The Sleepy Jackson are impossible to pin down. Just when you think beautifully-crafted pop songs are the sum of their musical aspirations, along comes a psychedelic burn-out or a country-ish ballad to counter songwriter Luke Steele's pop sensibility.
That diversity has been the secret of The Sleepy Jackson's success so far. As one rave review for their second EP 'Let Your Love Be Love' put it: ``Luke Steele's lack of direction IS his direction; gospel to his rare artistic perception201D.
Since emerging from Perth, Western Australia 18 months ago The Sleepy Jackson have steadily built a fan-base in Australia and Europe on the strength of Steele's broad songwriting palette and his dynamic stage persona (think Jimi Hendrix meets John Lennon). The band's two EPs so far, 'Caffeine in the Morning Sun' and 'Let Your Love Be Love', were rich in artistic motifs, quirky spoken embellishments and acknowledgements of roc...
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