Dublin rock quartet Big Sleep announce debut album 'Holy Show' out January 30th 2026 via LAB Records + release new single "Crude"
“Whatever you do, DON’T sleep on Big Sleep.” — District Magazine
Dublin rock quartet Big Sleep have announced details of their long-awaited debut album ‘Holy Show’, set for release on January 30th, 2026 via LAB Records. The news arrives alongside the release of “Crude”, a tender, searching new single that captures the band’s emotive songwriting and reflective depth.
At its core, ‘Holy Show’ is an album about transience; the messiness of love, the beauty in impermanence, and the constant transformation that occurs as we stumble through connection, heartbreak, and growth. Named after the Irish expression “a holy show” (a scene of emotional chaos or public embarrassment), each track on the album becomes a chapter in a coming-of-age story grounded in vulnerability and cinematic lyricism.
Taken from the opening half of the record, “Crude” is a fragile, slow-burning moment that shows Big Sleep at their most stripped back and sincere.
“It’s about someone whose innocence remains intact, and whose heart stays open, even after the world hasn’t been kind to them,” the band say.
Built on hushed instrumentation and poetic vocal delivery, the track evokes a wounded kind of hope, reminiscent of early Ben Howard or Radiohead’s gentler moments. A fitting first taste of what ‘Holy Show’ has in store.
Over the last 18 months, Big Sleep have featured on Spotify’s New Music Friday, The Other List, and All New Rock, while clocking up consistent international radio play, being named one of RTÉ’s Rising Artists of 2024, and appearing at Forbidden Fruit, Indiependence, All Together Now, Beyond The Pale, Latitude, and Electric Picnic.
Fresh off the back of sold out UK and Dutch tours, they now gear up for a 13-date Winter European tour, including stops in London, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen and more (full list below).
BIG SLEEP – WINTER 2025 EU/UK TOUR
24.10 – Dublin, Ireland – The Academy
05.11 – Manchester, UK – Deaf Institute
06.11 – Bristol, UK – Strange Brew
07.11 – London, UK – The Garage
08.11 – Nottingham, UK – The Bodega
26.11 – Paris, France – Supersonic
27.11 – Luxemburg – De Gudde Wellen
29.11 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Rust
01.12 – Hamburg, Germany – Nochtspeicher
02.12 – Cologne, Germany – Yuca
03.12 – Berlin, Germany – Badehaus
04.12 – Rees, Germany – Haldern Pop Bar
05.12 – Amersfoort, Netherlands – Fluor
07.12 – Tilburg, Netherlands – Hall of Fame
ABOUT BIG SLEEP
Big Sleep are a Dublin-based rock band making their name the old-fashioned way; through tireless gigging and a shared passion for live performance. From underground tunnel shows beneath the M50 to sold-out European tours, their journey is one of instinct, connection, and constant evolution. Formed by lead vocalist Rónán Connolly and Italian drummer Matteo Poli, the band later solidified with bassist Aidan Gray and guitarist Naiara Clarke LaFuente, who joined after a chance encounter involving an illegal rave, a forest, and a homemade stage.
Their debut album ‘Holy Show’ is a conceptually rich and emotionally vulnerable collection that explores love, loss, and identity. In Ireland, a “holy show” refers to a messy situation, and each of the album’s ten tracks delves into its own emotional chaos. Whether it’s the sun-drenched melancholy of breakout single “Easy,” or the more volatile, rhythm-heavy cuts like “Flatline” and “Bruiser,” Big Sleep balance introspective storytelling with raw unpredictability.
Split into two thematic halves, ‘Holy Show’ moves from youthful nostalgia and idealism on Side A, to heartbreak and disillusionment on Side B, before circling back to hope with the closing tracks “Be Alright” and “Old Friend.” It’s a bold, dynamic debut that draws on influences from The Cure to Pixies to Bon Iver, but remains distinctly their own.
Having already earned fans from Bristol to Copenhagen, Big Sleep are gearing up for their biggest UK and European headline tour in late 2025. With a live show that transforms their studio sound into something visceral and raw, the band are quickly carving out their place in modern rock.
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