''Sleep to Grow'' is the second release by Vancouver, British Columbia band
The Belle Game, produced by David Carswell and John Collins. It was released digitally on October 1, 2011. Physical copies were made available later the same month.
Track listing
Reception
Similar to their previous EP, ''Sleep to Grow'' received positive reviews soon after it was released, especially from
blogs
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. In the spring of 2012, the Vancouver radio station known as
the Peak 100.5 FM put the title track of the EP into heavy rotation. Both "Sleep to Grow" as well as the fourth track, "Pink Carnations" have been heard in light rotation on
CBC Radio 3.
In April 2011,
The Belle Game entered the first single of the EP, "Sleep to Grow" into a radio competition held by
the Peak 100.5 FM known as the Peak Performance Project, and the band subsequently made it into the top 20 artists chosen. Though the band did not make the top 5 in the contest,
the Peak continues to play The Belle Game's music, and the contest has propelled them into a climb in rotation on
CBC Radio 3.
''Sleep to Grow'' even earned the band a spot in the
Georgia Straight's list of the "Best Bands of Vancouver" as well as the opening spot for Australia's hit-band
Gotye's show at the
Vogue Theatre
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in Vancouver on April 8, 2012.
References
2011 EPs
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