Sleepersound - In Medias Res (2018)

In Medias Res is a deeply felt record that paints in dark blue hues. In Medias Res both do things : combine art-school sensibilities to noisy, distorted guitars; feature high-pitched vocals; move seamlessly from spartan ballads to indie-rock to noisier work; cultivate an air of night-time outer-hush-inner-noise; and manage to be distorted and heavy without feeling aggressive. It’s music of internal anguish; it’s emo but without the punk-rock trappings.Anyone who likes early ’00s indie-rock (Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie, et al.), when indie-rock was “rock that doesn’t sound like stuff on the radio,” will love this.