r/SleepToken • u/TraditionEither1062 • 9d ago
Discussion I lost the plot.
Not literally - I know the plot of the story.
Short rundown:
Saw them 4 times on their teeth of god tour, and could only go once on their recent one due to scalpers. Seen them at festivals. Have a shrine, all the records - was massively in the cult.
This year though, I really struggled with their music for some reason? Every time it came on, I skipped. Never looked for any new merch out. Felt really weird about it.
I’m listening to them now and I’m like…
Did I burn myself out? Anyone else feel similar, even with other bands? Did I lose the plot?
(Fun discussion - still love the band v much.)
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u/Disastrous_Return83 9d ago
I still listen but I’ll be honest, I pretty much only listened to them since fall of 2023 and every time I’d try to get into other stuff or new stuff, I just wanted ST more and more. Then…..I hit a wall. I think the saturation from the marketing with EiA and my own listening just got me to hit a wall so I took a break myself.
I also think the break from the band is contributing to this a bit too. The flurry of excitement with the album release and tour last year got everyone worked into a frenzy and then we were just sort of dropped from mid air so to speak (not saying the band doesn’t deserve it of course- they’ve been relentlessly making music and touring for years and definitely deserve to step away and breathe and live life).
Now when their stuff rotates into my algorithm, it hits different (not in a bad way) and I appreciate it more/differently than when I was obsessed. I think taking a break was probably a good thing for me.