WATCH: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Shares Video for “Burn Into Light”

Acclaimed Oakland, CA,q art rockers Sleepytime Gorilla Museum are back from a 13-year hiatus with a new album due out in February.

Entitled Sleepytime Gorilla Museum of the Last Human Being (due February 23, 2024), it’s the band’s fourth album and the inaugural release of the Joyful Noise Recordings-distributed Avant Night imprint. It’s also the group’s first album since 2007.

Following last month’s release of their forthcoming record’s first single (“Salamander in Two Worlds”), SGM returns today with a second cut, the apocalyptic “Burn Into Light.” 

The track additionally comes alongside an accompanying visual, described by director Tas Limur (Conjuring Visions, Inc.) as “a mesmerizing visual tapestry.”

“The music video weaves its spell among masterful studio scenes filmed in Los Angeles, through mystical woods of Oakland, and into enchanting forests of Cape Cod,” Limur further expounds about the video, which can be viewed below. “A cinematic journey unfolds, capturing the essence of the band’s upcoming album, Of the Last Human Being. The viewer is beckoned into a world where sound and imagery converge, where mystery and emotion dance in tandem, and where the esoteric allure of the band is vividly brought to life. This obscure gem invites the audience to immerse themselves in the haunting glow of ‘Burn into Light.’”

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, comprised of multi-instrumentalists and rotating vocalists Nils Frykdahl, Carla Kihlstedt, Michael “Iago” Mellender, Matthias Bossi and Dan Rathbun, are happy to be back together making music and hitting the road in 2024. 

“A kind of buzzing warmth stirs in my belly,” says SGM co-founder Kihlstedt. “Partly, it’s the re-kindling of old friendships, but it’s also the connectivity of reigniting a community, an ethos, and a commitment to creative and independent expression, and to vibrant collectivism. I believe in every messy molecule of SGM, from its many heads to its stinky toes, from its music to its wandering soul. How lucky are we to return to the hive after all these years?!” 

 

Catch Sleepytime Gorilla Museum live in early 2024. 

02/29 – Arcata, CA – Humbrews   

03/01 – Eugene, OR – WOW Hall w/ Kayo Dot, Todd Sickafoose’s CITAOS  

03/02 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater w/ Kayo Dot, Peculiar Pretzelmen  

03/03 – Seattle, WA – Crocodile w/ Kayo Dot, Peculiar Pretzelmen 03/04 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Hallw/ Kayo Dot  

03/05 – Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall w/ Red Bennies, Purr Bats  

03/07 – Denver, CO – The Bluebird w/ Dreadnought, Surplus 1980 (feat. Moe Staiano)  

03/08 – Estes Park, CO – The Stanley Hotel w/ Dreadnought, Surplus 1980 (feat. Moe Staiano), The Parlour Trick  

 03/09 – Estes Park, CO – The Stanley Hotel w/ In the Company of Serpents, Playground Ensemble, The Parlour Trick, Arone Dyer’s Dronechoir  

03/11 – Kansas City, MO – Record Bar w/ Season To Risk  

03/12 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fine Line w/ Dead Rider, The Kind City  

03/13 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall w/ Dead Rider, Cheer-Accident  

03/14 – Indianapolis, IN – Irving Theater w/ Cheer-Accident, Isolation Tank Ensemble  

03/15 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom w/ Lung, Isolation Tank Ensemble  

03/16 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts w/ Zöe Keating, Stinking Lizaveta  

03/17 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair w/ Singer Mali, Rong  

03/18 – Brooklyn, NY – Elsewherew/ Arone Dyer, Knifethrower  

03/19 – Baltimore, MD – The Ottobar w/ Titan to Tachyons  

03/20 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle w/ Titan to Tachyons, Toybox Theatre  

03/21-24 – Knoxville, TN – BIG EARS FESTIVAL  

03/25 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West w/ Faun Fables, The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir   

03/26 – Winter Park, FL – Conduit w/ Faun Fables, Indorphine, Flagman  

03/27 – Tampa, FL – Orpheum w/ Faun Fables, Indorphine, Flagman  

03/28 – New Orleans, LA – Howlin’ Wolf w/ Faun Fables, Anareta  

03/29 – Houston, TX – Secret Group w/ Faun Fables, Oceans of Slumber  

03/30 – Austin, TX – The Mohawk w/ Faun Fables, Thor Harris Duo, Oceans of Slumber, Opposite Day, The Parlour Trick   

03-31 – Dallas, TX – Trees w/ Pinkish Black, Faun Fables  

04/02 – Albuquerque, NM – Sister Bar w/ Faun Fables  

04/03 – Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom w/ Faun Fables, Meet the Sun  

04/04 – Tucson, AZ – 191 Toole w/ Faun Fables, Skin Theory  

04/05 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre w/ Faun Fables  

04/06 – Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre w/ Faun Fables, Cassette Prophet, Surplus 1980, Kitka  

 

VIDEO: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum “Burn Into Light”