Blue Slate share title track from debut EP This is how I sleep at Night

Blue Slate have released the title track from their upcoming EP This is how I sleep at Night. The single comes out ahead of the Kildare four-piece’s anticipated project, which will be released on Wednesday, February 1 2025.

The song draws inspiration from The Velvet Underground as frontman John Harney sings about body dysmorphia: “I look in the mirror / Something’s wrong to see.”

He explains that, “Lyrically, ‘This is how I sleep at Night’ is about the vulnerability and distaste of self image. It taps into a dark period of my life and explains my experience with an eating disorder and the thought process when experiencing it. I think the scariest thing about body dysmorphia or an eating disorder is that it may not be as visible to the naked eye, until you’re deep in it.”

Blue Slate's last single, ‘Charlotte’s Song’, was dubbed Dan Hegarty’s Track of the Week on RTÉ 2fm and featured as Hot Press’ Track of the Day.

The genre-defying rockers John Harney, Pierce Devine, Dillon Carville and Jay O’Neill have gained attention through their latest live performances at Whelan’s Ones to Watch and at the Windmill Brixton in London, with another date at the UK venue already confirmed for St. Patrick’s Day.

Performing across Europe, including London, Paris, and Rotterdam’s Left of the Dial festival, along with playing a sold out headline show in The Workman's Club, Blue Slate have become one of the most promising up-and-coming bands in Ireland, earning them a spot on the Hot Press Hot for 2024 list.

Listen to 'This is how I sleep at Night' Here.