Albury/Wodonga’s SOULSLEEP come out swinging with a massive new single in ‘Glass Heart’ - a genre-bending slab of alternative rock, fusing together elements of alt-metal, dance and pop.

Fuelled by distorted guitars, slicing synth leads, compelling vocal melodies and four-to-the-floor drums, ‘Glass Heart’ is filled to the brim with dance-floor and moshpit ready crossover goodness.

‘Glass Heart’ is hypercolour pop-metal, equal parts gloss and sparkle, with crunch, groove and thump. SOULSLEEP take a leaf out of Bring Me The Horizon’s later (and more current) works, merging dancefloor-ready EDM, deep synth bass and glitchy keys, with superthick, fuzzed-out guitar and heaving drums. Honestly, when you bring any genre, let alone metal, into the pop realm, and make it work like ‘Glass Heart’, while still maintaining the beefed-up energy, you’re on to a winner. SOULSLEEP hit hard with ‘Glass Heart’ - and it’s left us wanting more.

SOULSLEEP's guitarist Jayden Zago talks about the meaning behind 'Glass Heart':

"When the COVID pandemic began, my mental health deteriorated. I was depressed and angry and felt like I had no quality of life. I was encouraged to see a psychologist and was lucky to get an appointment. I ended up on medication, and for someone who always thought things like that were 'all in your head', it was a huge reality check, and I am now aware of how naive I was. Music is how I express myself. With all of the lockdowns and restrictions, my outlet was taken away. Like glass, we are breakable, not indestructible, and speaking up and getting help is not weak.”

The eye-catching music video directed by Colin Jeffs of Ten of Swords Media (RedHook, Future Static, Make Them Suffer) accompanies the track. Filmed across keys player Jimi Fischer's home studio and a warehouse, the clip jumps between the band's energetic performances and scenes following the track's themes on therapy.

Jayden explains about the clip, "We built a stage out of an MDF board, which we found quite challenging, as we had to design it in a way that it could be put together and dismantled in a time efficient way and still be able to hold the weight of all of us and our equipment.”

SOULSLEEP meld genres with impressive precision, taking inspiration from luminaires Bring Me The Horizon, Northlane and Enter Shikari while creating a sound wholly their own. They recently played their debut show supporting To Octavia at Naarm/Melbourne's Yah Yah's. The band talks about expressing their artistry: "We want to express our stories and personal experiences. We feel like many people will relate to what we have felt and what we have to say, and sometimes, it's good to hear others express their feelings to help us understand each other. For example, I resonate strongly with Marcus Bridge from Northlane and the way he tells his stories.”

SOULSLEEP’s single, ‘Glass Heart’ is out now on all streaming platforms.