Sleeps Like a Curse is the second full length album by The Panics

The Panics

The Panics are an ARIA Award–winning indie rock band originally from Perth, Western Australia, and currently based in Melbourne, Victoria.-History:...

, released on 8 August 2005 by littleBIGMAN Records. The album was produced by Tim Whitten (The Clouds

The Clouds

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, Powderfinger

Powderfinger

Powderfinger was an Australian rock band that formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their breakup the band lineup consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bassist John Collins, and drummer Jon Coghill....

, Art of Fighting

Art of Fighting

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, The Go Betweens, The Necks

The Necks

The Necks are an experimental jazz trio from Sydney, Australia, comprising Chris Abrahams on piano and Hammond organ, Tony Buck on drums, percussion and electric guitar and Lloyd Swanton on bass guitar and double bass...

, 78 Saab and The Smiths

The Smiths

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). The songs on Sleeps like a Curse were written and demoed in Manchester

Manchester

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, England in 2004 following a series of overseas shows.

Australia

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n radio station Triple J

Triple J

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 nominated Sleeps Like a Curse for its 2005 J Award

J Award

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.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jae Laffer, Paul Otway, Drew Wootton, Myles Wootton and Julian Grigor.

1. "One Too Many Itches" - 4:00
2. "Sleeps Like a Curse" - 3:55
3. "My Best Mistake" - 3:13
4. "Like an Unwelcome Guest" - 3:56
5. "Someone Somewhere Somehow" - 4:54
6. "Twin Sisters" - 3:01
7. "Minor A" - 3:01
8. "Speak It" - 3:25
9. "It's Not a Thing" - 3:21
10. "The General Calling" - 5:13
11. "Keep an Eye on Me" - 5:07
12. [untitled] - 1:40

The Panics

• Jae Laffer - vocals, guitars, keyboards, glockenspiel
  Glockenspiel
  A glockenspiel is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. In this way, it is similar to the xylophone; however, the xylophone's bars are made of wood, while the glockenspiel's are metal plates or tubes, and making it a metallophone...
  
  
• Drew Wootton - guitars, bass
• Paul Otway - bass, guitars
• Julian Douglas - guitars, keyboards, vocals
• Myles Wootton - drums, percussion, glockenspiel, samples

Additional musicians

• Wibbeke Rezcek - Vocals ("My Best Mistake", "Like an Unwelcome Guest", Keep an Eye on Me")
• Jacinta McCormick - vocals ("One Too Many Itches")
• Kathy Potter - viola ("The General Calling")
• Tristen Parr - cello ("The General Calling")