{"id":137372,"date":"2026-01-30T07:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T07:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/137372\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T07:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T07:33:08","slug":"tampa-band-sleeping-pills-fuses-jagged-post-punk-with-garage-y-surf-riffs-and-new-wave-hooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/137372\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa band Sleeping Pills\u00a0fuses jagged post-punk with garage-y surf riffs and new-wave hooks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sleeping Pills<\/a> sounds like crawling out of a foggy beach town at midnight. Darker and more jagged than your average post-punk outfit, the band blends murky guitar lines, punk rhythms and brooding melodies into songs that feel lived-in.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Tampa trio, fronted by Phil Taylor with Zack Strickland and Nate Irizarry, fuses jagged post-punk with garage-y surf riffs and new-wave hooks, forging a hybrid that gives their music a sense of drifting motion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tracks like \u201cThe Lighthouse\u201d preview an upcoming album, remaining grim and hypnotic but with an oceanic twist. That energy will come to life on Feb. 13, when Sleeping Pills celebrates the release of its new album, Patterns in the Sea, at The Bends, joined by Merchandise frontman Carson Cox and Nic Hamersly\u2019s 808-driven synth project Ortrotasce.<\/p>\n

Occulting Light by Sleeping Pills<\/a><\/p>\n

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This article appears in Jan. 29 \u2013 Feb. 04<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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