Sleepless Nights just released a new EP on its website.
Halifax’s Sleepless Nights just released the third and final installment of its digital EP series. The Communication Barrier is described by the band as a “13-minute psychedelic dance track that is a step in a different direction from Sleepless Nights typical blistering guitar riffs, captivating hooks and sing-a-long melodies.”
The EP was released earlier this week, and the band is hitting the road this weekend with Myles Deck & The Fuzz for a tour through the Maritimes, Ontario and Quebec. Maritime dates are located at the bottom of this post.
Recently, Nights’ Aaron Wallace chatted us up via e-mail:
1. What are you up to these days, musically or otherwise? (Feel free to plug whatever you’ve got coming up.)
Sleepless Nights is just about to release the third EP in a series of three that we’re posting on our website. When that comes out we’re doing a tour to Ontario and back with Myles Deck and the Fuzz. Then when we get back to Halifax we’re releasing a full length album of new material. That should be out sometime in the fall.
2. How did you get into the music business and what was the first major lesson you learned once you got your feet wet?
I first started playing shows when I was 15 and living outside of Yarmouth. At the time, no one wanted to hear anything that wasn’t really heavy or funny in some way. By playing the music I wanted to play in that environment, I learned to take a punch. If you’re going to stick it out you’ve got to be tough.
3. What song or album have you been listening to most lately?
A mixtape by this band on DFA called Holy Ghost. They’ve been doing a lot a great remixes in the last couple years where they record entirely new tracks and only keep the vocals of the original song. If you’re ever on the Internets I recommend looking up their song Hold On and their cover of On Board by Friendly Fires.
4. What’s your favourite way to waste time or relax?
Digging through magazines and blogs for new music.
5. The Internet and social media are allowing artists to get closer to their fans than they ever were in some respects. What are your thoughts on this?
It puts the power back in the hands of the artists and it’s harder for prefab artists to succeed because people can tell when something is sincere. I’m pretty excited about it all actually.
6. If you weren’t in the music industry in some capacity, what would you be doing today?
Lobster fisherman or compost.
7. What’s the most interesting thing you’ve learned recently?
It’s not good to let on that you are smarter than you should be at your day job. You may get fired.
8. If you could hit the “delete” button on anything related to music (a song, artist, trend, whatever), what would you delete?
Vampire Weekend. Fuck them.
9. What’s your favourite thing to drink (alcoholic or otherwise)?
Picaroons Warthog. That shit is delicious.
10. Finish the sentence below and please elaborate on what you mean:
The east coast music scene … has the chance to develop outside too much interference from big music industry. We’re isolated geographically and somewhat mentally so there is quite a bit of originality here.
Check out Sleepless Nights w/Myles Deck & The Fuzz at the following dates:
June 4 – The Capital – Fredericton, N.B.
June 5 - The Seahorse – Halifax, N.S.
Check back to EastCoastNoise.com next Friday for a chat with: The Olympic Symphonium’s Kyle Cunjak
Halifax’s Sleepless Nights just released the third and final installment of its digital EP series. The Communication Barrier is described by the band as a “13-minute psychedelic dance track that is a step in a different direction from Sleepless Nights typical blistering guitar riffs, captivating hooks and sing-a-long melodies.”
The EP was released earlier this week, and the band is hitting the road this weekend with Myles Deck & The Fuzz for a tour through the Maritimes, Ontario and Quebec. Maritime dates are below.
Recently, Nights’ Aaron Wallace chatted us up via e-mail:
1. What are you up to these days, musically or otherwise? (Feel free to plug whatever you’ve got coming up.)
Sleepless Nights is just about to release the third EP in a series of three that we’re posting on our website. When that comes out we’re doing a tour to ontario and back with Myles Deck and the Fuzz. Then when we get back to Halifax we’re releasing a full length album of new material. That should be out sometime in the fall.
2. How did you get into the music business and what was the first major lesson you learned once you got your feet wet?
I first started playing shows when I was 15 and living outside of Yarmouth. At the time, no one wanted to hear anything that wasn’t really heavy or funny in some way. By playing the music I wanted to play in that environment, I learned to take a punch. If you’re going to stick it out you’ve got to be tough.
3. What song or album have you been listening to most lately?
A mixtape by this band on DFA called Holy Ghost. They’ve been doing a lot a great remixes in the last couple years where they record entirely new tracks and only keep the vocals of the original song. If you’re ever on the Internets I recommend looking up their song Hold On and their cover of On Board by Friendly Fires.
4. What’s your favourite way to waste time or relax?
Digging through magazines and blogs for new music.
5. The Internet and social media are allowing artists to get closer to their fans than they ever were in some respects. What are your thoughts on this?
It puts the power back in the hands of the artists and it’s harder for prefab artists to succeed because people can tell when something is sincere. I’m pretty excited about it all actually.
6. If you weren’t in the music industry in some capacity, what would you be doing today?
Lobster fisherman or compost.
7. What’s the most interesting thing you’ve learned recently?
It’s not good to let on that you are smarter than you should be at your day job. You may get fired.
8. If you could hit the “delete” button on anything related to music (a song, artist, trend, whatever), what would you delete?
Vampire Weekend. Fuck them.
9. What’s your favourite thing to drink (alcoholic or otherwise)?
Picaroons Warthog. That shit is delicious.
10. Finish the sentence below and please elaborate on what you mean:
The east coast music scene … has the chance to develop outside too much interference from big music industry. We’re isolated geographically and somewhat mentally so there is quite a bit of originality here.
Check out Sleepless Nights w/Myles Deck & The Fuzz at the following dates:
June 4 – The Capital – Fredericton, N.B.
June 5 - The Seahorse – Halifax, N.S.
Check back to EastCoastNoise.com next Friday for a chat with: The Olympic Symphonium’s Kyle Cunjak
