Veteran Songwriters Ryan Bourne and Marie Sulkowski Team Up as Sleepkit in New Single, “Oxygen on the Autobahn”
Sleepkit is a band that can genuinely be described as mind-expanding; from the nucleus of their songwriting to the texturally ornamented arrangements, they manage to imbue each aspect of their music with a sly veneer of otherness.
Initially more frantic (and loud enough to piss off their neighbours so much that the working title was “Doug Anger”) the band streamlined a recorded jam, refining the vibe, layering in texture and melody until “Oxygen On The Autobahn” emerged. The title was chosen as a nod to Jean-Michel Jarre’s lush 1976 synth opus Oxygène, after founding songwriters Marie Sulkowski and Ryan Bourne realized it was formative for both of them; a staple for respective family trips – Bourne’s camping off the Transcanada and Marie’s actually ripping down the Autobahn.
With producer Scott Munro (Preoccupations, Chad VanGaalen) at the helm, the track feels juicy and propulsive yet somehow austere – it’s heavy but sibilant, with a driving bounce that lives in a kind of Paradise Garage of the mind; it’s like cruising inside an ecstatic fever dream on a mythical Autobahn.