An Orwellian dystopian sci-fi concept album at heart, Parasomnia is a surreal and dreamlike psychodrama for the ears built on labyrinthine song structures, exuberant musicianship, brilliant textures, angular rhythms, and thrilling twists and turns. Largely instrumental in approach, each track is woven together through the stark voice narration by radio presenter Alibhe Waterhouse, depicting an inhospitable end-time society polluted by chaos, despair and hostility. Dead Cosmonauts recorded with unsung producer, engineer and Sheffield hero Adam Zejma at Tye Die Studios – who has a proven ear for bringing out bold dynamics, density, nuance and textures in his recordings.
The Sheffield, UK based quintet draw from post-rock, sludge metal, math-rock, psychedelia, prog and retro-synth ambient music in such equal measure that fitting them into any single genre box or pigeonhole becomes futile. Dead Cosmonauts are are a band that operate in their own lane, always going against the grain and thinking outside the box.
Parasomnia follows two quick to sell out and sought after EP releases by Dead Cosmonauts, and will be joint released by Do It Thissen (Vinyl) and Trepanation Recordings (CD and Cassette) on November 17th 2023.
Listen to lead single ‘Kenopsia’ and pre-order the album here.
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