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Sleepmakeswaves is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Karnivool, Russian Circles, Mono, Tortoise and Rosetta. Those roots explain a lot about how Sleepmakeswaves arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as pg.lost, Caspian, If These Trees Could Talk, Explosions in the Sky and Mono, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into We Lost the Sea, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around Sleepmakeswaves, reaching back through Karnivool and forward to We Lost the Sea. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Sleepmakeswaves are an Australian post-rock band who formed in Sydney in December 2006. The group is currently composed of guitarist Otto Wicks-Green, drummer Tim Adderley, and bassist/keyboardist Alex Wilson. To date, they have released four full-length studio albums. The band have achieved notable success internationally for their energetic live performances and modern approach to the post-rock genre. They are currently released through Australian independent record label Bird's Robe Records, which is distributed through MGM in Australia and independently worldwide. In 2013, UK label Monotreme Records licensed their debut album for an international release across the UK, Europe, and North America.
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Sleepmakeswaves connections
Sleepmakeswaves grew out of Karnivool, Russian Circles, Mono and Tortoise, shares an orbit with pg.lost, Caspian, If These Trees Could Talk and Explosions in the Sky, went on to shape We Lost the Sea. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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