Sleep Cycle

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Sleep Cycle
Deakin - Sleep Cycle.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 6, 2016
Recorded2009–15
Length33:28
Label My Animal Home, Domino
Singles from Sleep Cycle
  1. "Just Am"
    Released: April 6, 2016

Sleep Cycle is the debut solo studio album by Animal Collective member Deakin (Josh Dibb), released on Bandcamp on April 6, 2016. [1] That same day, "Just Am" was the first track shared from the album, accompanied by a music video. [2] The album was subsequently released on My Animal Home on April 8, 2016. [3] It was remastered and reissued by Domino in 2019. [4]

Contents

Background

Dibb originally started raising funds for Sleep Cycle through a Kickstarter campaign in 2009. [5] Dibb intended to use the funds to perform at the Festival au Désert in Mali, Africa, the creation of a book and CD, and a charitable donation to Temedt, a Mali organization working to help enslaved black Tuareg people. [6] Dibb's Kickstarter campaigned amassed 205 backers who pledged $25,985 to help bring the project to life. [5] All the funds that were raised through the Kickstarter campaign were eventually donated to charity and the album was ultimately self-funded by Dibb. [7]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 84/100 [8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Consequence of Sound B+ [10]
Paste Magazine 8.5/10 [11]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [12]
Pretty Much AmazingA− [13]
Tiny Mix Tapes TMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT half.svg [14]

The album received acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album has received an average score of 84, indicating "universal acclaim", based on 6 reviews. [15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joshua Dibb

No.TitleLength
1."Golden Chords"6:29
2."Just Am"8:08
3."Shadow Mine"1:15
4."Footy"7:19
5."Seed Song"3:12
6."Good House"7:05
Total length:33:28

Personnel

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