Nashville’s alternative rock duo, Sleep Nation, is back with a bang—launching their electrifying new single, “The Spaceman – Setup the Controls,” now streaming across all digital platforms. This latest track marks the second chapter in the band’s ambitious “Spaceman Saga,” and serves as a bold prelude to their full-length project, The Spaceman – Conquest.
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“Setup the Controls” wastes no time making its presence felt. From the opening pulse, listeners are swept into a cosmic power trip—an adrenaline-fueled ride that’s anything but subtle. Forget gentle intros or slow builds; Sleep Nation comes out swinging, delivering an explosive anthem destined to make waves in the alternative scene.
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But there’s more to this saga than sound alone. Frontman Brann Merritt unveils a narrative as expansive as the music itself: “The Spaceman is not just a traveler of the cosmos – he’s a harbinger of what’s to come. Sent into the void by a secretive black-budget space program, he vanished beyond a black hole—where time, identity, and reality fractured. He returned no longer human—but something divine and destructive. Now he stands as the first of the Four Horsemen—Conquest—leading not with force, but with seduction, sound, and spectacle. His gospel is music—his pulpit, the stage—his message? The end is already written, and he is only the beginning.”
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With this new single, Sleep Nation invites listeners to journey beyond the ordinary, blending explosive rock energy with a mythic, sci-fi narrative. Sleep Nation is charting a course that’s out of this world, and they’re taking us all along for the ride.
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