Sleep - Hempispheres LP (Indie Exclusive - Opaque Purple)
- Have Spacesuit Will Travel
- The Morrisist Sleep
- Hempispheres
- Arrival of the Industry Ships
- Whole Wheat Mountain / Well Baked
- Format
- Vinyl LP
- Released
- October 30, 2026
- Label
- Third Man Records
- Genre
- Heavy Metal
- Tracks
- 5
As the genre-defying masters of stoner metal, the latest iteration of Sleep finds founding member and lead songwriter Al Cisneros newly partnered with the generational talent of Dale Crover (Melvins, Redd Kross) on drums and the iconoclastic Bubba Dupree (Void) on guitar. While simpler minds may seek out the redundancy of a monotonous iterative exercise, the road map of new album Hempispheres is an exploratory vision, one replacing overload with nuance and subtlety yet maintaining the interplay that made the band so special from the outset. So while the whiners on messageboards and comment sections bemoan the amicable absence of long-time guitarist Matt Pike, real heads, visionaries and open-minded truth-seekers alike will be rewarded with not the Sleep album they anticipated or expected, rather with Hempispheres being the album that is needed.
- 1. Have Spacesuit Will Travel (7:22)
- 2. The Morrisist (4:42)
- 3. Hempispheres (7:57)
- 4. Industry Ships (11:11)
- 5. Mountain / Well Baked (6:52)
- Format
- LP
- Genre
- Alternative
- Tracks
- 5
Indie Exclusive. Opaque purple vinyl, limited pressing available only through independent record retailers.
Sleep return with Hempispheres, the first new album from the doom-metal originators in eight years. Founder Al Cisneros (bass, vocals) is joined by Dale Crover (Melvins, Redd Kross) on drums and Bubba Dupree (Void) on guitar, a lineup that trades some of the band's characteristic overload for space, nuance, and interplay. Five tracks, roughly 38 minutes, and a road map that rewards patience over familiarity.
Format: 12" opaque purple vinyl LP, indie exclusive.
Label: Third Man Records (TMR-1080)
Release date: October 30, 2026
Tracklist
- Have Spacesuit Will Travel (7:22)
- The Morrisist (4:42)
- Hempispheres (7:57)
- Industry Ships (11:11)
- Mountain / Well Baked (6:52)
