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Asleep in the Park have been aptly described as the bastard lovechild of The Sex Pistols and The B52s. The mischievous musical collective’s fi rst album, 2004’s Sky Caves In, announced their arrival on the indie scene. It was followed by the EP Let You Go that lead to the band’s fi rst raucous tour of Eastern Europe where they were taken under the wing of Ukraine’s seminal punk god Sasha Pipa. The latest assortment of tunes from Asleep in the Park represents a quantum leap in their sound. The album demos attracted the attention of A&R luminary Matt O’Connor (The Beautiful Girls, Shihad, Magic Dirt, The Fumes) who collaborated with famed LA-based producer Rick Parker (Dandy Warhols, Von Bondies, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club) to record the irreverent collection of tracks. Said tracks are an unforgiving mixture of genres, a unique and contradictory body of work grounded in 90s grunge and modern indie rock, spearheaded by the songs “Adios Amigo” and “Motherfucker”. Translating ever so