About the new EP: The concept for Undertone Of Violence explores narratives that have an underlying malignant story or threat that is not immediately visible or intended to be noticed. The songs on this EP each explore various interpretations of this concept, anchored in mental health. The feeling of doom that bubbles to the surface, often for no obvious reason, and exploring its origin in our individual human experience. ‘Maelstrom’ is a visceral battle, the constant push and pull, the fight we each have with our own demons. A fight we have become good at concealing. The friends we lose to these battles are often the ones we didn't know were struggling. ‘Emancipate’ speaks of the 'invisible hold' trauma can have over us on a daily basis. The echo of those who caused it, seeping into our everyday, undetected by even those closest to you. ‘Lay down’ laments and celebrates the finality of life. The knowing that we too will die is always present. Even in our greatest moments there waits an aftertaste of the inescapable ending.
Ode To Sleep are an East Kent DIY PUNK trio, formed in October 2019. Jade Wilson (Drums) and Liz Hayward (Vocals/Bass) released Ode to Sleep’s debut EP ‘Night Terrors’ in 2020 and second EP ‘Are you awake?’ in 2022 . Chris Livings joined the band in late 2021. Since the addition of guitarist Chris Livings, Ode to Sleep have refined their sound to a bigger and better than ever version of themselves and have just released their third EP 'Undertone Of Violence' as a complete trio.
Praised for their live shows, Ode To Sleep play their hearts out with every bead of sweat at their high energy dynamic performances that combine absolutely gargantuan sounding garage/grunge punk drums, apologetically honest ‘Art as Activism’ lyrics, raw distressed bass and wild fuzzy guitar, rich with personality.
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“Alternative Rock in a hybrid of pissed-off vitriol and dirge,[...]The band’s angular warped riffs, thudding drumming and raw and (positively) unhinged sound is as refreshingly retro as it is indicative of now.” - EAR NUTRITION.
