sleep bellum sonno hail from long island, new york a scene rich with music history unlike many other places in the country. while this 3-piece outfit may not sound a lot like their contemporaries that gained the location such notoriety, they still have managed to create a tirelessly epic peace of work in their full-length Judge Us By How We Lived Our Lives Not By How We Made Our Living.

to say that listening to judge us by how we lived… is a tiring process would be a naive understatement. self released and weighing in in at 12 tracks, the album that was recorded completely live is described as as conceptual album that “tells the tale of twelve characters who all intertwine into one larger story of a husband/father leaving his wife and two sons behind.”

don’t let the sheer depth of sleep bellum sonno’s masterpiece scare you away, for if you indulge yourself into their blend of angular mathy post-rock and spaced out, carefully intricate song-structures the experience that awaits is undeniably rewarding.

mp3// a house of spades
purchase// Judge Us By How We Lived Our Lives Not How We Made Our Living
myspace// sleep bellum sonno