Austin band Slumbering Sun shares the first single from their forthcoming sophomore album today. Hear and share the single “Together Forever” HERE.
Slumbering Sun also plays SXSW on Thursday this week at the annual Stoner Jam.
Slumbering Sun is a powerful new Melodic Doom entity formed by members of underground mainstays Temptress, Destroyer of Light and Monte Luna. Their resulting sound explores broader melodies and sonics than their other bands, inspired as much by Celtic Folk standards as by Doom, Grunge and Shoegaze.
Slumbering Sun makes music for crazy romantics. Keegan Kjeldsen, James Clarke, Kelsey Wilson, Garth Condit and Kelly “Penny” Turner joined forces in 2022 in order to weave a dreamy kind of Doom that would incorporate Shoegaze, Grunge and Prog. All were friends in the Texas metal scene, assembled from bands in Austin & Dallas, who sought to elevate the love and camaraderie they’d found over the years into an artistic vision.
After releasing their debut, “The Ever-Living Fire” (2023, #20 debut on Doom Charts), Slumbering Sun played their first show at Stoner Jam during SXSW, embarked on a series of regional tours, and capped off the year with an appearance at Ripple Fest. The band spent all of 2024 making their second effort, “Starmony,” in between touring the Midwest, and releasing their single “Out of the Blue & Into the Void” – a brilliant mashup of Neil Young’s and Black Sabbath’s classic tracks. With no plans to slow down, and the band intends to make more metalheads than ever pound their fists and cry about their exes.
“Starmony” will be available on limited edition LP and digital on May 9th, 2025. Orders are available HERE
Tracklist:
01. Together Forever
02. Keep it Secret
03. Midsommar Night’s Dream
04. The Solar Bear
05. Danse Macabre
06. The Tower
07. Wanderlust
SLUMBERING SUN LIVE 2025:
03/13 Austin, TX – The Far Out – SXSW – Stoner Jam
Lineup:
James Clarke (Monte Luna) / Vocals
Keegan Kjeldsen (Destroyer of Light) / Guitar
Kelsey Wilson (Temptress) / Guitar
Garth Condit (Monte Luna, Scorpion Child) / Bass
Penny Turner (Destroyer of Light) / Drums