Sleep have returned with new single “Have Spacesuit Will Travel,” the track is out today via Third Man Records, and their first new music since 2018. In addition, the band announces a fall North American tour, as well as releases the first issue of the Sleep Comic Book, written by bassist and songwriter Al Cisneros. The band’s tour will begin Tue. September 8th in San Diego, and includes a headline performance at Levitation Festival in Austin, as well as multiple nights in Seattle and San Francisco, before heading over to the Midwest & East Coast in November.

“Have Spacesuit Will Travel” begins Sleep’s first mission without Matt Pike on guitar. The music and art are alive and after the decades of obstacles that Sleep has overcome, it is time to move forward and make songs and albums. Al wishes Matt the best on his earth bound maneuvers.

Alongside Cisneros, the latest incarnation of Sleep features Dale Crover on drums and Bubba Dupree on guitar. Dale has been in some serious bands, like the Melvins and Redd Kross. That Al would seek him out makes sense, an almost elementary choice that probably wouldn’t raise too many eyebrows. Bubba Dupree, from beloved band Void.

Al Cisneros, Bubba Dupree, and Dale Crover as a trio looks really good on paper, but the only way to see if it worked was to get everyone in a room and play. Al says the answer made itself evident immediately: “The vibe of the first jam was obvious. It was blue sunglasses-era Iommi in the quality, and equally awesome is Bubba is also one of the coolest people I’ve been able to make music with.”

“Have Spacesuit Will Travel” at no time tries to pick up where The Sciences left off. There’s a considerable amount of new blood in the band, so imitation, as Bubba notes, would greatly limit the potential of three very unique and talented musicians. That being said, Sleep answers to an incredible recorded history, literally decades in the making, so it would not be surprising that Al, Dale and Bubba would find themselves composing in the spirit of that which had been established so long ago. The three of them were able to make something that can truly be identified as genuine Sleep music, yet with a sharpness and agility to the recordings.

*Portions of the Above Text From Bio Written By Henry Rollins*

Al Cisneros, best known as the founding member of landmark bands Sleep and OM, presents the first issue of the Sleep Comic Book, his authorial debut for Third Man Books. Illustrated by Dave Kloc and Arik Roper, Issue #1 begins the saga of The Marijuanaut. An adventure which takes the reader to Planet Iommia, encounters with The Weedian, and introduces the traveller to Iommia’s deeper reverential practices, all this and more that resonates within the universe that Cisneros’s lyrics created from the riff-filled lands of Sleep’s discography. The Sleep Comic Book is available as a standard edition, stand alone comic and a very special, signed limited edition bundle including comic, full cover poster, signed bookplate, designed rolling papers, and a flexidisc of “Have Spacesuit Will Travel.”

Sleep 2026 Tour Dates

Tue. Sept. 8 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
Wed. Sept. 9 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
Thu. Sept. 10 – Albuquerque, NM @ Revel
Sat. Sept. 12 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
Sun. Sept. 13 – Austin, TX @ Levitation
Mon. Sept. 14 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Tower Theatre
Wed. Sept. 16 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
Thu. Sept. 17 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Grand At The Complex
Fri. Sept. 18 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall
Sun. Sept. 20 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
Mon. Sept. 21 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
Tue. Sept. 22 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
Wed. Sept. 23 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
Fri. Sept. 25 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
Sat. Sept. 26 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
Sun. Sept. 27 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst
Mon. Sept. 28 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
Tue. Sept. 29 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
Wed. Nov. 4 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Thu. Nov. 5 – Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater
Fri. Nov. 6. – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
Sat. Nov. 7 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall
Mon. Nov. 9 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
Tue. Nov. 10 – Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
Wed. Nov. 11 – South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Ballroom
Thu. Nov. 12 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
Fri. Nov. 13 – Hudson, NY @ Basilica Hudson
Sun. Nov. 15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
Mon. Nov. 16 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
Tue. Nov. 17 – Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre

Purchase Issue #1 (Special Edition) HERE

Order tickets for Sleep HERE