Sleepy Sun was an American psychedelic rock band, formed in Santa Cruz, California and now based in San Francisco.

The band was composed of vocalist Bret Constantino, guitarists Matt Holliman and Evan Reiss, and drummer Brian Tice.

Sleepy Sun formed as Mania in 2005 at UC Santa Cruz by students Bret Constantino, Matt Holliman, Evan Reiss, Brice Tice and original bass player Hubert Guy.

[1] The band progressed from their original garage rock stylings into psychedelia, and changed their name to Sleepy Sun in 2007, with the addition of former Birds Fled from Me singer Rachel Fannan.

She stated that "I had a fun time with them for the first year but after several attempts to contribute my ability to play keys, or write music were ignored I gave up hope and started drinking more.

Aside from Still Breathing, the album was recorded in seven days at Hicksville Trailer Park and Rancho De La Luna in Joshua Tree with producers Ethan Allen and Dave Catching.

[14] A more straight ahead album than previous releases, Constantino revealed that the band "labored over the structure of this record and the songs that are on it" and that "lyrically, especially, I think we really tried to convey more succinct story lines and character studies while still preserving the ambiguity in the words and the message".

[15] He also added that "I think we've always covered a brand range of genres, our influences, but this record was a conscious effort with more cohesion"[8] and that the songs were "little bit lighter and easier to digest".

[15] In late 2013 during downtime from Sleepy Sun, Evan Reiss and Matt Holliman formed Fine Points and released their debut album Hover in July 2015.