Cradle, The - Laughing In My Sleep (CD) |-

Laughing in my Sleep represents a kind of stylistic culmination--a synthesis of the many sonic flavors The Cradle has served since the genesis of the project in 2013. It is a sprawling, multi-faceted album that will give a first-time listener a little taste of everything, from hi-fidelity, lyrical guitar-based music familiar to fans of Bag of Holding, to grimy 4-track drum machine songs a la Sense Stats, to spoken word pieces and voice memo interludes sent straight from a cell phone that may remind fans of the more esoteric live Cradle performances. Likewise, the album is thematically diverse, recorded in the spring of 2018 during a wandering period of frequent travel and change. Songs range from the personal to the political, from spiteful to gracious, from frustrated to silly. Never missing, though, is the sense of exploration and wonder that has always permeated The Cradle's work.

• Format Detail: CD [w/ download card]
• Format: CD
• Label: NNA Tapes
• Catalog Number: CD-NNA-127