Saw Sleep here in Portland a few nights ago. Like I said, I dig Hempispheres. Seeing them live, playing their new stuff plus closing the night with Dragonaut, was great. The crowd loved it all.
It’s def not the Sleep of before, but it is good in its own right. I was on the fence because early reviews of this tour were poor. I’m so glad I went. It is hard to convey how such a spare, heavy, bass-forward trio can elicit the kind of energy Sleep does.
Try this 4:20 cut of “Have Spacesuit Will Travel.” It’s pretty much the thesis statement of this iteration of the band.