Berner Trail hide from the world and Sleep Till The Afternoon in their new single and video — showcasing today on Tinnitist.
We can all relate to the feeling of time passing us by, of life pushing us in certain directions, and to the fear of uncertainty. Berner Trail’s Sleep Till The Afternoon taps into these universal feelings and gives us a shoulder to lean on when it all becomes too much:
”He said I got some friends at least I think I do
I’d sure like some if you really want to
Alone is all I’ve ever been
I’d lay in bed till 2 or 3
I just don’t feel so satisfied.”
For the Scarborough-born, Toronto-raised rock trio, real-life stimuli have always been the impetus for their imagination. The members’ feelings formed from interpersonal relationships — and their dissatisfaction with the society that surrounds them often inspires the music they create, including the world weariness conveyed in Sleep Till The Afternoon.
In 2015, Spencer Desilva and Aaron Lusch launched Berner Trail. The duo eventually grew to three, then expanded to four, was five for a short period, and later retracted back to three in 2020 with new bassist Nate Murray. Desilva, Lusch, and Murray have stood together since. It’s been a chaotic history for the band, but this song’s skeleton was around for most of it.
“Sleep Till The Afternoon was a song going through constant change, alongside the changes happening in the Berner Trail band,” the band say. “From changing members, to styles, to ideals, Sleep Till The Afternoon is Berner Trail and saw most of these changes happen while it remained in writing.”
Before settling on its lineup in 2020, Berner Trail utilized a different style. Originally, most of the group’s sound revolved around an experimental approach to blues-rock, incorporating percussion and stringed acoustic instruments. But the band have evolved to include ballads like this that are more akin to Nirvana than The Rolling Stones.
“Sleep Till The Afternoon went through different variations musically as our sound changed,” the band explained. “We think lyrically it resulted from feelings of isolation and disillusionment as to what was next to come in our lives as individuals.”
Watch the video for Sleep Till The Afternoon above, hear more from Berner Trail below, and join them at their website and Instagram.
