Featuring in 4ZZZ 1999 Hot 100 (#85),Talk to me (in your sleep) .. I need to know what you are thinking! is the theme of this song which surprised the band by also being added on rotation on Triple J in January 2000 (around the time we had agreed to hang up the boots). Sleep is the lead track from the band’s final self-titled release and featured on Channel 7’s kids show Big Breakfast in a segment shot in the iconic Red Hill Skate Arena which burnt down in 2004.
Creating their own brand of indie pop, the Dream Poppies have been described as saccharine piss-take power pop, edgy loud-quiet girly guitar pop and catchy melodic fuzz pop.
The band formed in Brisbane in October 1990 and released 6 EPs and an album and featured on many Australian compilation CDs. The band played major music festivals including SXSW 1997 and a show at CBGBs in NYC.