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By Will Chalk
image copyrightMelody Shaddick
image captionMelody (centre) is a fan of While She Sleeps, everyone else in the picture is in While She Sleeps, except for the dog - which is a dog
It s called The Sleeps Society and, over the course of this year, Melody and Greig are planning to spend over £1,000 each to be part of it.
They both admit it takes a huge chunk out of their budgets, but they re also both adamant it s totally worth it.
They re two of over 2,000 members - fans who pay a monthly fee and, in return, get access to exclusive content from Sheffield metalcore band While She Sleeps.
While She Sleeps
Brexit, Covid, Visa troubles. You name it & While She Sleeps have been unfairly held back by it, but with their new release, “Sleeps Society” they intend to overcome…no matter what! Listen in as Ozz talks with Mat Welsh about the new disc, the set backs & the future in this episode of DNM.
While She Sleeps are a British metalcore band from Sheffield. Formed in 2006, the group consists of vocalist Lawrence Taylor, guitarists Sean Long and Mat Welsh, bassist Aaran McKenzie and drummer Adam Savage. They are currently signed to their own label Sleeps Brothers in the UK and in collaboration with Spinefarm Records in the US and UNFD in Australia. They have released three EPs,
I Was Too Scared to Leave My House : While She Sleeps Fight Anxiety on Sleeps Society Tuesday, 13 April 2021
Photo: Marcia Richards
It’s June 28, 2013 and things could not be going better for While She Sleeps. The metalcore upstarts are in Las Vegas, opening stages all over America as part of the prestigious Warped Tour. Not even a year ago they released their debut album ‘This is the Six’, an animal that made them darlings in their genre’s thriving UK scene, alongside bands such as Architects and Bring Me the Horizon. Tours with Parkway Drive, Crossfaith and Asking Alexandria in the last few months alone have jam-packed their schedule.
belongings to pay for medication when i do have a job. i m just not able to do that job. it s not easy to go to bed thinking where are you going to get money, you know. we re having to ration what cash we have so that we can pay those bills at the end of the month. well, now, trump is toying with the idea of declaring a national emergency, to try and bypass congress and get the border wall money anyway, an idea so extreme, even members of his own party are pushing back. joining me now, dean, from siriusxm and business and marketing consulting and mat welsh, thank you for being here. i will start with you, dean. i used to work in local news quite a while ago. as soon as it was clear it would go on, i said, i know what will happen, donald trump may think all federal workers work in just metro d.c. and all just a bunch
democrats engage latino voters, you have them becoming more enga engaged, and whether it comes to issues like hurricane maria and the treatment of puerto rico, whether it comes to these issues, changing not only rules governing illegal immigration or asylum seekers but also legal immigration, limiting legal immigrati immigration, talking about birthright citizenship, we re going to continue to see these numbers increase. and if republicans don t remember 2012 when they said we need to be a bigger tent party and invite these folks in, they ve gone the other direction, and in the long-term it s only going to hit them. go ahead. i thought hans was trying to weigh in there. are you trying to say something? i am depleted of any insights or clever commentary, it s now 11:15, not at all. you know what, hans, thank you for your candor, thank you for your honesty. geoff bennett, thanks for yours as well. mat welsh and kimberly atkins, a big thanks to you. i m hearing voices apparently