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.
Tickets are on sale now – https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/sleepmakeswaves-the-garage-tickets/13488863
The band will kick off their world tour in Australia in April, playing shows in Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane with support from Taiwanese math rock legends ELEPHANT GYM and fellow Australian post-rock veterans MENISCUS.
sleepmakeswaves will then return to Europe and the UK in May to headline Belgium’s Dunk Festival and London’s iconic venue The Garage.
They head to North America in July, to co-headline two nights of the 3-day festival PostFest in Indianapolis.
The 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.’
Listen to Super Realm Park now:
https://sleepmakeswaves.bandcamp.com/
https://linktr.ee/sleepmakeswaves
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
Pre-order the album now – https://sleepmakeswaves.bandcamp.com/album/its-here-but-i-have-no-names-for-it
sleepmakeswaves Australian tour 2024
w/Elephant Gym (Taiwan) & Meniscus
Fri 26 April – Max Watts, Melbourne VIC
Sat 27 April – Manning Bar, Sydney NSW
Sun 28 April – The Triffid, Brisbane QLD
Presented by Bird’s Robe & Cult Artists
Tickets on sale from sleepmakeswaves.com & venue websites
sleepmakeswaves UK/EU tour 2024
Sat 11 May – Dunk Festival, Zottegem BELGIUM
Sun 12 May – The Garage, London UK
Presented by Northern Music & Bird’s Robe
sleepmakeswaves USA tour 2024
25 July – PostFest, Indianapolis IN
27 July – PostFest, Indianapolis IN
Tickets on sale from sleepmakeswaves.com & venue websites
‘It’s Here, But I Have No Names For It’ is out Friday 12 April through Bird’s Robe/MGM and Dunk Records
Check out more at www.sleepmakeswaves.com
