Sleepy Kitty Update

Sleepy Kitty (ex Harvey Danger) debuts new video, “don’t you start,” on npr / now on tour

“Grimy meets shiny in Sleepy Kitty’s music: chugging drums and crunchy guitars sweetened by catchy melodies and vocal harmonies that summon memories of 1960s-era girl groups.” (Boston Globe)

So arrived Sleepy Kitty with their sophomore release, Projection Room, on Euclid Records. Taking cues from an eccentric rage of influences from Pavement to technicolor MGM musicals, and Iggy Pop to Jean Luc Godard, Sleepy Kitty are equal parts art-school weird and erratic garage-punk – like the White Stripes if they listened to a little more 1940s musicals.

The album was received with critical acclaim, garnering attention from BUST Magazine, KEXP, and Guitar World, not to mention buzz from well-respected outlets in the blogosphere including Brooklyn Vegan, Brightest Young Things and many more. Entertainment Weekly named Sleepy Kitty one of the 20 acts to see at SXSW 2014 (just behind Temples, Angel Olsen, and Perfect Pussy). The St. Louis duo have well and truly captured the hearts of their newfound hometown, winning Riverfront Times’ Best New Band in 2010, and Best Indie Band in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.

Perhaps in the truest testament to their weird and wonderful influences, the band have played alongside an eclectic array of artists including Chuck Berry, Best Coast, Brody Dalle, JEFF The Brotherhood, Deerhoof, Dresden Dolls, and Allah-Las, as well as LouFest and Middle Of The Map Fest for the last three years. And in true Sleepy Kittyfashion, the duo kicked off their album release with “Laser Kitty”: two sold-out laser shows at the St. Louis Planetarium, choreographed to Projection Room.