I'm a relatively new convert to the music of Sleep Token, as in just a few weeks, but I heard a couple of tracks, saw a couple of videos on line and decided on the strength of this to buy all three of their albums, this being the first. I'm not going to bore anyone by talking here about the mythology around the band, what they mean, how they came by their name, who they might or might not be, because you've probably already read and/or heard all that before now.
For a first full-length album this is just sheer brilliance. I honestly think that you can't go wrong if you buy it. I do have to add here though that the opinions here in this review are all mine, just in case anything I write comes across as something that may seem taken from other sources.
If you're looking for a musical genre to place Sleep Token into, that might prove a bit more difficult as they're not the sort of band you can label with just the one genre. "Really?" you might say to yourself, but they do honestly have elements of lots of different styles in the music they make. Yes, there's rock, prog rock, a bit of screamer there too, but there's also soul, R 'n' B, maybe a bit of pop, but it all blends beautifully into this wonderful package.
Of course, "Sundowning" wasn't their first release. "Sundowning" was preceded by two EPs called "One" and "Two", which are also aural beauty in themselves.
Each of the twelve tracks on "Sundowning" take you on a musical journey which continues with "This Place Will Become Your Tomb" and "Take Me Back To Eden", but you really need to listen to them in order before realisation dawns. And it's about at that point that if you haven't already you'll need to read up on the bands origins and the story of how things came to be as they are from Vessel (or Vessel I, as he is sometimes known in writing credits). That's the point it will all start to make sense.
I'm not going to write a breakdown of each track here because I don't want to spoil anything for anyone that hasn't listened to their music yet but may be curious. What I will say though is that when I bought this CD I also bought TPWBYT and TMBTE, as well as found their EPs on Bandcamp and bought downloadable versions of them as well. Apologies if I sound a bit hyper in this review, but I suppose I am. Sleep Token are my current musical obsession and I can't see that ending any time soon.
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