sleepmakeswaves announce new project ‘these are not your dreams’

SLEEPMAKESWAVES have announced a new project!

Rather than following a conventional release pattern, the new project from the Australian instrumental post-rockers is a series of three EPs, with No Safe Place out on Feb 21st, Out of Hours released on April 17th and Not an Exit released on May 15th.

Alongside the announcement of the new project, the band have released a new single from the upcoming releases; titled Batavia.

Listen to Batavia here: 

Speaking about the new project, the band says, “hi I’m Alex, I’m Otto, I’m Tim & we’re SLEEPMAKESWAVES. A lot’s happened since our last release. It’s a crazier, darker world… it’s warmer and everyone’s been busy. It’s damn hard keeping the artist ship afloat, when being an artist doesn’t mean what it used to. And we know we’re rubbish on social media, but we’ve been keeping our heads down and working hard on new material. It’s taking shape. Songs are written, and it’s now time to make some announcements… to put it simply: SLEEPMAKESWAVES are back. Everything you’ll hear soon will have been written, recorded, mixed and produced by the band. And we wanted to work harder than ever to justify it in an age of limitless novelty.

With all that said, we’re thrilled to announce we’re releasing a trilogy of three unique EPs this year. Each will convey something specific about where we’ve headed artistically over the last two years. These records will be released with special packaging and art, designed by our long time friend and collaborator James Stuart. The EPs will be available as separate vinyl records for collectors, and as a full-length CD for those of you who enjoy the smooth sounds of the compact disc. We’re producing all of these as a one-time limited edition release & we’re happy to be using recycled materials to produce these physical products wherever possible, as well as offsetting the carbon footprint for the other merch packages available from our website.

It’s been a long time coming. If you’re still here, we hope you understand how grateful we are to have your support after all these years. We’re proud and excited to share this with you, and we want to thank our dear friend and manager Mike for sticking with us to see this through. That’s it from us. More news soon. hoo roo.”

these are not your dreams full record is set for release on May 15th via Bird’s Robe Records & Monotreme Records (for ITAWT & ASWDE outside Aus).

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