Sleep Token | Melomaniax Ep. 29

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[@I_am_Felii]

the bass player has been the same since they started performing but the guitarist has changed 2 times, but has been consistently performing with sleep token since I believe 2021, II has been a part of this project from the very beginning also Vessel plays the keys, guitar, bass on the recordings and writes/composes everything

[@Jellycubist]

Yeah I think III is something like 6'4 and has a unique body shape, it would be almost impossible to swap him out for someone else without it being very noticeable. And there are videos of him shouting and he very much has an English accent lol. I've heard IV was the drum-tech for the old IV, but not sure if that's true or not.

[@gakufan]

@@Jellycubistcurrent iv used to be the guitar tech for holding absence

[@Jellycubist]

@@gakufan I don't know why I wrote drum tech, complete brain fail there! But that's cool, I knew he is Welsh but didn't know he'd worked with Holding Absence. Been meaning to check them out.

[@MelomaniaxPodcast]

Great points!

[@I_am_Felii]

@@Jellycubist II's drum tech has always been Sam as far as I am aware

[@stevewade4190]

I thought it was cool that 2 mentioned he was influenced by some old gospel drummers. Seems like a dude with pretty eclectic tastes in music

[@MelomaniaxPodcast]

Right??

[@devin3607]

Next level drummer

[@nogster7]

I completely disagree with your view that the EPs didn't go hard. They arguably have some of their heaviest grooves. When the bough breaks 2nd half has heavier grooves than 90% of their music. Thread the Needle has a massive breakdown to end and Nazareth 2nd half as well has awesome heavy grooves and a breakdown. Same with Calcutta.

[@MelomaniaxPodcast]

I’ll go revisit and dig in! Thanks for the comment! ✌️

[@nogster7]

@MelomaniaxPodcast when the bough breaks is my favourite Sleep Token song. The journey it takes you on! And the 2nd half has arguably the heaviest grooves in their discography.

[@spliffysixx4945]

Why you putting out bs Infos? 😅 The bass guitarist has CLEARLY always been the same dude, guitarist changed once or twice but has been consistent since they jumped to black gear I am sure. Maybe in fact hired guns, but apparently also was Chris fehn so 😅 You can easily see if you watch some live stuff, that its the same dudes. I would even argue looking up some pictures would do, ppl do have different eyes, these guys don't

[@MelomaniaxPodcast]

Definitely could be!!

[@p0g031]

To be fair, I usually just pay attention to music and not to people’s appearance. Maybe that was more their focus? I did look it up out of curiosity because I never noticed and I definitely agree it looks like the same bass player

[@CF39D4FB4A]

The coughing and interrupting/talking over your co-host made this very hard to listen to.

[@MelomaniaxPodcast]

We’ll work on it!