Further Reflections on the Past:

June 18 2021

The pandemic put a hold on many things, and the Collective was not exempted from this. Thus it had been over a year since Sleep Token performed for followers. The last ritual held had been in the month of January, at the beginning of the year that wasn’t: 2020.

The Download Pilot, held June 18 to 20 2021, was a 10k capacity pilot festival to help open up live music. It was done in collaboration with the powers that be, with testing and so on, to ensure the safety of the attendees.

This event included our dear collective returning to stage with Sundowning under their belts, and a new album cycle in the works. Some day this curator will cover the hopeful, but brief Isolation Rituals that never were.

The setlist was as follows, including the first on stage performance of Alkaline:

Thread the Needle
The Night Does Not Belong to God
The Offering
Jaws
Dark Signs
Alkaline
Sugar
Nazareth
Higher

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