Artist : sleepmakeswaves
Album : Love of Cartography
Year : 2014
Genre : Instrumental Rock
Quality : 260kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : CD
Playtime : 0h 54m
Size : 108.5mb
Label : Bird's Robe Records
Catalognr : BRR046
Tracklist:
01. Perfect Detonator 5:54
02. Traced In Constellations 4:35
03. Singularity 0:59
04. Emergent 8:26
05. Great Northern 4:43
06. The Stars Are Stigmata 6:06
07. A Little Spark 2:59
08. How We Built The Ocean 6:59
09. Something Like Avalanches 5:24
10. Your Time Will Come Again 8:51
Releasenotes:
I know that an album is timeless when, after many years, I return to it and it
still sounds fresh. This is what happen to me with ...and so we destroyed
everything by Sleepmakeswaves. The instrumental post-rock four-piece band from
Sydney is now back with another amazing album, Love Of Cartography, that,
starting from the name itself and its fantastic album cover, proves the tendency
the band has to map new creative directions within the instrumental rock
framework.
The new album was recorded in Byron Bay with producer Nick DiDia (Pearl Jam,
Stone Temple Pilots, Rage Against The Machine) after fans √ and me of course
among them - helped to raise over $30,000 through a Pozible campaign. I listened
to Love Of Cartography many times before writing about it and, even now,
'Emergent' is playing fulfilling my room with its melody and creating a somber
climax.
The first thing you'll notice listening to Love Of Cartography is how the Aussie
band has moved towards a electro-rock sound that is gonna blow your mind. As
masters of meticulous instrumental rock, apocalyptic guitar landscapes, they
spoiled us delivering great music, and Love Of Cartography is gloriously no
different.
Kid, Otto, Alex and Tim, again wonderfully demonstrate their ability to swap
pursuing rhythmic sections with soothing ambient segments without losing a step.
Love Of Cartography is full of emotional passages that captivate the listener
more than the most beautiful mermaids.
The journey through the ten tracks of Love Of Cartography starts with 'Perfect
Detonator' that launches the listener into the Sleepmakeswaves's space. 'Perfect
Detonator' is a complete listening experience, peppered with sonic leitmotifs
that fold back onto themselves once the final chords are drowned out by silence.
The exploration of this instrumental rock world by the Aussie band continues:
µTraced in Constellation' flits between glitchy synths and shimmering guitars,
whilst the short 'Singularity' unfolds as an interlude and creates a beautiful
tension that explodes in the brilliant 'Emergent' that incorporates both
post-rocky and electronic elements and suggests that there's room for the old
and the new Sleepmakeswaves's styles to coexist. 'Emergent' has a slow-burning
introduction but the band doesn't hesitate to proves that they have lost none of
their appetite for noise and pursuing rhythm. This track is a journey within a
journey; simply awesome.
There's space, too, for the band to expand upon loud-quiet dynamics; 'Great
Northern' has a great mix of those segments and listening to it is pure joy.
'The Stars Are Stigmata' is of a bit heavier ride instead that brings us back to
the Sleepmakeswaves's style we already adore. This track is as engaging as it is
dramatic and the balance between acoustic and electronic elements is a killer.
Passing through the soft 'A Little Spark' that invites quiet contemplation, we
land onto 'Something Like Avalanches' that is a perfect track with its amazing
guitar riffs. The journey through Love Of Cartography ends with the beautiful
'Your Time Will come Again' that blends in it several music genres and the
outcome is a beautiful, notable electro-rock ballad. 'Your Time Will come Again'
is a credible substitute for nirvana, demanding you to set yourself free from
all corporeal existence. Your mind will thank you later.
Love Of Cartography ends here but its music won't leave you. The journey is one
way.
Sleepmakeswaves will spend the majority of July and early August touring to
promote the new album, the east Aussie coast, Adelaide and Perth. I saw them
twice, in Rome and in London, and I'm ready to travel again to see them playing
live. If you get the chance, take it.
echoesanddust.com
http://www.sleepmakeswaves.com/