[et_pb_section fullwidth="off" specialty="on" background_color="#050505" inner_shadow="off" parallax="off" parallax_method="css"][et_pb_column type="3_4" specialty_columns="3"][et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_column_inner type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text" background_layout="light" text_orientation="left"]<h1>Sleeping Me</h1><p><a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Sleeping_Me_1_Web.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-9109" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Sleeping_Me_1_Web.jpg" alt="Sleeping Me" width="300" height="225" /></a><em>“... a sweeping, melancholic grandeur which never threatens to turn into bombast, but is almost enough to induce tears.”</em> –<strong> [sic] Magazine<br /> </strong></p><p>Textural and meticulously composed, the droning and emotive ambience of Sleeping Me is a quiet reminder of all the beauty and personal strife that is experienced in solitude. This music is an homage to the bittersweet rise and fall of fortune, the discovery and evasiveness of identity and truth, and the acceptance of distance, disappointment, and the poignancy of an ever-elusive yet omnipresent love.</p><p><strong>       </strong></p>[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label="Divider" color="#ffffff" show_divider="off" /][et_pb_tabs admin_label="Artist Tabs"][et_pb_tab title="Discography"]<h3>Discography</h3><div> </div><div> </div><h4>Cradlesongs</h4><div> </div><p><iframe style="border: 0; width: 500px; height: 472px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=4198502662/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=ffffff/artwork=small/transparent=true/" width="300" height="150" seamless=""><a href="http://sleepingme.bandcamp.com/album/cradlesongs">Cradlesongs by Sleeping Me</a></iframe><br />May 2009</p><div> </div><p>Textural and meticulously composed, the emotive ambience of Sleeping Me is a quiet reminder of all the beauty and personal strife that is experienced in solitude. Tidal currents of delayed guitar carry the listener across an ocean of reverb, cast adrift beneath a brooding sky. Each track hands an elusive secret to the next, hinted at but never revealed.</p><p>Sleeping Me’s masterful debut album <em>Cradlesongs</em> is an homage to the bittersweet rise and fall of fortune, the discovery and evasiveness of identity and truth, the acceptance of distance and disappointment, and the poignancy of an ever-elusive yet omnipresent love. From the sad, sparse introductory piece ‘Empty Cradle’ to the epic melancholy of closing track ‘The Rattle In Our Throats’, <em>Cradlesongs</em> demonstrates an unmatchable elegance and poise, allowing these sorrowful symphonies to extend far beyond their own discrete edges and breathe new life into a crowded genre.</p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Bio"]<h3>Biography</h3><p>Clayton McEvoy grew up in the vast expanse of desert and concrete that is California’s Inland Empire. Though initially deciding to play music for very different reasons (girls and free booze), the discovery of shoegaze and ambient music, followed by an interest in minimalist composition, would become the foundation for more focused experimentation as Sleeping Me.</p><p>Clayton has also collaborated on the new album by The Refractors (Dynamophone, 2009), and collaborates with Jorge Mantas under the name The Beautiful Schizophonic.”</p><p>Sleeping Me’s debut release Cradlesongs is an homage to the bittersweet rise and fall of fortune, the discovery and evasiveness of identity and truth, and the acceptance of distance, disappointment, and the poignancy of an ever-elusive yet omnipresent love.</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="News"]<h3>News</h3>[catlist name=sleeping-me content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Reviews"]<h2>Reviews</h2>[catlist name=sleeping-me-reviews content=yes pagination=no title_tag=h4 title_class=lcp_title][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Press Releases"]<h3>Press Releases</h3><p><a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Sleeping_Me_Cradlesongs_Release.pdf">Sleeping Me <em>Cradlesongs </em>Album Release.</a></p><p><a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Sleeping_Me_Single_Release.pdf">Sleeping Me ‘Legs Like Gravestone’ Single Release.</a></p><p><a href="../../publicity/press-releases/HSR_Press_Release-Sleeping_Me_Signing.pdf">Sleeping Me Signs to Hidden Shoal.</a></p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Gallery"]<h3>Artist Photos</h3><p> </p>[gallery ids="9112,9113,9114"][/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Video"]<h3>Music Videos</h3><p>No music videos yet, sorry!</p><p> </p>[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Licensing"]<h3>Licensing</h3><p>Sleeping Me's music is  available for licensing (master & sync cleared) through Hidden Shoal. Please <a title="Contact Us" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/contact-us/">contact us</a> with some basic details about your project and the track(s) you wish to use and we’ll be sure to get back to you straight away.</p>[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_4"][et_pb_sidebar admin_label="Sidebar" orientation="left" area="sidebar-1" background_layout="dark" module_id="shoalsidebar" /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]