Look to Windward (song)
| "Look to Windward" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Sleep Token | |
| from the album Even in Arcadia | |
| Released | 9 May 2025 |
| Length | 7:46 |
| Label | RCA |
| Songwriter | Vessel |
| Producer | Carl Brown |
| Music video | |
| "Look to Windward on YouTube | |
"Look to Windward" is a song by anonymous English rock band Sleep Token and the opening track from their fourth studio album Even in Arcadia, released in May 2025.
Critical reception
[edit]Maura Johnston of Rolling Stone called the song "a shape-shifting cut that surrounds the vocalist in (at different moments) dial-tone synths, charging strings, trap drums, and commanding piano chords, all of which are eventually steamrolled by heavy guitars and crashing drums".[1] NME reviewer Rishi Shah said the song "could be an entire album in itself", setting the tone for the rest of the album "with its unbearable, cinematic tension, which is then annihilated by a heaviness that chops through it like an executioner's axe".[2] Mackenzie Cummings-Grady of Billboard ranked the song as the second best from the album, describing it as "a transmuting whirl of an opener. [...] It's a harrowing first impression that pushes back against any expectations one might have when entering Vessel's world".[3]
Personnel
[edit]- Carl Brown – production, engineering, mixing
- Jim Pinder – engineering
- Adam "Nolly" Getgood – additional production
- Sebastian Sendon – additional engineering, drum editing
- Ste Kerry – mastering
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2025) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[5] | 84 |
| Global 200 (Billboard)[6] | 137 |
| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[7] | 2 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[8] | 38 |
| UK Rock & Metal (OCC)[9] | 4 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[10] | 66 |
| US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[11] | 4 |
References
[edit]- ^ Johnston, Maura (2025-05-09). "What's the Deal With Sleep Token?". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
- ^ Shah, Rishi (2025-05-08). "Sleep Token – 'Even In Arcadia' review: another jaw-dropping ascent towards immortality". NME. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
- ^ Cummings-Grady, Mackenzie (2025-05-09). "Sleep Token 'Even in Arcadia': All 10 Songs Ranked". Billboard. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
- ^ Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia, 2025-05-09, retrieved 2025-11-05
- ^ "Billboard Canadian Hot 100: Week of May 24, 2025". Billboard. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
- ^ "Billboard Global 200". Billboard. 2020-09-15. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
- ^ "Explore our 50 year history". Official Aotearoa Music Charts. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
- ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart on 16/5/2025". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100™". Billboard. 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
- ^ "Hot Rock & Alternative Songs". Billboard. 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2025-11-05.