sleepmakeswaves Announce ‘Love of Cartography’ 10th Anniversary Australian Tour

The Sydney post-rockers will be playing the album in full.

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Sydney post-rock act sleepmakeswaves is hitting the road this October to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their acclaimed sophomore album, Love of Cartography.

Released in 2014, Love of Cartography was a surprise hit for sleepmakeswaves. Backed by a successful crowd-funding campaign, Love of Cartography was the band’s first album to break into the ARIA Charts (peaking at #38) and was nominated for both an ARIA Award and a J Award.

In honour of the album turning ten, sleepmakeswaves will perform five shows across the country where they will perform the album in its entirety along with their most well-known tunes, such as ‘It’s Dark, It’s Cold, It’s Winter’ and ‘Our Days Werre Polar’.

The tour begins in Perth at Magent House on Wednesday, October 2. The lads then make their way across the Nullarbor for shows at The Gov in Adelaide on Thursday, October 3, Max Watts in Melbourne on Friday, October 4 and The Brightside Outdoors in Brisbane on Saturday, October 5. The final date of the tour takes place in the band’s hometown of Sydney at the Sydney Opera House (The Studio) on Sunday, October 6.

sleepmakeswaves is bringing some special guests along with them on tour in the form of Japanese math-rockers Lite and British mathcore legends Rolo Tomassi. This will be Lite’s first-ever tour of Australia and Rolo Tomassi’s first visit in eight years.

Tickets for all shows are on sale now via sleepmakeswaves.com.

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sleepmakeswaves guitarist Otto Wicks-Green released a lengthy statement about the tour and how much the album means to the band which you can read below:

"Thinking back to 2014 it's easy to remember the good times. Sigur Ros appearing on Game of Thrones. Lost in the Dream by The War On Drugs. Pharrell Williams's big hat. But we'd be remiss not to acknowledge and celebrate something very close to our heart here at smw-corp: the release of our 2nd album Love of Cartography.

“To say this record changed the course of our lives would be an understatement: everything from our first successful crowdfunding campaign, our first time working with Nick DiDia at 301, our first J Award nomination, our first Live at the Wireless and our first time performing in China happened because of how this record connected with our fan base all around the world.

“So really it's a celebration of all of you. Our wonderful listeners and what this record might mean to you after all these years.

“We are so grateful to be able to celebrate its tenth anniversary with a very special tour around Australia, during which we will play the album from top to bottom. Joining us for this will be the incredible Rolo Tomassi from the UK (finally actually coming back to Australia after all the false starts of the pandemic) and the awesome LITE from Japan (coming to Australia for the first time ever).

“It would be around 10 years ago when our long-suffering manager Mike asked us to consider our 'bucket list' - the gold standard of experiences we'd love to achieve with sleepmakeswaves. Playing at the Sydney Opera House was something shared across every list, so it's with immense joy that we can announce we are crossing this off the list by bringing this special tour to a special venue. Next, we will focus on the remaining bucket list item: successfully completing the 'Hot Ones' challenge with Sean Evans.'

“See you in October. Let's f*cking go."

The ‘Love of Cartography 10th Anniversary Tour’ is a wonderful way to celebrate the album and give fans a chance to hear all their favourite tracks in an intimate setting.

Catch sleepmakeswaves at The Gov on Thursday, October 3. Tickets are on sale now via Oztix.

sleepmakeswaves ‘Love of Cartography’ 10th Anniversary Australian Tour

Wednesday, October 2 – Magnet House, Perth

Thursday, October 3 – The Gov, Adelaide

Friday, October 4 – Max Watts, Melbourne

Saturday, October 5 – The Brightside Outdoors, Brisbane

Sunday, October 6 – Sydney Opera House (The Studio), Sydney

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