sleepmakeswaves announce US dates for July 2024
Australian instrumental post-rockers sleepmakeswaves have added two more US shows 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 The Meadows in Brooklyn in NYC, with support from fellow Australians and purveyors of progressive rock, Toehider. Next they play at Grog Shop in Cleveland, Ohio with If These Trees Could Talk. Then they'll co-headline two massive nights of the 3-day festival PostFest in Indianapolis.
The world tour kicks off in Australia, playing shows in Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane with support from Taiwanese math rock legends ELEPHANT GYM and fellow Australian post-rock veterans MENISCUS in April.
smw will then return to Europe and the UK in May to headline Belgium’s Dunk Festival and London’s iconic venue, The Garage, in May.
AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW
It's Here, But I Have No Names For It
by sleepmakeswaves
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
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.’
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 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
sleepmakeswaves UK/EU tour 2024
Sat 11 May – Dunk Festival, Zottegem BEL
Sun 12 May – The Garage, London UK
Presented by NMC Live & Bird’s Robe
sleepmakeswaves USA tour 2024
Tue 23 July - The Meadows, Brooklyn, NY
Wed 24 July - Grog Shop, Cleveland OH
Thu 25 July – PostFest, Indianapolis IN
Sat 27 July – PostFest, Indianapolis IN
+ more shows to be announced during 2024
