With their debut onto the Portland scene happening just last year, Second Sleep have already affirmed their well deserved place in our fairly niche realm of local music. The two piece is made up of nothing but drums and guitars – a simplistic setup resulting in a zealous execution of prime post-rock. T.J. Burke and Bruce Reed transform distortion and weighty whirls into immutable forces that can’t be ignored. So far, they’ve played a handful of shows and have the one easily accessible track, "Motoboats." The track is an instrumental definition of the duo’s technical prowess, also acting as an indicator of what can be expected from their future releases.
Second Sleep will be playing with A Collective Subconscious and Arizona’s With Our Arms to the Sun at the High Water Mark on January 13th and seem to have more and more shows stacking up in the new year.
-Cervante Pope