Sleep Announce New Album Hemispheres, Unveil Single “The Morrisist”: Stream

Legendary stoner doom metal act Sleep have announced Hemispheres, their first album in eight years. Ahead of its release, the band has unveiled the new single “The Morrisist.” Hemispheres will arrive September 3rd digitally and October 30th in physical formats via Jack White’s Third Man Records. It marks Sleep’s follow-up to 2018’s The Sciences, and the band’s first album without founding guitarist Matt Pike (also of High on Fire fame). Get Sleep Tickets Here For this album, Sleep feature a revamped lineup that includes founding singer-bassist Al Cisneros alongside newcomers Bubba Dupree (Void) on guitar and Dale Crover (Melvins) on drums. The LP was recorded at the Melvins’ studio with longtime engineer Toshi Kasai. “The Morrisist” follows the single “Have Spacesuit Will Travel,” which was unveiled in June, and is also included on Hemispheres‘ five-song tracklist. That tune was named our Heavy Song of the Week upon its release. Lyrically, “The Morrisist” serves, in part, as an ode to the riff, with a reference to the godfather of heavy metal himself, Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi: “A neon knight/ Reignites/ The SG is within/ A tempered blade/ A promise made/ Stands the Iommicist.” Along with the new album, the band is releasing the Sleep Comic Book via Third Man Books. Issue No. 1 will ship on September 22nd, and is available for pre-order here. Sleep will support Hemispheres with a previously announced headlining North American tour that kicks off September 8th in San Diego, and runs through a November 17th show in Washington, D.C. Pick up tickets here. Listen to “The Morrisist,” and see the artwork and tracklist for Hemispheres, as well as Sleep’s upcoming tour dates, below. Pre-save the album here. Hemispheres Artwork: Hemispheres Tracklist: 01. Have Spacesuit Will Travel 02. The Morrisist 03. Hempispheres 04. Arrival of the Industry Ships 05. Whole Wheat Mountain Well Baked Sleep 2026 Tour Dates: 09/08 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory 09/09 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren 09/10 – Albuquerque, NM @ The Revel Entertainment Center 09/12 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater 09/13 – Austin, TX @ Levitation 09/14 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Tower Theatre 09/16 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre 09/17 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Grand At The Complex 09/18 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall 09/20 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom 09/21 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre 09/22 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre 09/23 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater 09/25 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore 09/26 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore 09/27 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Catalyst 09/28 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern 09/29 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory 11/04 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue 11/05 – Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater 11/06 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre 11/07 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall 11/09 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Hall 11/10 – Montreal, QC @ Club Soda 11/11 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Ballroom 11/12 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner 11/13 – Hudson, NY @ Basilica Hudson 11/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts 11/16 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount 11/17 – Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre