Some songs sit quietly beside you, like an old friend who knows when to stay silent. Big Sleep’s new single “Crude” is one of those—steady, familiar, and strangely comforting, like watching the rain blur the city outside your Lisbon window.
“Crude” feels like it’s been playing somewhere in the background of my life for years. Maybe it’s that gentle riff looping like a heartbeat, or Rónán Connolly’s voice—soft yet unshakably present. The song moves almost motionlessly, but never without intention; it holds a kind of calm tension, a refusal to rush. It’s the perfect companion for a lazy midweek afternoon, when autumn air starts to smell faintly of wood smoke and nostalgia.
Taken from “Holy Show”, the band’s upcoming debut album, “Crude” sits at the heart of what Big Sleep do best: turning emotional fragility into something quietly defiant. It’s about the stubborn persistence of innocence, the refusal to harden even when life keeps throwing elbows. There’s something almost cinematic about its restraint—reminiscent of early Ben Howard’s openness or the softer corners of Radiohead’s world.
It is impressive how the band manage to sound so intimate without ever feeling small. The production breathes; guitars flicker and fade; the rhythm section hums rather than shouts. It’s the kind of songwriting that doesn’t demand attention but earns it gradually, minute by minute. “Crude” doesn’t build to a peak—it unfolds like fog lifting over Dublin Bay.
About Big Sleep:
Big Sleep are one of those bands who’ve built their world the slow way—by sweating it out onstage, from underground tunnel shows beneath the M50 to sold-out rooms across Europe. Founded by vocalist Rónán Connolly and Italian drummer Matteo Poli, and completed by Aidan Gray and Naiara Clarke LaFuente, they’re a Dublin four-piece with a knack for making the everyday feel cinematic. Their upcoming album “Holy Show” promises to explore love, loss, and identity with the kind of messy honesty that keeps rock alive. If “Crude” is the opening whisper, the rest might just roar.
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