Summer Sleep

Your life is a movie, and that movie needs a score. Sometimes, we crave music that wraps us in a serene, dreamlike state, letting us drift rather than anchor ourselves in an unforgiving world. That’s exactly what Summer Sleep creates.

The ambient compositions of Summer Sleep reflect Texas’ harsh beauty—the hazy flicker of sunlight over empty country roads and the sedation and weight of inescapable heat. The Summer Sleep sound: a lush, melancholic haze that fills the spaces between notes and thoughts, crafted with a cinematic depth and dark elegance only Pete A could evoke.

After years spent in the fringes of Austin’s storied singer-songwriter scene, Pete A emerged with a haunting new voice as Summer Sleep in 2020—a name born from his journey through the blurred edges of dream and reality. When the pandemic stripped nearly everything away, he drifted through dark days, wrestling with loss and searching for meaning. Through meditation, the deep hum of drone music, and a devotion to the solace of sleep, he envisioned a way forward, transforming that vision into the atmospheric, healing soundscapes of Summer Sleep—a space where darkness turns to delicate dreams.

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