Sleepwalk Kid

Sleepwalk Kid is a power trio that places detailed songwriting and lyrical depth over a bed of tight, aggressive instrumentation. Culled from classic and prog rock influences, their hard-hitting sound can be the soundtrack to a keg party or enjoyed at home on a deeper level. Sleepwalk Kid’s first record Stubborn Keys was released in September 2008, followed by a year of studio work and concerts throughout the Northwest. Members Tim Murphy, Nick Angelo Read more on Last.fm …read full bio

Sleepwalk Kid is a power trio that places detailed songwriting and lyrical depth over a bed of tight, aggressive instrumentation. Culled from classic and prog rock influences, their hard-hitting sound can be the soundtrack to a keg party or enjoyed at home on a deeper level. Sleepwalk Kid’s first record Stubborn Keys was released in September 2008, followed by a year of studio work and concerts throughout the Northwest. Members Tim Murphy, Nick Angelo, and Christian Pokorney have been playing and recording together as Sleepwalk Kid since mid-2006. Noted for their solid live performances, the band has shared the stage with great Northwest acts such as The Mint Chicks and Symmetry/Symmetry. They have been featured on KUFO's local radio show Viva La Luna and have held concerts at most Portland clubs. 2009 saw Sleepwalk Kid recording in three local studios and hitting the road in Oregon and Washington. Sleepwalk Kid's 12-track debut Stubborn Keys is a lesson in efficient rockage. The bulk of the recording was done in the classic 60's rock style—three guys playing very loudly together in one expensive-looking room. Most tracks were picked from three or four takes and all band performances were recorded over three days in March 2008. The resulting sound is minimalist yet muscular, an apt avenue for Sleepwalk Kid's mix of cerebral and manic tunes. As for the background, Murphy and Angelo have been producing original music since 1999. As teenage friends in suburban Portland, they would smuggle acoustic guitars to school and spend spare minutes between classes learning their favorite songs. When enough chords were learned, the duo began writing their own material. Eventually more musical comrades were enlisted and the sludge-rock group Chrysalis was formed in 2002. A live record was recorded and a handful of shows played, but teenage friends fell away as they tend to. Angelo and Murphy continued to write together and self-produced the record Stargazer as the psych-rock duo Featherstone in 2003. While no band was formed to play the new songs, Murphy and Angelo played gigs as a duo. At this time they also joined with songwriter Mark Shifflett to form the roots-rock group RoughCuts, for which Angelo and Murphy produced the record "The Unseen Sound" in 2005. New York transplant Christian Pokorney joined Murphy and Angelo in 2006 to form Sleepwalk Kid. Following a year of rehearsal and songwriting, the new band began performing in Portland clubs in 2007. With the 2008 release of their full-length debut Stubborn Keys under their belts, Sleepwalk Kid is currently playing concerts throughout the Northwest and recording new material. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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