Sleeping at Last is a musical project led by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ryan O'Neal (Born July 17, 1983). The project initially began in Wheaton, Illinois, as a three-piece band with Ryan O'Neal as the lead singer and guitarist, his brother Chad O'Neal (Born December 6, 1979) as the drummer, and Dan Perdue (Born August 28, 1981) as the bassist. The band independently recorded their debut album, Capture in 2000, which they used to attract the attention of Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, who helped them get signed to a major record label, Interscope Records. The band released their only major label album, Ghosts in 2003, before going independent again and releasing Keep No Score in 2006, and Storyboards in 2009.

Eventually, both Chad O'Neal and Dan Perdue left the band to pursue other interests. Ryan O'Neal chose to retain the use of the band's name for his work from that point on but opted to focus on single songs.