Storm Static Sleep

In a special episode of the Storm Static Sleep podcast, Jack Chuter speaks to Wout Lievens of Belgium's dunk!festival: one of the world's premier weekends for post-rock, post-metal, ambient and drone music. The festival takes place on 5-7 May 2016 in Zottegem, Belgium. Weekend tickets are sold out, but day tickets are still available at the time of writing. Head over to www.dunkfestival.be to snap one up. Storm Static Sleep will be on sale at the festival too, so be sure to buy a copy if you haven't already. www.stormstaticsleep.com

For episode number three, Jack Chuter talks to Jon Mueller: drummer of Pele, Collections Of Colonies Of Bees and Volcano Choir, as well as a solo musician and central instigator of various multidisciplinary creative projects. We talk about the revival of Pele, the process of establishing identity in music and the difficulties in sparking opposition to the rock status quo.

Our second episode features an interview with Chris King from This Will Destroy You, who talks about the bleak atmosphere of "Tunnel Blanket" and his love for analogue decay. Storm Static Sleep: A Pathway Through Post-Rock is the first book to be dedicated to the story of post-rock music, out now on Function Books. For more information and to order the book, go to www.stormstaticsleep.com Thanks to Monotreme, Suicide Squeeze and Magic Bullet for providing permission to play all of the music featured in this episode.

In our first podcast, author Jack Chuter talks to David Grubbs (Gastr Del Sol, Bastro) about the term "post-rock" and the process of unilateral disarmament. Storm Static Sleep: A Pathway Through Post-Rock is the first book to be dedicated to the story of post-rock music, coming out November 30th 2015 on Function Books. For more information and to pre-order the book, go to www.stormstaticsleep.com Thanks to Drag City for providing permission to play all of the music featured in this episode.