Band Of The Day #9 - SLEEPING STATES "September, Maybe"
Sleeping States are one of those much-discussed, but rarely discovered gems found shimmering at the bottom of the well. One of those wonderfully 'found' artists who demand the listener to proceed and tell the world of Markland Starkie's (for he is said act) languorously beautiful songs as if it were their sole mission in life, and one which should be approached with the appropriate level of zeal.
'September, Maybe' is taken from the second Sleeping States album (after his first, self-released CDR long-player), and sounds like the music of a man waiting for the rest of the world to catch up and find him. A piece of effervescent, folkish nearly-pop, it encapsulates the sparse beauty that Markland Starkie produces with seemingly little effort.
Sleeping States will be touring early in 2008, but expect the London-based fellow to crop up here and there in the coming months.
Download: Sleeping States - 'September, Maybe'
Feature - DiScover: Sleeping States
- Gareth Dobson
