Team Sleep - Team Sleep (2005)

Team Sleep is an American experimental alternative rock group led by singer/guitarist Chino Moreno, better known for fronting the Sacramento-based band Deftones.
Team Sleep's music touches on many genres, including dream pop, trip hop, post-hardcore, shoegaze, post-rock, and electronica. More so than the Deftones, many of Team Sleep's themes and lyrics are fantastical and imaginative in nature; drawing from such literary sources as Edgar Allan Poe and historical events like the Jonestown Massacre.

As of 2007, Team Sleep is composed of Moreno, guitarist Todd Wilkinson, turntablist DJ Crook, drummer Zach Hill and bass guitarist/keyboardist Rick Verrett.

The debut album by Team Sleep was supposed to be released in 2003 but was scrapped due to the premature leakage of demos from the album onto the internet. The band split for a brief period of time before joining together and making material for a new album. Issues with Maverick Records as well as commitments with other projects (most specifically singer Chino Moreno and his band Deftones) delayed the release of the album numerous times. It wasn't until early 2005 that the official May 10 release was announced for the States with the announcement of a new tracklist and a band site on Maverick's web site.

Tracklist :

1. Ataraxia – 3:17
2. Ever (Foreign Flag) – 2:51
3. Your Skull Is Red – 3:41
4. Princeton Review – 5:09
5. Blvd. Nights – 3:08
6. Delorian – 1:34
7. Our Ride to the Rectory – 4:40
8. Tomb of Liegia – 4:56
9. Elizabeth – 3:47
10. Staring at the Queen – 3:05
11. Ever Since WWI – 3:30
12. King Diamond – 3:45
13. Live from the Stage – 5:29
14. Paris Arm – 1:43
15. 11/11 – 3:18