Buffalo Tom - Sleepy Eyed [Expanded Edition]

Beggars Banquet is happy to release an expanded edition of Buffalo Tom’s fifth album Sleepy Eyed, celebrating it’s 30th Anniversary this year.

Set for release on October 31st, on 2XLP/CD, the album has been expanded to include six demos that the band unearthed specifically for this release. All home recordings, “Hold Me Up” and “Don’t Blow Your Wind” are gorgeous completely unheard songs that somehow didn’t make it any further than a demo. “Tangerine”, “Summer”, “Kitchen Door” and “Clobbered” are a window into how these Buffalo Tom classics got their start.

Sleepy Eyed has been expanded into a double LP, and the refreshed artwork includes new photos and images of ephemera plus notes written by the band and producer John Agnello about the recording of the album.

Sleepy Eyed marked a turning point for the band. Their previous album, 1993’s Big Red Letter Day was a huge album for them, landing on the Billboard charts and bringing them to new levels of fame when “Late At Night” was heavily featured in a pivotal scene of the short-lived mid-90s cult TV show "My So Called Life” which starred Claire Danes and Jared Leto. The song was not only in the episode, but the band was also shown performing it.