Sleepsmakeswaves, the electrifying Australian post-rock band, return with a new studio album, “It’s Here, But I Have No Names For It”, on April 12th, 2024, via Bird’s Robe Records.
A preview of the eight-song collection with today’s release of “Super Realm Park”. The band shared insight into the track: “The main riff and synth on ‘Super Realm Park’ was inspired by F-Zero, the old school Nintendo 64 game. We developed and refined the concept into the first half of the track to bring in some late ‘90s influences. We fit a few walls with how to close the track, until one afternoon, we suddenly realized it needed a slow, crushing, hypnotic wall of noise. We can’t wait to play it live”.
“It’s Here, But I Have No Names For It” was self-produced, and recorded at Golden Retriever Studios in Sydney, Australia. Written during the pandemic, it was recorded in 2022, just before the band embarked on a three-month tour for their previously released album, these are not your dreams. Sleepmakeswaves finalized work on the new collection in 2023, including string arrangements by Simeon Bartholomew (SEIMS). “It’s Here, But I Have No Names For It” is a majestic return to the classic hallmarks of the band’s melodic post-rock sound, while 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 on songs 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”.
Album pre-orders, including limited-edition vinyl (verdigris swirl, luminescent and marble variants), as well as CD and digital offerings, are available now here.
Tracklist:
1. All Hail Skull
2. Super Realm Park
3. Ritual Control
4. Black Paradise
5. Verdigris
6. Terror Future
7. It’s Here, But I Have No Names For It
8. This Close Forever
A US tour is in the works, with the band confirmed for the Indianapolis-hosted PostFest in July (25 to 27). Sleepmakeswaves is Alex Wilson (bass, keys, electronics), Otto Wicks-Green (guitar, sometimes vocals), and Tim Adderley (drums). The Sydney-founded band (they met on MySpace, remember that?) have released four full-length albums: “these are not your dreams” (initially released via a series of EPs – 2020), “Made of Breath Only” (2017), “Love of Cartography” (2014), and “… And so We Destroyed Everything” (2011). Over their career they’ve received nominations for 3 ARIA Awards, 2 AIR Awards, and a J Award. The Independent said of the band’s unique spin on the post-rock subgenre: “their lush enlivening arrangements surpass the bygone quiet/loud/quiet dynamic clichés of post-rock old to produce something wholly distinct and inspirational”. Heavy Blog Is Heavy dubbed them as purveyors of “high tempo post rock, bursting with joie de vivre”, and Everything Is Noise said sleepmakeswaves is an “amalgamation of energetic riffing and powerful melody… its intensity lies side to side with its emotional edge…”
