Deep Sleep Atlantic
Celebrating the band’s October 2025 release:
‘Breakdown’ – premiered on 10/29/25, which is the new single from the band Deep Sleep Atlantic, album Secret Club For The Damaged.
“Breakdown” starts with octave tremolo musical hypnosis! This sound is reminiscent of Sonic Youth and Weezer, with haunting synths and laid-back, synchronized drum melancholic beats. A frantic female voice over the phone can be heard on the bridge, and the chorus is a hook that will stay with the shoegaze fans for a long time. This all offers a new spin on the layered complexity of something found in a Radiohead or Teamsleep album; haunting and ambient.
The video is a stylistic sprawl of art and lyricism, on a canvas that Deep Sleep Atlantic has painted and branded as their very own, carving and sculpting paths amid the current state of South-based duos.
Listening with a curious poise, the next song I discover on their socials is the track “Don’t Like You”, which also features a slick music video showcasing performance and unbridled rock. I’d venture to say it’s a rainy side of anguish in the form of a palatable audio structure.
“Bottom of the Sea” brings us back to the rhythmic side of Deep Sleep Atlantic, with a large chorus of harmonies and ethereal synths. Minor chords and tragedy are steeped like a poetic brew of fuzzy tea and dancing percussion. It gets into your skin to drain the solemn ghosts of the 1990s and will into a vibe of forward momentum.
Not a lot is known about DSA, the duo can undoubtedly layer a thick album that resonates the replay value in songwriting, a method sometimes lost at sea in the oceans of one minute pop song trends of modern day. While songs like “From My Side” showcase the range of bleak to focus, I am flooded with visuals not only of the excellent music video, but with a mental picture show of the chorus, almost hitting that sorrow and angst of melody found in early Soul Asylum or Dandy Warhols live show anthems.
“Blue” is a track that again subverts expectations in the best way possible, the soul is infectious in the groove and lyrics, this band knows how to make a hook. The song even surprises you with a noir-type of sax solo that is in par with a page out of the book of Green Thoughts.
“Hole” is a song I am just now finding online, and it nails that dreamy guitar with noir bass notes. Almost a trippy electro vibe, it is something heard perhaps to the liking of Massive Attack. Released two years ago as of the date that I am writing this interview, this song and all I have heard from DSA thus far is very well produced, well performed, and executed in a way that connects you intimately to the band’s vision, while also allowing their songs to reach a broader horizon.
Whether this new album will continue in these directions or veer to the forks in the road will be discovered by the listener. I for one will enjoy the strange and seductive dance into which Deep Sleep Atlantic dives deeply. Their word through and through could be “possibilities”. That’s at least one word that sticks with me in reference to Deep Sleep Atlantic; a refreshing sense of untethered creativity. This band is for the audio environments, while timeless and unique in a charming lost light.
Deep Sleep Atlantic Members: Daniel Perez and Travis Marc
Music Video for “Breakdown”: https://youtu.be/VbZdGsjAQp8?si=bwFu5kc2hfFHyeT8
Bandcamp: “Secret Club For The Damaged” Deepsleepatlantic.bandcamp.com/album/secret-club-for-the-damaged
Guitarist & singer Travis Marc full interview: https://youtu.be/JHQ_c1lqy2o
Follow the band on Instagram, TikTok, Spotify & YouTube for their current discography and video catalog.
Author: Ryan McKern
Editor: David Trahan
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