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).
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
