Sleeping At Last

Formed as the indie music project of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ryan O’Neal in 1999, he later invited brother Chad O’Neal on drums, and Dan Perdue on bass. Before long the band earned a devoted local following and became the support acts for bands such as Kill Hannah and Plain White T’s. Due to this success, and persuasion from the Smashing Pumpkins, Bill Corgan signed the band to Interscope in 2002, who issued Sleeping At Last’s major-label debut album “Ghosts” in 2003. Following the release the band embarked on a national tour alongside the likes of Switchfoot, Zwan, Yellowcard and Something Corporate.

Sleeping At Last went on to release the seasonal EP “Ghosts of Christmas Past” in 2005, followed by their independently released third full-length “Keep No Score” in 2006. Featuring the orchestral accompaniments and arrangements of Van Dyke Parks, Sleeping At Last’s fourth studio album “Storyboards” was released in 2009, prior to which Chad O’Neal departed the group. From October 2010, the band released three songs on the first of every month that culminated in the boxset “Yearbook” in December 2011. After the release Dan Perdue let the group to pursue other interests, with Ryan O’Neal continuing as the only permanent member.

In 2013 O’Neal began his series of six EPs titled Atlas, each covering a various topic including darkness, light, space, land, and the oceans, which later earned a combined release as “Atlas: Year One”. In 2014 the song “Light” from “Atlas 1” was used in the soundtrack to the film “The Little Death" and Sleeping At Last released the EP “Covers, Vol. 1”.