Sleepmakeswaves – Love Of Cartography (06/10/2014)
Sydney four piece Sleepmakeswaves have already made waves for with their first album …And So We Destroyed Everything. Now they have returned with another soundscape that is definitely worth listening to.
Love Of Cartography is an album unlike many others due to the nature of Sleepmakeswaves music not being driven by vocals. The band is no stranger to tours with already eight Australia tours, three European tours and a tour in America firmly under their belt. Their musical ability was recognised when they were nominated for an ARIA award in 2012. Now, their latest album has graced our ears thanks to the help of fans who supported a Pozible campaign where the band raised over $30,000 to put towards the development of Love Of Cartography. |
Perfect Detonator launches into heavy rock that soon calms down so you can grab your bearings before jumping straight back into energetic guitar riff and an insanely fast beat. Traced In Constellations leaves no room to recover from the track before. Tearing up the sky, for use of better words, the song is full of lively synths and soaring guitars. Singularity is a short little track that seems to build an incredible soundscape. But at just a minute long, it’s not enough!
Emergent is one of the longer tracks on the album. It is definitely not lacking in excitement though. Make sure to not have your volume up to loud for the ear screeching guitars that will be forever imprinted into your brain. Great Northern starts off with the prettiest piano which suddenly becomes accompanied by an equally lovely guitar and filler synths. The bass comes in harder and brings up the guitar to the iconic insanity style guitar playing that the band has implemented on this track. The Stars Are Stigmata have are ears meeting clashing symbols and raging guitars, the track isn’t lacking in synths that mix well with the overall sound.
A Little Spark is similar to Singularity in the sense that it gives you a little breather from the heavier tracks. Although, it is definitely not lacking in depth with incredible synths that can be captivating at times. How We Built The Ocean has memorable guitar riffs and is mostly driven by the bass and drum, while Something Like Avalanches has a more uplifting sound with tick/tock style synths which really give a measure for how quickly the song is running along. The guitar effortlessly tumbles through slowly moving parts within the track to speeding up to high urgency in other areas.
Your Time Will Come Again is another nearly nine minute song, but in no way is it boring. It is a nod to the band for being able to write a ridiculously long song and still have people listening to it after the three minute mark. The soft build up into the main rock section was done well and is a nice send off to the end of the album.
In most vocal driven albums there would always be a complaint about the lengthy songs and repetitive nature, but on this album created by Sleepmakeswaves there is no possibility for that to be the case. The album doesn’t seem to have any sense of being boring, however, it would have been interesting if the band could have explored more of the pulled back songs which they showcased in A Little Spark and Singularity. There is no doubt though that the post rockers have made an intense album to listen to this year.
Elizabeth Alderslade
Emergent is one of the longer tracks on the album. It is definitely not lacking in excitement though. Make sure to not have your volume up to loud for the ear screeching guitars that will be forever imprinted into your brain. Great Northern starts off with the prettiest piano which suddenly becomes accompanied by an equally lovely guitar and filler synths. The bass comes in harder and brings up the guitar to the iconic insanity style guitar playing that the band has implemented on this track. The Stars Are Stigmata have are ears meeting clashing symbols and raging guitars, the track isn’t lacking in synths that mix well with the overall sound.
A Little Spark is similar to Singularity in the sense that it gives you a little breather from the heavier tracks. Although, it is definitely not lacking in depth with incredible synths that can be captivating at times. How We Built The Ocean has memorable guitar riffs and is mostly driven by the bass and drum, while Something Like Avalanches has a more uplifting sound with tick/tock style synths which really give a measure for how quickly the song is running along. The guitar effortlessly tumbles through slowly moving parts within the track to speeding up to high urgency in other areas.
Your Time Will Come Again is another nearly nine minute song, but in no way is it boring. It is a nod to the band for being able to write a ridiculously long song and still have people listening to it after the three minute mark. The soft build up into the main rock section was done well and is a nice send off to the end of the album.
In most vocal driven albums there would always be a complaint about the lengthy songs and repetitive nature, but on this album created by Sleepmakeswaves there is no possibility for that to be the case. The album doesn’t seem to have any sense of being boring, however, it would have been interesting if the band could have explored more of the pulled back songs which they showcased in A Little Spark and Singularity. There is no doubt though that the post rockers have made an intense album to listen to this year.
Elizabeth Alderslade