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Citing inspiration from My Bloody Valentine, Kraftwerk, and 80's soundtrack hero John Carpenter to Trans Am and M83, Sleepy Eyes of Death fill the gap between ambient shoegaze and beat-centric instrumental epics from the Dirty South. With intentions of creating a wall of analog induced sound thick enough to bury their listeners, Sleepy Eyes of Death employ an array of a half dozen different types of keyboards (often simultaneously) with that of heavily constructed doses of effected guitar. While often relying upon stark drum machine beats for pacing, live drums give way to flourishes of energy and mathematical fluidity throughout their sets. In addition to their music, Sleepy Eyes of Death are devoted to synchronized smoke, light, and cinematic accompaniment at all of their shows. '“Sleepy Eyes have become one of the most intriguing acts in the city.” -Travis Ritter, THE SEATTLE WEEKLY “We think they’re going to have a killer year in 2008--they put on one of the best live shows in Seattle” -Megan Seling, THE STRANGER “For listeners of a certain age, the retro keyboard sounds will awaken memories of the movie Tron or Carl Sagan’s public television series Cosmos, and the wind tunnel guitars will jack directly into the pleasure center of any fan of the shoegazer sound perfected in the early ‘90s. Yet somehow these decades-old sounds transcend their period associations to create music with a timeless quality and an immersive, powerful, almost primal effect on the listener. Play loud.” -Mike Baehr, WEST COAST PERFORMER "Seattle's wunderkinds of syntho-electric instrumental moodiness.." J. Flores, THREE IMAGINARY GIRLS User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.