Sleeping Orchard blends dreamlike escapism and psychedelic experimentation with a deeply human and earthy folk style. The project is often compared to the likes of Cat Stevens, Leonard Cohen and Lou Reed on the one hand, and to early Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Velvet Underground and even elements of The Grateful Dead on the other.

“The listener is drawn into sleepy bluesy folk music with an added twist of psychedelia that brings to mind the early days of Pink Floyd.”

Rooted in second-hand instruments and recording equipment from various marketplaces and car boot sales, most notably the £4 acoustic guitar and cassette recorder that feature heavily on the Sleeping Orchard YouTube channel, the songs carry a quiet weight - earthy, considered and dreamlike with a mix of poetic lyrical imagery and observational cynicism.

“The exquisite musicianship and brave experimentation of Sleeping Orchard come through, stretching the genre's boundaries and creating a musical environment that is both familiar and innovative.”

“When I listen to this band, I totally plunge in psychedelic atmosphere.
Sometimes it send me to The Beatles, sometimes to The Queens Of The Stone Age. Various sound from song to song”

Based in the countryside of East Anglia, a slower pace of life is reflected in Sleeping Orchard’s music, with emphasis on honesty and realism over perfectionism and polish.

The Sleeping Orchard YouTube channel has gained a small but dedicated group of subscribers in recent years and is seen as a retreat from the fast-paced, edit-heavy nature of modern digital life. 

“A piece of rootsy psychedelia that combines vintage San Francisco-style guitar work (including plenty of tasteful instrumental breaks) with a hippyish, organic vibe that's quite different to the production-heavy psychedelia that dominates the current scene.” - The Active Listener

“Round the campfire singalong with dexterous Garcia-esque guitar leads flowing easily between the vocal lines.”

“Oddly this more structured songwriting approach has coincided with a more psychedelic feeling in general, which gifts these often simple, and always melodic vignettes a hazy, desert-swept, peyote-infused, around the campfire charm.”

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