"Look to Windward" is a song by anonymous English rock band Sleep Token and the opening track from their fourth studio album, Even in Arcadia, released in May 2025.
Musical style Maura Johnston of Rolling Stone called the song "a shape-shifting cut that surrounds the vocalist in (at different moments) dial-tone synths, charging strings, trap drums, and commanding piano chords, all of which are eventually steamrolled by heavy guitars and crashing drums".
Critical reception Mackenzie Cummings-Grady of Billboard ranked the song as the second best from the album, describing it as "a transmuting whirl of an opener. [...] It's a harrowing first impression that pushes back against any expectations one might have when entering Vessel's world".
NME reviewer Rishi Shah said the song "could be an entire album in itself", setting the tone for the rest of the album "with its unbearable, cinematic tension, which is then annihilated by a heaviness that chops through it like an executioner's axe".
Personnel Adapted from Tidal:
II – composer Carl Bown – production, engineering, mixing Jim Pinder – engineering Adam "Nolly" Getgood – additional production Sebastian Sendon – additional engineering, drum editing Ste Kerry – mastering Vessel – lyricist, composer
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2025)PeakpositionCanada (Canadian Hot 100)84Global 200 (Billboard)137New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)2UK Singles (OCC)38UK Rock & Metal (OCC)4US Billboard Hot 10066US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)15
Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance for "Look to Windward" Chart (2025) Position US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard) 98
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