Sleepy.ab

Sleepy.ab is a sublime/morose showgaze band from Sapporo. Apparently the "ab" stands for "abstract," describing their floating, flowing soundscapes. Indeed they are a bit like a rock-oriented Sigur Ros, full of delicate, twinkling sounds and ethereal vocals, but with a solid band supporting it all. While overall they hold to the above themes, they do get rather heavy and dark at times, with the distortion pedals being kicked on and the drums crashing through. It's at these times when they are a bit like Downy or Eksperimentoj, two bands who also share similar light-but-heavy art-rock attributes. Sleepy.ab is certainly the more user friendly and pretty of the three, due mostly to their more optimistic feel. Much like Sigur Ros, even their upbeat songs could make you burst out into tears for the sheer beauty of them.

Melody



メリーゴーランド


Mass Gymnastic Display


夢の花+inside


Scene + Pain


丹青な庭 "devoted garden"


Live at Kraps Hall 2007.06.29 [1]


Live at Kraps Hall 2007.06.29 [2]


Live at Rising Sun Rock Festival 2006


Official Site
Official MySpace

Members
Tsuyoshi Nariyama : Vocal, Guitar
Kensuke Yamauchi : Guitar
Hideyuki Tanaka : Bass and backing vocal
Hideki Tsuha : Drums and backing vocal

Major Releases
Face the Music（2002/12/11）
Traveling Fair（2004/5/26）
Palette（2006/3/8）
Fantasia（2007/3/7）