Sleep announce their new album Hempispheres, out digitally September 3rd, 2026 via Third Man Records, and share new single “The Morrisist.” The album marks their first without Matt Pike and features an entirely new lineup. Fall North American tour dates are now on sale. Stream “The Morrisist” now and pre-order below.
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Hempispheres does not attempt to continue where 2018’s The Sciences left off. With significant new blood in the lineup, the album finds its own footing, distinctly in the spirit of Sleep‘s decades-long legacy but sharper and more agile.
The album marks Sleep‘s first without guitarist Matt Pike. Alongside bassist and principal songwriter Al Cisneros, the new incarnation features Dale Crover of Melvins and Redd Kross on drums and Bubba Dupree of Void on guitar. Crover came in naturally – he had seen Sleep live in San Francisco in the early Nineties, and Sleep had themselves been transformed by witnessing the Melvins‘ legendary 1988 Gluey Porch Treatments-era shows. Cisneros calls Crover’s drumming “otherworldly, life-changing.”
For guitar, Dupree came highly recommended, and the first jam session nailed it immediately, a vibe Cisneros describes as “blue sunglasses era Iommi.” Though stepping into Pike’s shoes weighs on him, “Matt’s an icon,” Dupree is resolved that imitating Pike’s style would be hollow. Instead, he leans into his own voice, determined that “Sleep’s soul is still totally intact.” The album was recorded at the Melvins‘ studio with longtime engineer Toshi Kasai.
(Portions of the above text from a bio written by Henry Rollins)
In conjunction with the album, Al Cisneros presents Issue One of the Sleep Comic Book, his authorial debut for Third Man Books, illustrated by Dave Kloc and Arik Roper. The comic begins the saga of The Marijuanaut and is available in a standard edition and a signed limited-edition bundle that includes the comic, a full-cover poster, a signed bookplate, designed rolling papers, and a flexi disc of “Have Spacesuit Will Travel.” The physical edition of Hempispheres follows on October 30.
TRACKLIST
- “Have Spacesuit Will Travel”
- “The Morrisist”
- “Hempispheres”
- “Arrival of the Industry Ships”
- “Whole Wheat Mountain Well Baked”
09/08 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
09/09 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
09/10 – Albuquerque, NM @ Revel
09/12 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
09/13 – Austin, TX @ Levitation Festival
09/14 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Tower Theatre
09/16 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
09/17 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Grand at The Complex
09/18 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall
09/20 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
09/21 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
09/22 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
09/23 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
09/25 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
09/26 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
09/27 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst
09/28 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
09/29 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
11/04 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
11/05 – Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater
11/06 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
11/07 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall
11/09 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
11/10 – Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
11/11 – South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Ballroom
11/12 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
11/13 – Hudson, NY @ Basilica Hudson
11/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
11/16 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
11/17 – Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre