Overview
- The band released the single "Have Spacesuit Will Travel" on Thursday, June 18, 2026, marking Sleep’s first new music since 2018 and the first recording from the reformed lineup.
- Guitarist Matt Pike is no longer in the group and Al Cisneros leads the new trio with drummer Dale Crover and guitarist Bubba Dupree, a change Cisneros says grew from immediate chemistry in early sessions.
- Cisneros also wrote the debut Sleep Comic Book for Third Man Books, illustrated by Dave Kloc and Arik Roper, which expands the band’s riff-based mythology and is offered in a limited-edition bundle.
- A North American fall tour beginning Sept. 8 in San Diego was announced with artist presales on June 23 and general onsales on June 25, and the schedule includes Canadian dates in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal.
- The release ties music, physical collectibles and live dates into a single rollout that may broaden Sleep’s appeal to collectors and festival audiences while signaling that Cisneros intends to steer the band’s creative direction going forward.