#166 - sleepingdogs INTERVIEW

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Video animation by: Big Flowers

Intro/Outro beat by: BLOODBLIXING

The Plug (0:55).

The Interview (2:26).

These days, homebase for me musically is calming, grounded music that allows me to weather some of life’s recent storms in my personal life. And so the music of sleepingdogs, the duo comprised of andrew and jesse the tree, has been some of my most played as of late.

The way they capture the blues, and articulate their existential thoughts and introspective musings is truly powerful stuff. On top of that, these impactful messages are packaged with a ton of melody, tender vocals, and rock-infused production that makes their songs hit that much harder.

andrew and jesse’s chemistry is remarkable; they are a match made in heaven, and they join the show to explain why their pairing works so well, how they approached the creation of their recent solo works, and their brand new sleepingdogs album, will we ever dance again?

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*timestamps provided for YouTube version

sleepingdogs origin story (3:36).

The sleepingdogs creative chemistry (6:46).

How jesse and andrew are similar as people (16:13).

The sleepingdogs sound (22:56).

What andrew is most proud of with don’t forget me bluest. (29:52).

The intent behind Not Fade Away (35:38).

Not Fade Away’s production (37:57).

Key inspirations and topical focuses of will we ever dance again? (40:34).

How sleepingdogs’ chemistry grew creating will we ever dance again? (46:57).

The evolution of sleepingdogs’ sound on their new LP (50:22).

Favourite songs off will we ever dance again? (55:09).

Upcoming projects from sleepingdogs (57:21).

Stream/buy will we ever dance again? here: [link coming on March 14]

Follow jesse on Twitter here.

Follow andrew on Twitter here.

Follow jesse on Instagram here.

Follow andrew on Instagram here.