Joyful Noise Recordings

Sleeping Bag

Women Of Your Life

  • ("double mint" green vinyl, limited to 300 hand-numbered copies)

$8.00

Release Info

Catalog #: JNR107
Release Date: 11/27/2012

Track List

  1. Women Of Your Life
  2. Soda You
  3. Soccer Ball
  4. Allison Cole
  5. In The Pocket
  6. Nightmare
  7. Saturday Night
  8. Coco
  9. Still Life
  10. Walk Home  [MP3]

Description

Stripped-down, unblighted, bedroom pop songs... about girls. "Women Of Your Life" is the intimately facile sophomore album from indie-slackers Sleeping Bag.

The Bloomington, Indiana based trio is spearheaded by Dave Segedy, who is the group's drummer, songwriter and primary vocalist (that's right: a drummer who writes and sings all the songs!). Specializing in simple and honest songwriting, Malkmus-deadpan vocal delivery, and unusually addictive melodies, Sleeping Bag craft songs that are at once familiar and fresh.

The band's debut s/t album was released on Joyful Noise in August 2011, receiving praise from Under The Radar, Impose Magazine, Village Voice, RCRD LBL, and My Old Kentucky Blog. With their second album, the trio have matured in the ways one might expect: songs are a bit longer, lyrics a bit more personal, and arrangements more developed. But all of Sleeping Bag's signature elements are well represented throughout: the heartfelt ("In The Pocket", "Still Life"), the playful ("Allison Cole", "Saturday Night") and the unbelievably catchy ("Soccer Ball", "Walk Home").

Segedy's effortless melodies, accompanied by the distinctively jangling guitar work of Lewis Rogers and the tastily minimal bass of David Woodruff, combine to form a sound that summons the energy and earnestness of 90s rock, while sidestepping throwback territory. Familiar influences are organically reconstructed into relevant, captivating pop. These are instantly accessible songs which gain surprising depth with each obsessively repeated listen.

The first pressing of "Women Of Your Life" is limited to just 300 hand-numbered copies on "double mint" green vinyl, packaged in silk-screened jackets. Officially released on Nov 27, the album is available for pre-order now and includes instant MP3 Download.

Press

"Bloomington, Indiana's Sleeping Bag are into that whole brevity thing. They're a streamlined trio, led by singer/drummer/songwriter Dave Segedy, with a knack for bite-sized bedroom rock bliss-outs that almost stumble their way into incredible catchiness. "Walk Home" is a perfect example of what they do best, riding high simple harmonies and happy whistling — anthemic even though its barely got any words."
-- SPIN

"A Bloomington, Indiana, three-piece led from behind with listless cool by the drummer and vocalist Dave Segedy... pays tribute to the slouching aesthetics of Clinton-era power pop."
-- THE NEW YORKER

"While more complex tracks and deeper lyrics may show a maturation since their 2011 debut, you’ll find yourself right at home within the consistently catchy pop hooks of Women of Your Life."
-- THE VINYL DISTRICT

"Sleeping Bag... combine a jangling guitar, whistling choruses, and a catchy rhythm on the single, "Walk Home."
-- INDIE ROCK CAFE

"The angular hooks of sharp guitarwork prop up a left-of-center bass, and the drumwork, for all of its simplicity is nothing short of sublime. This is the music of ashtrays, dashboards and the places that contain small items that we so often misplace."
-- BUZZINE MUSIC

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