Sleepmakeswaves"The best thing about being nominated for an ARIA was almost getting to meet Taylor Swift,” Otto Wicks-Green, one quarter of sleepmakeswaves, says, making light of the success that followed the band's debut album …and so we destroyed everything. But wait a second, what's this “almost” business? What went wrong with meeting the country pop princess?
“What went wrong? So many things. I think it was mainly that as soon as she walked in I approached her, and I think her bouncer has learned to recognise what I'm tentatively describing as the 'crazy eyes'. Now, as someone who was there technically as a colleague of hers, being a musician with a VIP pass, I felt like I had a right to meet her, but apparently I didn't. The bouncer just stood in front of me, he didn't even say anything, he just looked at me as though to say 'not going to happen' and that broke my heart... On the plus side though they had free wine at the dinner.”
Dealing with his heartbreak, Wicks-Green threw himself into sleepmakeswaves to dull the pain. The band set about international touring before retreating from heavy touring earlier this year to focus on album number two. With good inroads made into that new record, the band are heading out for a national trek to road test some of the new stuff and to launch an album of remixes, aptly titled ...and then they remixed everything.
