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Land Of Sleeper come housed in eyepopping Callum Rooney sleeve art with obi strip and Oz style lyrics posterWhether inhabiting the realm of dreams or nightmares, the primordial drive of Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs is more powerful than ever and lsquoLand Of Sleeperrsquo, their fourth record in a decade of rancour and revelation is testimony to this. Arguably the most potent and assured record of their storied life so far, itrsquos the product of a band energised and fortified by their individual passions to incendiary effect.nbspAfter the travails of the two and a half years since 2020rsquos lsquoVisceralsrsquo lsquoLand Of Sleeperrsquo sees the Newcastlebased quintet not so much reinvigorated as channelling a furious drive which only appears to gather momentum as the bandrsquos surroundings spins on their axis. For all that the last few years have seen Pigsrsquo stature rise in the wake of triumphant festival slots and soldout venues like, this remains a band fundamentally incapable of tailoring their sound to a prospective audience, rather standing alone and impervious as a monument of catharsis.nbspldquoCertainly for me, writing and playing music is often surprising and revealing, it can be like holding up a mirror and seeing things you didnrsquot expect to seerdquo reckons drummer Ewan Mackenzie, whose return to the Pigs fray after two albums away marked another big influence on the new record. ldquoFor me, the darker tracks on the record hold in common a determination not to lose faith, despite the oddsrdquonbspThe better to unite slumber and waking, lsquoLand Of Sleeperrsquo is no less than an act of transcendence for Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs new anthems to elucidate a world sleepwalking to oblivion.
