While She Sleeps

Interview conducted on May 18, 2019

by Dan Locke

While She Sleeps have chosen a fitting way to celebrate their tenth anniversary as a band – by becoming totally independent. It’s a bold, impressive and powerful move that both reflects the decade gone by and hints at what the future has to offer. More than that, it demonstrates that age-old cliché is still true today – if you want something done right, do it yourself. Not only did they self fund their new album ‘You Are We’ with the help of their fans through a PledgeMusic campaign, but the band converted an empty warehouse in the heart of their native Sheffield into their own multi-purpose studio. It’s not the first time the band have had their own space – 2010’s debut EP ‘The North Stands For Nothing’ was recorded at a home studio called The Barn – but with this new space, which was built with the band’s own money, they’ve taken things to the next level.

While She Sleeps
While She Sleeps

We talk about the following:

How did they formed
Coming best British band in 2012 and being out for 6 years already
What is a mini album
Feeling about downloading music
Vinyl album
How is Sonic Temple Festival complains to Download Fest
Van Warped Tour
Owning their own label
Social Media
Their documentary film
How a local band become big
Touring and staying healthy
The bad food of the United States

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