Leagues Beneath

"Leagues Beneath" is a single by the American stoner doom band Sleep. The song was released for free digitally on May 23, 2018 through Adult Swim's 2017 singles series,^[2] marking Sleep's second entry following 2014's "The Clarity".^[3] "Leagues Beneath" was released a month after the band's 2018 return album, The Sciences, which marked Sleep's first full-length studio release in twenty years.^[4] Later in 2018, "Leagues Beneath" was released on etched vinyl through Third Man Records.^[5][6]

"Leagues Beneath"
Single by Sleep
Released	May 23, 2018 (2018-05-23)
Genre	Doom metal stoner metal
Length	16:44
Label	Williams Street Third Man
Songwriter(s)	Al Cisneros Matt Pike Jason Roeder[1]
Sleep singles chronology
"The Clarity" (2014) "Leagues Beneath" (2018)
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Composition

Musically, "Leagues Beneath" is a long, slow epic that begins with B-tuned guitar and gradually builds by introducing new elements.^[7] Al Cisneros' vocals are not heard until nearly six minutes into the track. After the song's protracted crescendo, it concludes with a somber passage where layers strip away and give way to clean, psychedelic string sounds.^[7] Phil Witmer of Vice praised "Leagues Beneath", writing that it is "possibly bigger than anything on The Sciences",^[7] and Brock Thiessen of Exclaim! called it "sprawling" and "a total scorcher".^[8] Revolver wrote that the song is "droning, transcendental, [and] punctuated with next-level riffing."^[9] At nearly seventeen minutes, "Leagues Beneath" is the group's longest track since 1999's "Dopesmoker" and, by some metrics, constitutes an EP.^[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Leagues Beneath"	16:44

Personnel

Sleep

• Al Cisneros – vocals, bass
• Matt Pike – guitars
• Jason Roeder – drums