In just a few weeks, the emo-violence quartet Sleep Debt will be no more. Making them the most recent band that I've discovered just before (or slightly after) they break up. Thankfully, Sleep Debt decided that they wouldn't go quietly into the night and released one final agonizing momento with the single "The Stages of Grief."
This track is both Sleep Debt's longest (nearly half of their debut EP could fit inside the song) and most experimental track. The opening chords ring like church organs while the words "What we once thought was safe / All the promises that were made" are chanted in the distance. The song is quickly taken over by black metal influenced blast beats, dissonant guitars, and shrieking vocals. Its instability and exposed underbelly lend itself to Sleep Debt's swan song. "The Stages of Grief" plays out like a eulogy to feeling safe and secure. The lyrics speak to a loss of emotional resolve and the erosion of the callouses we build over time. I'm not sure that I've had a song lyrically kick me in the gut this hard before. For a band to call it quits, they are sure leaving on a high note.
Sleep Debt will be playing one final show on Wednesday, September 11, alongside Optimal Crime, Living Conditions, Saginaw, Casual, and New Primals at Seward Cafe for Spirit of Struggle Fest. At the show, you'll get a chance to purchase a cassette of all their recorded material put out via Middle Man Records.
Listen to "The Stages of Grief" by Sleep Debt below.
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