SLEEPMAKESWAVES

Australian instrumental post-rockers sleepmakeswaves have added an exclusive UK headline show to their growing world tour dates in support of their forthcoming new album ‘It’s Here, But I Have No Names For It.’

The band will play at London’s The Garage on Sunday 12 May, with support from fellow Australians and purveyors of doom-jazz, Tangled Thoughts of Leaving, as well as English shoegaze group Graywave.

Their new album ‘It’s Here, But I Have No Names For It’ was produced by the band themselves, at Golden Retriever Studios in Sydney, Australia. Written during the pandemic, it was originally recorded during 2022 just before the band embarked on a 3 month tour for their previous EP trilogy ‘these are not your dreams.’ Further recording was completed in 2023, including string arrangements by Simeon Bartholomew (SEIMS). The record was then mixed by Andrei Eremin (Closure in Moscow, Tash Sultana, G Flip, Luca Brasi) in Philadelphia USA and mastered by Jeff Lipton and Maria Rice at Peerless Mastering in Boston USA.

The first single ‘Super Realm Park’, prefiguring the record as a whole, is a majestic return to the classic hallmarks of the band’s melodic post-rock sound, whilst introducing new production and arrangement elements. Fans of the band’s heavy bombastic aggression will resonate with tracks such as ‘All Hail Skull’ and ‘Ritual Control.’ They also shine with invigorated melodic and emotive performances and arrangements on tracks like ‘Black Paradise’ and ‘Terror Future.’ Retaining their signature approach to heavy dynamics and crescendos the band are still at their unmatched peak when they turn their hand to cataclysmic emotional epics such as the title track and the album closer ‘This Close Forever.’

The band released a statement to fans, saying:

The mysterious phase of nothingness, crucial to the smw creative process, is over: our new album is finally done. Thank you so much to all our listeners for your patience. It has been a slow but intense labor of love and we are proud of the songs on this record, and grateful for the many people who helped bring it to life. Hope to see you on the road in 2024, more show announcements to come, and we truly hope the new music we’re about to release resonates with you in the same way it does with us. 

Love smw

sleepmakeswaves have trailblazed their way from Australia around the world over the past fifteen years, making a name for themselves with pummelling, emotional, dynamic live shows. Whether touring alongside Karnivool, 65daysofstatic or Devin Townsend, gracing festival stages at ArcTanGent, SXSW & Dunk, or headlining their own tours across Asia, Europe and Australia, they have forged a path for other Australian experimental artists to reach new audiences abroad and continue to support their scene through their mentorship and advice for upcoming bands.