The Sleep of Reason

This song details a portion of the history of light wave theory when scientists believed light waves traveled through a kind of fluid that permeated space and called it luminiferous aether. By removing all matter from a space, the first artificially created vacuum, they tried to determine what conveyed the light waves. It’s about the notion of nothingness, void and vacuum. More generally it’s about the scientific method and how it actually works! and the joy and wonder it can illicit. Read more on Last.fm.

Bats is the name of more than one artist. 1) Progressive / Post punk / Math Rock band from Ireland. 2) Bedroom pop solo recording project of Jess Awh, based in Nashville, Tennessee. 3) alias of Mike Martocci 4) South African garage rock band with Pete Clifford. 5) a variation on The Bats 1) Bats are a five piece rock band based in Dublin, Ireland. Formed in 2007, they play a blend of post-punk, hardcore and math rock, with lyrics drawing heavily from science subject areas. https://bats.bandcamp.com/ 2) Bats is the solo recording project of Jess Awh, recording between Nashville, Tennessee and Brooklyn, New York. https://batstn.bandcamp.com/music Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.