Real name: Nick Bullock, Mike Bullock, Bruce Hyde & Dana Billings

Members: Nick Bullock, Mike Bullock (3)

The Sound Awake is a band out to prove that guitars and great songs are still the joyful engine of music to come. There is a familial harmony that exists between band mates and brothers Nick and Mike Bullock, Dana Billings and Bruce Hyde that bring broken hearted music lovers a sense of wonder and hope. Guitars are wrung into unexpected places and shapes, drinking in the "heart on the sleeve" influence of mid 90's underground heros such as Doug Marsch and Stephen Malkmus. The bass and drums spit them back out onto the freshly dug and fertilized soil. Nick Bullock has a knack for snagging catchy melodies and turns of phrase that float on wave after wave of memorable hooks with earnest lyrics: "there's no one to blame, there's no more sparks, I'm left in the dark, so light me a match, burn me to ash, and I'll break apart" (lyrics from "Ashes of my Memories")