..........youth, art, the pulse of the city. City of Hearts is a song to walk or dance to.
"If Gary Numan spawned a love-child with Niki And The Dove it would sound like this (CIty of Hearts)" Eddy Temple-Morris, XFM
”Bewitching, beguiling, dark-hearted…infectious, substantial noir-disco.. electropop” The Irish Times
"If they ever film a sequel to Nicolas Winding Refn’s hyper-stylish film Drive......Sleep Thieves should be on the short list for scoring duties" 
Pigeons and Planes
“.....think wave-y-gothic vocals (Austra/Fever Ray/The Golden Filter) floating in and out from the dark to the bright side and back!"	
Deer De Bois
Sleep Thieves, are Sorcha Brennan (vocals, synths), Wayne Fahy (Vocals, synths, bass, programming), and Keith Byrne (synths, guitar, bass, programming). The Dublin-dwelling trio met through Twitter where they bonded over film soundtracks and vintage synths. This musical friendship was solidified in the recording of their self-released EP, Islands in 2012, which garnered accolades from the press.

Song written by Sleep Thieves.
Recorded by Keith Byrne.
Mixed by Rian Trench and mastered by Aidan Foley at Masterlabs, Dublin.
Single artwork by Neil Hoare (original photo).
City of Hearts is an original song and the copyright property of Sleep Thieves 2014.

City of Hearts
I felt that I was half alive
I counted 24, 25
I wanted,
I wanted not to be lonely but still alone
Walking slowly but nearing home
I wanted
I wanted
 
In this old city of hearts
What is young we tear apart
I have always wondered why
In this old city of hearts
What is young we tear apart
Won’t you open up our eyes
 
You’d say that it was true to form
I was wishing hard for a storm
I wanted,
I wanted to see storm clouds rushing by
In a dark, brooding, stormy sky
I wanted, I wanted
 
In this old city of hearts
What is young we tear apart
I have always wondered why
In this old city of hearts
What is young we tear apart
Won’t you open up our eyes

Copyright 2014 Sleep Thieves

Sleep Thieves - City Of Hearts

Title track from Sleep Thieves upcoming album 'You Want The Night' to be released June 17th via Minty Fresh Records (US).
Pre-order the album on vinyl now at http://www.sleepthieves.net 

"After branding their trademark sweeping electronic style back in late February with “City of Hearts”, Irish trio Sleep Thieves are back and better than ever with new single, “You Want The Night”.​ Taken from their similarly titled new album set for release this June, “You Want The Night” is a darkly hypnotic and throbbing sample of new-age electro that sits somewhere in between Chromatics and Drive soundtrack alumni Desire. " - The Line of Best Fit, May 2014

Sleep Thieves - You Want The Night

Is This Ready?

Is this ready?
It already is.

I’ve a fever, burning, tearing me apart
I can feel the beating of my external heart
I am floating, floating overhead
I am fever burning, burning up.

I am creeping, seething, flowing from the walls
I am angel, demon, owner of it all
I am darkness, lightness and in between
I am fever burning between the sheets.

Lyrics copyright Sleep Thieves 2017

Is This Ready?

Aching Bones

Opening track on Sleep Thieves new EP Islands. 
Recorded and mixed by Sean Corcoran. Mastered at Masterlabs, Dublin by Aiden Foley.
Copyright 2012 Sleep Thieves
Released May 18th 2012

01 Out of the Darkness

Track 2 on Sleep Thieves EP Islands.
Recorded and mixed in Dublin by Sean Corcoran. Mastered at Masterlabs by Aiden Foley.
Copyright 2012 Sleep Thieves
Released May 18th, 2012

Oceans

Track 3 on Sleep Thieves EP Islands.
Recorded and mixed in Dublin by Sean Corcoran. Mastered at Masterlabs by Aiden Foley.
Copyright 2012 Sleep Thieves
Released May 18th, 2012

Islands

Track 4 on Sleep Thieves EP Islands.
Recorded and mixed in Dublin by Sean Corcoran. Mastered at Masterlabs by Aiden Foley.
Copyright 2012 Sleep Thieves
Released May 18th, 2012

Spirit Animal (lyrics)
As you walk away
Take my hand 
Take my hand now
Rushing through the crowd 
Hear you roar 
Like a lion 
World is spinning 'round
Spinning 'round
Falling down, down,
Lying on the ground 
Looking up,
Lights are flying




04 Spirit Animal

Sea Of Shadows

Sleep Thieves, are Sorcha Brennan (vocals, synths), Wayne Fahy (Vocals, synths, bass, programming), and Keith Byrne (synths, guitar, bass, programming). The Dublin-dwelling trio met through Twitter where they bonded over film soundtracks and vintage synths. This musical friendship was solidified in the recording of their self-released EP, Islands in 2012, which garnered accolades from the press. Their full length album, You Want the Night, was released in 2014 (via Minty Fresh Records US). Their music is haunting, dreamy and cinematic, it opens up and rolls in like a storm, enticing and caressing the listener. Recently Sleep Thieves have played Electric Picnic, Culture Collide in San Francisco and LA, the FMC tour around Ireland, Forbidden Fruit, Body and Soul, CMJ Music Marathon, New York, and in London, Paris and Italy. With over 4 million plays on Spotify and almost 100,000 unique listeners the band enjoy a worldwide audience.  They are currently working on a new album.

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