Having already all but explicitly stated that they’re in the studio making a new album, Sleep have now released the following update via their official website:

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This helpful morse code translation site tells me this is what all those dots and dashes actually mean:

INITIALIZE NEW TRANSMISSION 2017 CE SLEEP NEARING COMPLETION OF NEW ALBUM ENGINEERING ACCOMPLICE: NOAH LANDIS LOCATION: 37.8044 N, 122.2711 W RELEASE DATE: UNDETERMINED RECORD LABEL: UNDETERMINED

Noah Landis, of course, is the keyboardist for Neurosis. The coordinates, meanwhile, are for a crosswalk right beside a Rite Aid in Oakland, CA, but I think it’s safe to assume that’s some kind of error on my or Google’s part and they’re actually in a studio someplace nearby. But who knows, maybe these dudes are baked enough that recording a new album in the middle of the street actually seemed like a good idea. I mean, they decided to release this update in morse code for some reason, so there’s no way they’re sober.

More news as we get it.

Thanks: A fucking dick