# DON’T SLEEP Celebrate New Album ‘See Change’ With “20/20” Animated Video

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/dont-sleep-celebrate-new-album-see-change-with-20-20-animated-video/
- Published: 2023-06-02T15:30:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **Don’t Sleep Releases New Album ‘See Change’ Via End Hits Records; New “20/20” Animated Video Now Streaming **

#### **Band consists of Dave Smalley (DAG NASTY, ALL, DOWN BY LAW, DYS) on vocals + bassist Garrett Rothman (Junction), drummer Jim Bedorf, and guitarists Tom McGrath (Very Americans) and Tony Bavaria (The Commercials, Very Americans).**

[**Stream “See Change” Here**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2femail.cloud.secureclick.net%2fc%2f6813%3fid%3d16399962.41736.1.6c410308e8bb1bba9b3f47cc53aa4674&umid=d1e01e57-c902-48e6-a171-e869f3b52d56&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-44ea8548da468cb00c170f1fcbf81671b926d7e8)

[**Stream The “20/20” Video on PunkNews.Org**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2femail.cloud.secureclick.net%2fc%2f6813%3fid%3d16399962.41737.1.c1968d74c2315c8f22aa60e18d84d167&umid=d1e01e57-c902-48e6-a171-e869f3b52d56&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-66ced084af2ab32b543b488e8caa93fdf5bde5be)

_“Keeping the classic combo of skating and hardcore music alive, Dave Smalley’s 
punk band features a crew of park rippers in the new video for their song “[Dead On The Inside](https://www.nyrdcast.com/2023/05/dont-sleep-release-dead-on-the-inside-off-upcoming-album-see-change-out-on-june-2/).””-_**_
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_“There’s a lot of hardcore punk pedigree within the group’s ranks. But more importantly
than that, Don’t Sleep pen fantastic songs.”- [**No Echo**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2femail.cloud.secureclick.net%2fc%2f6813%3fid%3d16399962.41739.1.2a251778f40225b6d469274f7b7ba5de&umid=d1e01e57-c902-48e6-a171-e869f3b52d56&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-535818d8053feb697cfacf3f1c51095ebc8fad3f)_

[[**Don’t Sleep** have released their sophomore album, ‘See Change’ via **End Hits
Records**. The 9-track LP was co-produced by the GRAMMY-nominated team of **Carson
Slovak** and **Grant McFarland (August Burns Red, Silverstein)**.

The band, made up of **Dave Smalley (DAG NASTY, ALL, DOWN BY LAW, DYS)** on vocals,
bassist **Garrett Rothman (Junction)**, drummer **Jim Bedorf**, and guitarists **
Tom McGrath (Very Americans)** and **Tony Bavaria (The Commercials, Very Americans)**,
are debuting a new animated video for the track **“20/20,”** which is now streaming
on [PunkNews.Org](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2femail.cloud.secureclick.net%2fc%2f6813%3fid%3d16399962.41741.1.545315be1bd08e074a699a92f4593488&umid=d1e01e57-c902-48e6-a171-e869f3b52d56&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-e1b56186e6198fc63d11cc223c550ef5f0c1353f).

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Rothman says, _“We are excited to introduce our new single “20/20” and the accompanying
video. “20/20” is on our “See Change” LP, which drops TODAY on End Hits Records.“
20/20” is truly a summer jam – it has a big, anthemic quality to it with an uplifting
chorus that everyone can relate to – “someday I’ll be free!” Like any great summer
jam, it’s the kind of song that you want to listen to while driving around town 
with your windows down._

_“The video for “20/20” is a montage of Don’t Sleep live shows, but interspersed
with scenes from Harrisburg, PA, the hometown of 4/5 of Don’t Sleep. The video was
beautifully edited by Josh Nesmith. Josh’s vision resulted in a dreamy, ethereal
piece that we are really proud of and truly accentuates the song.”_

Smalley says, _“At peace with this reflection/No regrets, no introspection.” Mortality
is a reality of the human experience. We will all die. Some of us too soon (Hendrix,
Keith Moon, John Stabb), some living shockingly long (Keith Richards, Willie Nelson)._

_“To quote Gandalf from Lord of the Rings: “All we have to decide is what to do 
with the time that is given us.” In this life, we will all make huge mistakes, but
most of us will also try hard, try to do better, and do good things that make those
around us happier and this world around us a little brighter. So just know that 
is part of your story, inevitably. That contrast. Pain and redemption. As Eckart
Tolle puts it, we need to realize that the pain body wants to define us, but it 
is not who we are. In life we are working toward true consciousness. ‘Another lonely
road…someday I’ll be free.'”_

Stream the new album ‘See Change’ [HERE](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2femail.cloud.secureclick.net%2fc%2f6813%3fid%3d16399962.41742.1.e53a1dff57321295eefd3c843e94b68c&umid=d1e01e57-c902-48e6-a171-e869f3b52d56&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-e7e51b4193a669180202481bed8eb6596e7ac3ac).

DON'T SLEEP - 20/20 (Official VIdeo)

[⌊DON'T SLEEP - 20/20 (Official VIdeo)⌉⌊DON'T SLEEP - 20/20 (Official 
VIdeo)⌉
Watch this video on YouTube

**Stream the video track-by-track, featuring shout-outs from Ingo Knollmann (Donots/
Duchamp), Tim McMahon (Mouthpiece / Hands Tied), Damien Moyal (As Friends Rust /
Culture / Morning Again), Porcell (Youth Of Today / Shelter / Values Here), Greg
Polard (Where It Went Podcast), Brett Rasmussen (Ignite), John Ross Bowie (Comedian/
Actor), Scott Vogel (Terror / Buried Alive / World Be Free ) and Roger Miret (Agnostic
Front) here:** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG48STX6iW0](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2femail.cloud.secureclick.net%2fc%2f6813%3fid%3d16399962.41743.1.b1ccca2da263a362aaaee6719d14adbd&umid=d1e01e57-c902-48e6-a171-e869f3b52d56&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-99927375ca6178408e72af93938436ad913bc0c0)

DON'T SLEEP - See Change (Track By Track)

[⌊DON'T SLEEP - See Change (Track By Track)⌉⌊DON'T SLEEP - See Change (
Track By Track)⌉
Watch this video on YouTube

[[**About Don’t Sleep:** 
Whoever said lightning only strikes once clearly has not
met Dave Smalley.

From being right in the middle at the birth of US hardcore punk with DYS to creating
the blueprint of melodic hardcore with DAG NASTY, from helping to invent pop punk
as we know it with ALL to finding himself in the middle of the west coast punk explosion
of the 90s with DOWN BY LAW: Smalley was always on the forefront every time hardcore
punk stretched its envelope.

While others may use a legacy like that as an excuse to take it a little slower 
Dave Smalley has no intention to rest on his laurels and keeps writing new music
and releasing records.

When he founded DON’T SLEEP with fellow east coast punk rockers Garrett Rothman,
Tony Bavaria, Jim Bedorf and Tom McGrath in 2017 the world was more than excited
about seeing him front a fast yet melodic hardcore band again.

![Don't Sleep](https://i0.wp.com/cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/3785/8660/
original/Screenshot_2023-04-13_at_9.46.14_AM.png?resize=590%2C390&ssl=1)

Being motivated by the immense positive feedback DON’T SLEEP was finally ready to
release its debut album “Turn the tide” in 2020. And then the world came to a grinding
halt. But after the dust settled all five members decided that DON’T SLEEP was too
important to not overcome all obstacles thrown in their way.

The five piece went back into the rehearsal room, finished 8 original songs and 
added an amazing TOM PETTY cover to the mix. The result is DON’T SLEEP’s second 
full length “See Change” and it will see the light of day on JUNE 2nd, 2023 worldwide
via End Hits Records.

It is a record that combines all elements you have liked about Dave Smalley’s music
in the past while sounding incredibly contemporary in the here and now.

“DON’T SLEEP is very much a combination of five distinct friends coming together
and making a unique sound”, Smalley says. “It is a rare thing to have such cool 
synergy and energy and end up focused like a laser beam. It is powerful, melodic
and purposeful. We respect and love the common roots we all grew up in and are coming
together to make a sound with that as our foundation, but also looking to the future
and growing.”

Big help to make “See Change” sound so fresh and current came from an unlikely pair
of producers, the Grammy award winning team of Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland.

Guitarist Tony Bavaria explains the unusual choice: “While they’ve worked a lot 
in the metalcore world (i.e. August Burns Red, Polaris) they’ve also done some really
great sounding rock records for bands like Live, Candlebox, and Everclear. But they
are also local hardcore / punk guys we knew for almost twenty years. Knowing how
talented they are and the diversity of their work, we really wanted to see what 
they would be able to bring to the table. It was awesome to have the opportunity
to work with them in a world class studio that would probably not be available to
a hardcore band like us!”

The end result couldn’t be more of a testament to the shared chemistry between band
and producers. From the blazing hardcore opener “Harrisburg Graves” to the catchy
mid-tempo punk rock of “Promise Made”, from the epic chorus of “20.20” to the subtle
off beat and reggae leanings of “Love is the suture”: There is something here for
all Smalley and punk fans, no matter what of his projects you first fell in love
with while the powerful modern production sounds very rooted in the here and now.

Along the catchiness and amazing musical energy DON’T SLEEP’s “See Change” is also
full of lyrical inspiration – as you would expect from a band fronted by Dave Smalley.

Bassist Garreth elaborates: “I think we’ve always had the perspective of seeing 
music and punk/hardcore as a positive force, where the people involved can make 
a difference in the world around them. It’s been reflected in our name and in our
album title “See Change”. If you see injustice or something that needs to change
in your surroundings, make it happen, visualize it, “See Change”, know it’s possible,
and work to make it better.”

So, let’s just hope that this lightning will strike again and again.

“See Change will be released worldwide by End Hits Records on JUNE 2nd 2023 on limited
colored vinyl with two different cover options (one for North America and one for
Europe/UK). The digipack CD version will contain 8 bonus songs that have not been
available on compact disc before.

Preorder your copy now from the End Hits Store (EU/UK) or from Deathwish Inc (North-
and South America).

DON’T SLEEP are currently planning tours around the USA and Europe/UK to celebrate
the release of “See Change.”

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