{"product_id":"even_in_arcadia_instrumental","title":"Even In Arcadia (Instrumental)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSleep Token’s Even In Arcadia (Instrumental) removes Vessel’s vocals from the band’s 2025 fourth album, placing its elaborate arrangements, studio detail, and dynamic musicianship at the center. The ten-track edition follows the original sequence—from the slow-building “Look To Windward” through “Emergence,” “Caramel,” “Damocles,” “Gethsemane,” and the expansive closer “Infinite Baths”—but recasts it as a largely wordless journey through piano, synthesizers, strings, electronic programming, bass, drums, and heavy guitars. Released digitally in May 2026, with a vinyl edition following in August, it offers the complete record in a format intended to foreground the production and playing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithout its vocal narratives, the album’s genre-splicing becomes especially vivid. Sleep Token’s music moves between atmospheric ambient and electronic passages, R\u0026amp;B- and trap-influenced rhythmic ideas, pop-scale melodies, cinematic orchestration, and sudden surges of progressive or alternative metal weight. “Emergence” and “Infinite Baths” demonstrate the band’s preference for long-form escalation, while the piano-led title track and the restrained “Damocles” reveal a more spacious, melodic side. The instrumental version makes Even In Arcadia particularly rewarding for listeners interested in the group’s arrangement choices: recurring motifs, tension-and-release structures, and the contrast between pristine, almost weightless textures and crushing riffs become the principal story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl \/ 2LP","offer_id":54071319593274,"sku":"39900","price":39.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-09-15_at_8.52.08_PM_1051eaf6-3cd8-4998-a761-9b80656a72c7.jpg?v=1791360088","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/even_in_arcadia_instrumental","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}