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“It’s got a fuzzed-out doo-wop feeling, and all the songs are about girls!” says Sleeping in the Aviary’s Elliott Kozel. “It’s like Dion and the Belmonts with a hangover trying to figure out how to use a Big Muff pedal, or the Everly Brothers beating up some kid in the bathroom of a high-school gymnasium and then feeling bad about it later.” He’s describing the band’s fourth full-length album, You and Me, Ghost, set for release by Science of Sound Records on September 6, 2011. In the ever-expanding musical universe that is Sleeping in the Aviary, asking what they’re up to now will often reward the questioner with an unexpected response – and be accompanied by some great music, genre boundaries be damned.

Originating as a trio based in Madison, Wis., Sleeping in the Aviary has evolved into a Minneapolis, Minn., quintet including Kozel (vocals, guitar), Phil Mahlstadt (bass), Michael Sienkowski (drums, backing vocals), Celeste Heule (accordion, keyboards, musical saw), and Kyle Sobczak (guitar). All the members have roots in southeastern Wisconsin, and have been playing music for a decade and more in a near-countless number of bands and one-off projects. Those varied experiences and experiments have resulted in the bouillabaisse of sounds offered in their discography – from the power chord-fueled pop-punk of Oh, This Old Thing? (2007), to the mostly acoustic indie-folk of Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel (2008), to the soul-influenced pop of Great Vacation (2010). For You and Me, Ghost the band’s sound takes on the influence of an earlier era but still sounds undeniably like Sleeping in the Aviary.
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  • Vibrant-Impulse

    @mooncitygirl - The credit for the album art seems to go to Mike Krol, but it's also listed as "Computer Magic," so maybe he just did the composting, and not the actual drawings. (this is my read from the way it's worded on the physical album - so i could be wrong.)

    February 2012

  • Mooncitygirl

    Does anyone know who draws their covers?

    January 2012

  • KevinTheHealey

    One of the best!

    January 2012

  • nightman_cometh

    really cool live [2]

    October 2011

  • kiwiukulele

    really cool live

    March 2011

  • DCeclectic

    Decent stuff but, Yeesh! Anyone else notice the number of times "I" is used in the bio? Certainly makes me curious about the 'band's' dynamic...

    December 2010

  • AndreannaWilson

    wonderfullll <3

    November 2010

  • BWalshy

    When i saw them live the singer just handed me his shoe. Told me to hang on to it. WAs fun show though.

    October 2010
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