From a whisper to a shout, Sydney band sleepmakeswaves have spent the last decade building up their name as perhaps our finest post-rock export. Theirs is a journey fulll of left-of-centre victories - sold-out shows, top-40 album chart positions and world tours are naming but a few - that are all completely unbecoming of a band that's never done things in a conventional manner from a stylistic standpoint. Their self-described "love songs about delay pedals" have carved out a niche so sharp and distinctive that they're near untouchable in their genre. While on tour with The Contortionist and Tangled Thoughts of Leaving, the band stopped in at Wollongong Uni Bar - and, just after soundcheck, bassist/keyboardist/founder Alex Wilson and guitarist Otto Wicks-Green did something untoward of a post-rock band: they used their voices.

sleepmakeswaves are currently crowdfunding their third studio album. For more information, updates and to see how you can help make this record possible, visit http://pozible.com/project/205169

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From a whisper to a shout, Sydney band sleepmakeswaves have spent the last decade building up their name as perhaps our finest post-rock export. Theirs is a journey fulll of left-of-centre victories - sold-out shows, top-40 album chart positions and world tours are naming but a few - that are all completely unbecoming of a band that's never done things in a conventional manner from a stylistic standpoint. Their self-described "love songs about delay pedals" have carved out a niche so sharp and distinctive that they're near untouchable in their genre. While on tour with The Contortionist and Tangled Thoughts of Leaving, the band stopped in at Wollongong Uni Bar - and, just after soundcheck, bassist/keyboardist/founder Alex Wilson and guitarist Otto Wicks-Green did something untoward of a post-rock band: they used their voices. sleepmakeswaves are currently crowdfunding their third studio album. For more information, updates and to see how you can help make this record possible, visit http://pozible.com/project/205169 Vote for your favourite episodes of 2016 here: https://polldaddy.com/poll/9617140/ Follow sleepmakeswaves on Twitter and Instagram: @sleepmakeswaves Follow the podcast on Twitter: @BarBandsPod Follow David on Twitter and Instagram: @DJYwrites

Across over ten years of going to shows, I've met countless fascinating people that are joined together by the fact I love their music. This is a medium in which I look to find out the bigger picture, the extended story and the journey that brought them to where they are. No genre or topic is off limits. I'm David James Young - and all my friends are in bar bands.

I'm David James Young, and all my friends are in bar bands...

All My Friends Are in Bar Bands

Across over fifteen years of going to shows, I've met countless fascinating people that are joined together by the fact I love their music. This is a medium in which I look to find out the bigger picture, the extended story and the journey that brought them to where they are. No genre or topic is off limits. I'm David James Young - and all my friends are in bar bands.

Across over fifteen years of going to shows, I've met countless fascinating people that are joined together by the fact I love their music. This is a medium in which I look to find out the bigger picture, the extended story and the journey that brought them to where they are. No genre or topic is off limits. I'm David James Young - and all my friends are in bar bands.

From a whisper to a shout, Sydney band sleepmakeswaves have spent the last decade building up their name as perhaps our finest post-rock exp...

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