Sleeper's Bell - Clover (Black Vinyl)

Sleeper's Bell - Clover (Black Vinyl)'Clover' is the debut LP from Sleeper's Bell, the project of vocalist lyricist Blaine Teppema "a librarian during the day [] her word play moves with incredible incision" (CLASH) & guitarist Evan Green. Recorded with Jack Henry (Friko, Horsegirl), 'Clover' is a product of Chicago's burgeoning indie scene, offering a more confessional & folk influenced lens. Instrumentation spans from fiddle (played by Teppema's father) to saxophone, combining an

“We wanted to reconcile two potentially opposing aesthetics

but fully drenched and infected by its ghosts

Timbaland cameo

" It was this initial chance encounter that urged Levine to get outside of their own head and breathe the bigger picture more deeply into their writing

or living your life like it's an ungraded art project

is unarguably the group's most personal release in their impressive history as a music-making collective

dressy Bessy

In Waves is a melancholy paradise of bliss

and a newly adopted piano

getting the attention of Drag City records

Recorded in Asheville at Drop of Sun and produced by Viscius alongside Alex Farrar (Wednesday

Over fifteen tracks