HELMS ALEE – SLEEPWALKING SAILORS

Two years after Seattle post-metal adventurists Helms Alee issued their Weatherhead LP through Hydra Head, the band have announced their next set, Sleepwalking Sailors, which will arrive early in 2014 through new label home Sargent House. The group’s third album offers up a “unique amalgam of metal, art rock, pop and punk,” with touchstones including everything from Soundgarden to Gang of Four. Driven by muck-dripping sludge riffs and a mix of throaty cries from guitarist/vocalist Ben Verellen, vocalist/bassist Dana James, and drummer/vocalist Hozoji Matheson-Margullis, the recordings were engineered by Chris Common (Pelican, Chelsea Wolfe, These Arms Are Snakes). The band have previously toured with Torche and Big Business.