Halfsleeper- Midnight Blue

Label: Wave 

Released 2025

Brazil Import

HALFSLEEPER is a post-punk/darkwave act born in 2021 between the concrete forest of São Paulo, Brazil. Composed of HERMIT (Matheus Cornely) on vocals and guitar and MOON (Vinicius Biz) on bass and backing vocals, HALFSLEEPER emerged from an attempt to present subtle elements of different musical genres that are part of its members' eclectic background. The project draws influences from industrial music, shoegaze, darkwave, and synthpop, expressing these influences through the distinctive features of post-punk, such as the use of drum machines, pulsating bass, synthesizers, and guitars that overuse modulation effects. "Midnight Blue" doesn't simply describe human relationships; the album dissects them, exposing their complex and often uncomfortable, yet universal, inner workings. It's a sonic mountain range, oscillating between sluggish slowness and agitation, ranging from melancholy to frenzy, reflecting the turbulent nature of the bonds we form—and which often imprison us. Isolation, guilt, love, eroticism, dependence, and self-destruction are the themes explored throughout the tracks.

Track listing:

1. Midnight Blue  
2. Rememberance Day
3. Bread Of Faith
4. There Goes A Shadow
5. Bleach And Gasoline    
6. Cast Away  
7. Tortured Souls    
8. Magnolia
9. There Goes A Shadow (Son Doong Remix)
10. Rememberance Day (Lone Wanderer Version) 
11. Bread Of Faith (Son Doong Remix)
12. Bleach And Gasoline (Alternative Verson)