Art Rock Show – Sleepmakeswaves – It’s Here, But I Have No Names For It (Week 42)

Sleepmakeswaves is een Australische postrockband die in december 2006 werd opgericht in Sydney. De groep bestaat momenteel uit gitarist Otto Wicks-Green, drummer Tim Adderley en bassist/toetsenist Alex Wilson. Tot nu toe hebben ze vier volledige studioalbums uitgebracht. De band heeft internationaal veel succes geboekt met hun energieke liveoptredens en moderne benadering van het postrockgenre.

Wall of Sound review: “Every track on this album is a meticulously crafted work of art, from bombastic, barnstorming opener ‘All Hail Skull’, through to ‘This Close Forever’, which is sweetly dreamy and wistful for half its length before opening out and rocking TF out, and closing proceedings in climactic style.

In between, we are taken on a transcendent journey into soundscapes, both grandiose and highly varied, and into the creative minds and imaginations of the three main protagonists of the band. We get balls-out rock (‘Ritual Control’), acoustic interludes and stringy, movie soundtrack-like theatricality (‘Black Paradise’, which, at the time of writing, was this writer’s favourite cut), dark, evocative, Blade Runner-esque synths (‘Verdigris’), highly effective use of ambient vocals (‘Terror Future’) and the centrepiece of it all, the epic, slow-burn build of the eight-and-a-half-minute title track. And plenty more besides.

For the uninitiated, this is not instant gratification music. If this is your first experience of this band, or even of this entire sub-genre, go into it with an open mind and give it time to breathe and grow in your mind. If you do, the ultimate rewards are profound. Then go discover their back-catalogue.

One of the best albums of 2024, no question.”

Naast Sleepmakeswaves (It’s Here, But I Have No Names For It), Pg.Lost (Versus), Collapse Under the Empire (The Fallen Ones), Caspian (Dust and Disquiet), We Lost the Sea (Departure Songs) & This Will Destroy You (Live in Reykjavik, Iceland).

• Thursday/Donderdag 12.00 – 24.00
• Friday/Vrijdag 12.00 – 24.00
• Saturday/Zaterdag 12.00 – 24.00