sleepmakeswaves are an instrumental rock band from Sydney, Australia. Drawing influences mainly from but not limited to post-rock, the young quartet mix driving metallic bombast with textured electronics to create a sonic space where delicate melodies and thunderous climaxes peacefully co-exist.
Since their formation in late 2006, sleepmakeswaves have rapidly established themselves as a promising and unique voice in their field. Within the space of a year the band has enjoyed considerable word-of-mouth support and have landed auspicious opening slots with post-rock luminaries such as Pelican, Laura and Meniscus on the back of their powerful live show and acclaimed demo recording.
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If you are in search of a precisely produced, sweepingly cinematic, post-rock album then search no further. - The Silent Ballet
Within a post-rock framework sleepmakeswaves have created an EP that is dynamic, bombastic and above all, mesmerising. The music sweeps from delicately-textured ambience to shattering metallic riffage and back again in the blink of an eye, held together and underpinned by driving rhythms and delicious melodies. - OzProg
A glorious speaker pummelling symphony of refined and tamed turbulence. Think Sigur Ros’ mood evoking glacial plateaus set to work harnessing and orchestrating the turbulence of the bleakly-strained wide screen sculptures of early career Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Towering stuff. - Losing Today
It's a testament to the band's musicianship and understanding of dynamics that their music can speak volumes without a single word being uttered... The potential that this band possesses is staggering. - PyroMusic
SMW sounds like what would happen if Jeff Buckley never sang on his records; full of emotion and featuring many different sections that somehow fuse together to make a perfect whole. - Who The Bloody Hell Are They?
This album is beauty in every sense of the word... No matter your taste in music, this release is well worth listening to. - Metal Obsession
