A-OKAY
“SLEEP YEAR”
e originally played around with the idea of the acoustic song “A-OKAY” being the opener, but as soon as I demoed the guitar “chuggs” at the start of “Sleep Year”, I knew the record had to open with it. I don’t think there’s another song I’m more desperate to play live! I found it difficult with guitar tones on this song not to make them more gained and thicker like our older songs, but Greg [Wales, who produced the record] convinced me to keep it cleaner so you could hear the bends and let the riff really come through the amp with nothing but tubes. This song best epitomises the different guitar sound on the record. It’s not over-saturated, its more pulled-back. It’s letting
