Sleep Waker — comprising guitarists Jake Impellizzeri and Jason Caudill, vocalist Hunter Courtright, drummer Frankie Mish, and bassist Aaron Lutas — are the latest act to sign with UNFD. The Grand Rapids, Michigan-based band will release their second album Alias, serving as a label debut, on Friday, July 23. Pre-save it here.

Today’s announcement sees Sleep Waker have also share the video for the album’s first single ‘Distance‘.

“’Distance’ is about loss — more specifically, losing someone very close to you,” says Courtright. “For me, it’s about witnessing my grandfather struggle with dementia. His passing really hit me and it was a very hard and emotional experience. I immediately knew I needed an outlet for that feeling and started working on the lyrics that eventually turned into ‘Distance’.”

Mish furthers, “When writing ‘Distance,’ we realised this was the perfect song to round off this album. We had most of the songs finished and this demo just sat there as a lead and a chorus, and the further we got into the process, the more we realised we really needed something to stick out as a major emotional point in the album. Once that clicked, the song just easily flowed out.”

PRE-SAVE ‘ALIAS’ NOW // OUT JULY 23:
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