Beauty Sleep

"We’re not the cherry on top — we’re the whole damn cake."

That statement, defiant and proud, encapsulates the ethos behind The Whole Damn Cake, the second album from Derry alt-pop duo Beauty Sleep due for release via Alcopop! Records in October 2025. For partners in music and life, Cheylene Murphy and Ryan McGroarty, the songwriting & production duo behind the project, this record is more than a collection of songs. It’s a joyful rebellion. A love letter to self-worth. A dance party at the end of a long emotional tunnel. Above all, it’s the sound of two people reclaiming their space in a world that often tells people like them—too loud, too queer, too sensitive, too much—to shrink. Beauty Sleep don’t shrink. Not anymore.