Melbourne's genre-blending powerhouse, To Octavia share energetic, attitude-filled new single, 'Sleep'

Melbourne’s genre-blenders, powerhouse heavy quartet To Octavia have brought forward an infectious second single, ‘Sleep’ from forthcoming EP ‘Somewhere In A World, Not Of The Dream’, along with an energetic an attitude-filled video.

There is a swing towards more-accessible heavy music (for those that don’t generally have the palette for heavier genres) that is becoming more evident. To Octavia bring forth heavy, distorted riffage, massive drums, sinister-yet-ethereal synths, and blend with melodic vocals with youthful, at points pop-centric vocals.

The bigger artists in the genre such as Bring Me The Horizon, Youngblood et al have been leading the charge and breaking new ground for the past few years, but to see this coming through on a more local (Australian) level is comforting.

Following on from previous single "The Sound Of The Rain", "Sleep" is another groovy heavy hitter, exploring the notion of avoiding problems and distracting oneself with vices that ultimately make things worse in the end. Produced, mixed and mastered by Chris Lalic (Windwaker, The Last Martyr, Rumours), this is the second release from To Octavia's upcoming EP, out Friday July 16.

To Octavia teamed up with long-term collaborator Colin Jeffs for a music video that compliments the theme of the track, demonstrating unhealthy habits and coping mechanisms, careless characteristics and glitched out effects that echo a destructive state of mind.

"The Sound Of The Rain" lead the way for the bands sophomore EP, making its debut on triple j Unearthed TOPs. Shortly after premiere the track was added to Unearthed rotation, received a number of rave reviews on the band's Unearthed page, has been played on Short. Fast. Loud, The Racket, Home and Hosed, Lunch and 2021 with Richard Kingsmill. On top of all the triple j love, the track made its television debut on Channel 7 Friday Night Football (Richmond vs Brisbane Lions) and has cracked tens of thousands of Spotify streams in just a few weeks.

"Sleep" and "The Sound Of The Rain" are out now and available on all streaming platforms. 'Somewhere in a World, Not of the Dream' will be available Friday July 16!