A new chapter in the While She Sleeps story is firmly underway. After introducing a subversive new twist on their sound with the single SELF HELL (also the title track to their new album which follows on March 29th and supported with Radio 1 plays from Daniel P Carter, Jack Saunders and Nels Hylton, plus a playlist at Kerrang! Radio), the band powered through shows across Australia and New Zealand surrounding their Good Things Festival appearances last weekend. Now While She Sleeps bring the curtain down on 2023 and line up an even bigger 2024 as they share the new single DOWN, which features Alex Taylor of fellow Sheffield band Malevolence. The track is accompanied by an exceptional video, which the band made DIY-style as a labour of love project.
While DOWN is informed by the band’s desire to bring a whirlwind of fresh sonic influences to the fore, it nonetheless maintains the fierce aggression that typified the band’s roots. The track opens with an ominous blare of an MS-20 synth, before grinding heavyweight riffs, industrial-tinged beats and a soaring melodic hook heighten its intensity. Completed by a ferocious verse from Alex Taylor, DOWN is indicative of where While She Sleeps are going in 2024: a maximalist, anything-goes attitude powered by swagger and self-belief.
Watch their official video here:
TRACKLISTING:
1. PEACE OF MIND
2. LEAVE ME ALONE
3. RAINBOWS
4. SELF HELL
5. WILDFIRE
6. NO FEELINGS IS FINAL
7. DOPESICK
8. DOWN feat. Malevolence
9. TO THE FLOWERS
10. OUT OF THE BLUE
11. ENEMY MENTALITY
12. RADICAL HATRED / RADICAL LOVE
