Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town was the first EP from The Panda Band

The Panda Band

The Panda Band are an indie pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia. They have a reputation for combining numerous musical genres. They have toured nationally as support acts for bands such as The Sleepy Jackson, Little Birdy, The Grates and Evermore.-Biography:The band originally...

, released in 2005. The name of the title track is a reference to their home town. "Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town" reached #73 on Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2004

Triple J Hottest 100, 2004

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 and also won the WAM Song of the Year

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 in 2006, winning 'Pop' category. "Then You Appear" winning the 'Mixed Bag' category in the same year. "Eyelashes" and "Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town" have both received significant airplay on national youth broadcaster, Triple J

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 and community radio across Australia.

Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town also found its way onto airwaves in the United Kingdom

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 through John Kennedy

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 at XFM

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 and Jane Gazzo

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 at BBC6

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. XFM also had the band stop by the studio while they were in London

London

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in October 2005 to play a few songs from the EP for broadcast on Kennedy’s nightly radio program, Xposure.

Track listing

1. "Luray Caverns" – 0:39
2. "Eyelashes" – 3:49
3. "Then you Appear" – 4:35
4. "Quiet as Meeses" – 0:57
5. "Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town" – 3:07
6. "Fools 'n' Sharks" – 3:27