as angelic a collaboration as anyone familiar with either band might expect. Wiltzie’s atmospherics are toned down slightly from his other works, making it slightly more accessible than some may be accustomed to, but Acda’s vocals add such a feather-light touch that creating a more appropriate pairing would be inconceivable.
This results in a subtly varied work, less in tone but rather in texture. While He Loved To See The World Through His Camera is suitably comforting, it holds a melody at its core that will follow you into your dreams, but then there are songs like Scary Movie, more abstract and repetitive but no less hypnotic. In striking such a fine balance between these two directions throughout, Sleepingdog have crafted an album that’s as soothing as whale song but considerably less aquatic.
Playing Classic Grand, Glasgow on 17 May
http://www.sleepingdog.be