“Sleeper Wave” is the fifth single to be shared from Canon’s newly-released Audomatic Body album, and sees Canon delve into soft, lullaby-like instrumentation that emphasises the angelic tone of her soothing vocals.
Canon’s new outing still maintains her intricate melodies presented on earlier singles “Invisible Desire” and “M.O.T.R.“, but delivers a more melancholic tone with the ghostly vocal layers as she sings directly to the face of death, “I’m afraid of you, Mr. Death / Coming at me like a sleeper wave / Nobody expected, you could leave this way.”
The chorus is haunting and like a lullaby at the same time. The brooding electronica swells as Canon repeatedly sings “Say goodbye / Say goodbye” – her dulcet vocals fading into the melodies at the end of each sentence like a wooden boat disappearing into a heavy mist sitting on the ocean.
