“I like to create some sort of metaphorical dreamland,” said Sandman Sleeps’ vocalist/guitarist Cristina Peck. “To leave something to your imagination.” Inspired by The Pixies, Kate Bush, Talking Heads, and Tori Amos, their debut album, Crisis Actor, out now through Umbrella Bird, has been described as a “best-of” culled from a decade of songcraft. From personal experiences and emotions, this wonderful recording is a piece of work that offers the listener something new on every spin. V13 recently asked the band to talk us through the tracks on this record and, unsurprisingly, the answers were as in-depth and emotional as Sandman Sleeps work itself. Crisis Actor by Sandman Sleeps 1. “Soaked” “What excited me the most when writing ‘Soaked,’ why it even became a song at all, was the way the p...