Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep

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Released April 2, 2013 Artist Spock's Beard Label InsideOut Records		Recorded 2011-2012 Release date 2 April 2013 Genre Progressive rock

Length 55:50 (Main album) 25:44 (Bonus disc) Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep (2013) The Oblivion Particle (2015) Producers Alan Morse, John Boegehold Similar Spock's Beard albums, Progressive rock albums

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Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep is the eleventh studio album by American progressive rock band Spock's Beard. It is their first album with new singer Ted Leonard and drummer Jimmy Keegan in place of Nick D'Virgilio, while former member Neal Morse co-wrote two tracks, including "Waiting for Me", on which he plays guitar.

Spock s beard brief nocturnes and dreamless sleep excerpts from the upcoming album

Background and recording

In the summer of 2011, Spock's Beard were scheduled to play at the Sweden Rock Festival and High Voltage Festival in Europe. Incumbent singer Nick D'Virgilio was unable to play at the dates, so the band recruited Enchant singer Ted Leonard to fill in for Nick on both shows. On 19 November 2011, Nick officially announced that he had left the band to pursue other projects, including playing for Cirque du Soleil. Later that week, the band announced that Leonard and touring drummer Jimmy Keegan had joined the band full-time as Nick's replacement.

On 13 May 2012, the band announced that work had begun on their 11th studio album, tentatively due in the fall of that year. On 1 December 2012, the title of the album was revealed as Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep and would be released in April 2013. As with previous albums, a preorder campaign was launched, this time on crowdfunding site Indiegogo, to fund the recording of the album. Contributors to the campaign were entitled to preorder a limited edition of the album that would include a bonus track not present on any other releases. The track listing was announced on the band's Facebook page on 18 January 2013.

Reception

The album has received generally positive reviews.

Track listing

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Spock's Beard

Ted Leonard — lead and backing vocals, guitar

Alan Morse — electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, pedal & lap steel guitar, mandolin, autoharp

Ryo Okumoto — organ, mellotron, piano, synths, clavinet, vocoder

Dave Meros — bass guitar, backing vocals

Jimmy Keegan — drums and percussion, timpani, backing vocals

Additional personnel

Stan Ausmus — song co-writer, additional guitar ("The Man You’re Afraid You Are")

John Boegehold — song co-writer, vocoder ("Something Very Strange")

Craig Eastman — violin, viola, hurdy-gurdy ("Waiting for Me", "Down a Burning Road")

Neal Morse — song co-writer, additional guitar ("Waiting for Me")

Production

Produced by Rich Mouser, Alan Morse and John Boegehold

Engineered, mixed and mastered by Rich Mouser at The Mouse House, Altadena, CA

Songs

1Hiding Out7:14
2I Know Your Secret7:41
3A Treasure Abandoned8:54

References

Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep Wikipedia

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