Our Sleepless Forest

The story

Having met at school, Sam Purcell, Josh Rothberger and Karl Jawara started experimenting with various musical instruments and sounds using software and basic recording equipment, inspired by the music they were into and with the aim of creating their own wall of sound. After 14 months they emerged with something they were sufficiently happy with to allow it to be heard by others, and ultimately that brings us to the present day - an eight-track, 45-minute debut that is incomparable to any in this field in recent times.

From Last.fm, written by its listeners.

Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.

Watch

Tap the heart on the board while a song plays and it lands here. Listeners who keep their listening private are counted, never named.

Records

Records from MusicBrainz. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive.

Members

• Samuel Purcell
• Joshua Rothberger
• Karl Jawara

Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with Our Sleepless Forest in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with Our Sleepless Forest in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like Our Sleepless Forest

• Cloudland CanyonLast.fm listeners
• The North SeaLast.fm listeners
• White RainbowLast.fm listeners
• Jasper TXLast.fm listeners
• Rameses IIILast.fm listeners
• PocahauntedLast.fm listeners
• Yellow6Last.fm listeners
• ValetLast.fm listeners
• Björksame scene: ambient
• Nirvanasame scene: ambient
• Radioheadsame scene: ambient
• Nine Inch Nailssame scene: ambient

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of Our Sleepless Forest’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.