Ivy — the ’90s band made up of Andy Chase, Dominique Durand, and the late power-pop grasp Adam Schlesinger — are reissuing their 1997 album Apartment Life later this 12 months. The launch will probably be accompanied by two songs that have been beforehand unavailable digitally, “Sleeping Late” and “Sweet Mary.” Both tracks have been solely launched bodily on the CD single for Apartment Life monitor “This Is The Day.” Today, they’re sharing “Sleeping Late.”
“Despite being quite ambitious and driven, Dominique, Adam and I were not early risers, at all,” Chase stated in a press release, persevering with:
Although “Sleeping Late” began as a joke between us, beneath its cutesy, ironic exterior lives a extra critical quintessential city story about being caught at residence and never wanting to go away. Dominique at all times liked the Velvet Underground music “After Hours”, liked the best way Mo Tucker sang it, and tried to embody Mo’s harmless naivety and spirit in her vocal efficiency. We stored it easy and dry, impressed by early Beatles productions. We didn’t put it on the Apartment Life album because it was meant to be foolish and form of tongue and cheek, however we finally used it as a bonus monitor for the Japanese launch, figuring over there most individuals wouldn’t perceive the lyrics and by no means know what lazy idiots we have been.
Check it out under.
The Apartment Life reissue is out 3/3 through Bar/None Records.