New Music Coming - New Label!!

We are very excited to announce that we have joined forces with Dromedary Records, who will be releasing our brand new 7” single later this summer. They will also be releasing our next full length album on vinyl! We are very happy to return to physical media. If you buy a VIP pass to the amazing DromFest ‘24 in the Catskills on Labor Day Weekend, you will get a copy of the record with your ticket! Check out the “Shows” page for details!

New Songs and Shows!

Head on over to the Shows page for info on Boston and Kingston, NY shows later in February. We also just finished mixing two brand new songs at Q Division Studios in their incredible new digs in Cambridge, MA that we’re planning to release as a single.

So excited for Drom30 in the Catskills on the weekend of Saturday, September 16!

We can’t wait to be a part of Dromedary Records’ 30th Anniversary three-day bash in the Catskills on the weekend of Friday, September 15 through Sunday, September 17. SO MANY GREAT BANDS! Brooklyn Vegan wrote it up here. Chris and Rachael’s son attends a nearby college and will be joining Derek and new bassist Ani on a few songs for this show, so if you want to hear some three-guitar Sleepyhead for the first time ever, this is your chance! More details and ticket link over at the "Shows" page!

Album Art for New Alchemy!

Artwork by Sleepyhead vocalist and drummer Rachael McNally with graphic design by Jesse Blatz.

New Music!!

We just released some new tunes on our Bandcamp page! Come see us in New York tomorrow night!

Two Shows Coming Up!

We’re so excited to be playing a few shows with our pals The Royal Arctic Institute and Chris Brokaw in early February! We’ll be in New York City on Saturday, February 5 and Cambridge, MA on Saturday, February 12. Head on over the “Shows” page for all the details. We’re working on getting our now complete album out into the world and are looking forward to playing some new songs! The Royal Arctic Institute are celebrating the release of a new EP.

Album is being mastered!

Hello folks! The new album is done and is currently being mastered at Peerless Mastering. We think it sounds great and are scheming to get it out to you soon! We’re also working on booking some shows. Stay tuned…

Mixing the last few songs for the new album!

We wanted to try to make something good come out of this crazy year, so we pushed ourselves to finish a new album, and we’re in the home stretch! We are mixing the last few songs over the next few weeks, and we’re going to get it out there into the world as soon as we can. It was produced by Jon Lupfer at Q Division Studios in Somerville, MA, and we couldn’t be happier with how it’s turned out. We have refined our sound over the years, and this album will be different from any of our previous albums, especially in the variety of lead singers and the impact of multi-instrumentalist Derek van Beever. Rachael breaks her previous record of two lead vocals on an album and sings lead on five songs, Chris sings lead on five, and we’re very excited that Derek sings lead on two songs, showing off the fact that it’s really been a brand new band since Rachael and Chris joined forces with him back in 2004! We will be sure to add updates on the progress of the release, but until then, you have to check out the collection of songs Derek has released this year on bandcamp!

New bandcamp page!

It was such a bummer to have to cancel our show with the Dambuilders because of a global pandemic. We hope to reschedule that show and get back to playing live as soon as it’s safe. While we work on finishing the new album, we’ve created a bandcamp page so that the last couple of releases would be more easily available. Find it here.

Show coming up with the Dambuilders! (And finishing up a new album at Q Division)

We’re beyond excited to play with the Dambuilders on Saturday, March 21 along with Hilken and Winston from another legendary Boston band, Fuzzy. Details and ticket link over on the Shows page. We’ve been working on a new album at Q Division Studios in Somerville, MA with Jon Lupfer producing and only have a couple songs left to finish up. We are very excited to get this album out there soon. We’ll be playing a bunch of these new tunes at the upcoming show. We’re working on setting up a show in NYC some time this spring, so stay tuned…

July Shows with Velvet Crush!

Check out the shows page for details on two upcoming shows opening for the mighty Velvet Crush in Boston and Worcester, MA. We are continuing work on a new album and have lots of new tunes that we’re excited to play at these shows along with some older stuff. We’re hoping to get that album out early 2020. We’ve also been cleaning up our online presence, so there are some new links on this site to social media, a new Spotify profile, etc.

Show with Wussy cancelled (for now.)

We're sorry to announce that Wussy had to cancel the Sonia show that we were opening due to a medical issue. Hopefully they will be back in action soon and we will be able to reschedule! We're working on booking a few shows, so stay tuned...

Sleepyhead playing in Chapel Hill, NC July 6!

Sleepyhead played many many shows in Chapel Hill during the 90s. One of my fondest memories is original Sleepyhead bassist Michael Galinsky's mom and dad feeding every indie-rocker in town pizza off the hood of their car outside one of the clubs before a gig. We will be celebrating the new Drawing Room Records reissue of albums 2 and 3 for sure, but we'll also be playing a bunch of new songs for the first time ever. Mike will be up there on stage playing some classics from the reissue. His awesome band Elvis Division is playing and to really make it feel like old times, Half-Cocked will be screening! Cat's Cradle Back Room on July 6. Please come NC people!! See the "Shows" page for details.