Fever

Sleepy Sun | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: May 17, 2010
• Label: ATP/Recordings
• Copyright: 2010 ATP Recordings
• Total Length: 42:20
• Genres: Alternative Rock/Singer-Songwriters, Rock/Progressive, Rock/Singer-Songwriters
• ASIN: B003ELXBR6
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,175 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic neo-psychedelia. Tripping without chemicals..., May 18, 2010

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J. M. Arnold "eyrkos" (Beaumont, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fever (MP3 Download)

I just learned of this band from the SXSW Ioda sampler Amazon put out last month and I came away impressed. Now that I've bought both "Fever" and their debut "Embrace," I have hope for the future of rock music.

Sandstorm Woman, the 9th and final track on this album is a blistering, soaring, trip inducing epic of rock. I can't recommend it highly enough; it is the highlight of the album. I also love Wild Machines: Very heavy & powerful. But other songs like Rigamaroo, Ooh Boy, & Acid Love, while not fillers, seem to be breathers. Songs that you play to let the audience cool down before blasting off with Desert God or something from Embrace.

If you're a fan of bands like Cream, Iron Butterfly (which I actually don't care for), the Jimi Hendrix Experience, or even Stone Temple Pilots and Nirvana I'm sure you'll be putting Sleepy Sun into heavy rotation.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Genuine psychedelic rock with a classic feel, June 9, 2010

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Charlie Quaker "The Quaker Goes Deaf" (Normal, IL.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fever (Audio CD)

San Francisco band deliver a strong second album of brilliant, flowing, carefully orchestrated
psychedelic rock that moves with power & grace from gorgeous neo-folk/blues to soaring guitar/
keyboard rock trips--all topped with some captivating vocal harmonies. Sleepy Sun paint a
weirdly dynamic psychedelic landscape in a desolate sea of guitars that's dark & beautiful with
the occasional noise overload and flourishes of lurid energy, all delivered with emotional grit &
an intimate attention to detail that invites repeated listening. References are Black Mountain,
Loop, Jefferson Airplane, Drones, Comets On Fire, Citay, Dead Meadow.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Feels like "An ALBUM" -- woo!, September 23, 2010

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Mitchell - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fever (Audio CD)

What can I say? This album should not be reduced to singles (although if I had to pick, I'd say that "Desert God" and "Wild Machines" are noteworthy). It's got a hard edge in tracks like "Wild Machine" which are framed magnificently between the two slices of glorious solace which are "Rigamaroo" and "Ooh Boy". There's some burning guitar in "Open Eyes" and a blazing harmonica solo in "Desert God". "Marina" flashes a bit of jungle-drums while "Freedom Line" brings some tight bass and drum groove. While "Sandstorm Woman"'s 9:50 progression is the end of the journey that is Fever, it leaves you wanting more.