Wintersleep
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Background information | |
Origin | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, Canada[1][2] |
Genres | Alternative rock, indie rock[3] |
Years active | 2001–present |
Labels | , Dependent, Hand Drawn Dracula, Dine Alone |
Associated acts | Contrived, Cold Specks, Kary, Holy Fuck, The Holy Shroud, Treasure Hunt, Postdata |
Website | Wintersleep.com |
Members | Paul Murphy Loel Campbell Tim d'Eon Jon Samuel Chris Bell |
Past members | Jud Haynes Mike Bigelow |
Wintersleep is a Canadian indie rock band formed in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 2001.[4] Based in Halifax, the band's original lineup consisted of lead vocalist and guitarist Paul Murphy, guitarist and keyboardist Tim d'Eon, and drummer Loel Campbell. In 2002, Jud Haynes joined the band as bass guitarist until 2007. In 2005, Mike Bigelow joined the band as a keyboardist until 2006, when he then acted as a bass guitarist from 2007 to 2016. Since 2006, Jon Samuel has served as a backing vocalist, keyboardist and guitarist while has Chris Bell served as a backing vocalist and bass guitarist since 2016.
In 2005 Wintersleep opened for Pearl Jam for 2 shows in St.Johns, Newfoundland at the Mile One Stadium. [5]
The band received a Juno Award in 2008.[6]
Background[]
Wintersleep formed in 2001.[7] Originally from the small town of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, members Paul Murphy and Tim d'Eon having known each other through their previous progressive rock band Kary, which formed in the mid 1990s in high school with drummer Mark d'Eon and bassist Jesse Luke.[8] Kary released two official albums, The Sound Of Beauty Breathing in 2001 and Light in 2004 before disbanding indefinitely.[9] Paul Murphy and Loel Campbell, a native of Stellarton, were friends and lived 15 stories up in an apartment building and recorded 5 or 6 songs there, Tim d'Eon and bassist Jud Haynes were interested in being a part of the project and formed as Wintersleep.[10] They released two albums with Dependent Music, a music label and artists' collective that began in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1994.
In 2006, Wintersleep signed with Labwork Music, a partnership label of Sonic Unyon and EMI Music Canada, and re-released their first two studio albums to the U.S. and Canadian markets. The re-releases include bonus tracks and videos not featured in the originals. Their debut album was remixed and re-mastered by Laurence Currie for the re-release.
On October 2, 2007, Wintersleep released their third full-length album, Welcome to the Night Sky. A limited edition of the album on vinyl with alternative artwork was released by Hand Drawn Dracula. They won the 2008 Juno Award for New Group of the Year.
The band's members frequently collaborate outside of Wintersleep. Murphy and d'Eon played together in the band Kary, now on indefinite hiatus. Drummer Campbell has also performed with Kary, and is a member of a number of other projects, including Contrived, Holy Fuck, Hayden, Chikita Violenta, Land of Talk, The Holy Shroud, and The Remains of Brian Borcherdt. Murphy collaborated with his brother in the project Postdata. Bigelow plays bass in Contrived with Campbell, and also plays in Holy Fuck and The Holy Shroud. d'Eon played guitar for Contrived before Samuel joined the group, appearing on Contrived's first record, Pursuit of Plots, and the second album, Dead Air Verbatim. Samuel was a member of Halifax band Slight Return.
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Wintersleep was selected as one of the opening acts by Paul McCartney for his concert at Halifax Common on July 11, 2009.[11] That year the band toured in support of their album Welcome to the Night Sky, while writing for their fourth studio album, New Inheritors; the album was released on May 17 in Europe and May 18 in North America.[12] They released their fifth album, Hello Hum, in 2012.
The group's song "Weighty Ghost" was used in 2008 film One Week, in both the trailer and one of the final scenes. In 2010, the song was included in The Top 100 Canadian Singles by National Post's Bob Mersereau.[13] Wintersleep performed "Weighty Ghost" on Late Show with David Letterman on January 14, 2011. In 2011 the song appeared on the TV series Being Human and was also used in the background of a Molson Canadian commercial, advertising the "Red Leaf Project". In 2013, "Weighty Ghost" became the theme music of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television crime drama Cracked.
Wintersleep toured extensively during 2013, including as the opening act for Scottish indie band Frightened Rabbit, who invited them on their UK tour and later their North American tour. Wintersleep also opened for Frightened Rabbit on the latter's North American dates in early 2018.[14]
In 2014, the band recorded 11 tracks at The Sonic Temple studio in Halifax. That year they also performed on a moving streetcar at the North by Northeast festival in Toronto.[4]
In December 2015, Wintersleep signed with Dine Alone Records.[15] In January 2016 the band premiered "Amerika" through The Wall Street Journal's blog.[16] In March 4 of that year the band released an album, The Great Detachment, through Dine Alone.[17][18][19][20] Rush bassist, Geddy Lee, played bass guitar on the track "Territory".[21]
On Valentines Day in February 2018, Wintersleep announced that their first three albums would be reissued on deluxe vinyl with a bonus 7" single including previously-unreleased tracks. These reissues came out in May 2018, a limited amount of them being colored vinyl.[22]
In December 2018, the band announced their next album, In the Land Of.[23] The album was released on March 29, 2019 by Dine Alone Records.[24] The album release was supported by a national tour with dates from March 20 to May 3, 2019,[24] with some but not all dates featuring Partner as the opening act. The band was joined by Montreal band Caveboy as the opening act at four Ontario tour dates.[25] In the Land Of went on to be longlisted for the Polaris Music Prize.[26][27]
In September 2019, the band embarked upon a tour of Europe following the worldwide digital release of "Free Fall" and "Fading Out" on September 9, 2019.[26] These two singles were originally released on Record Store Day earlier that year via Dine Alone Records and became the top-selling release of the national event.[26]
Band members[]
- Loel Campbell – drums, guitar (2001–present)
- Paul Murphy – vocals, guitar (2001–present)
- Tim d'Eon – guitar, keyboards (2001–present)
- Jon Samuel – keyboards, backing vocals, guitar (2006–present)
- Chris Bell - bass guitar, backing vocals (2016–present)
- Former members
- Jud Haynes – bass guitar (2002–2007)
- Mike Bigelow – bass guitar (2007-2016), keyboards (2005–2006)
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
Year | Album | Peak chart positions | |||
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CAN [28] | |||||
2003 | Wintersleep | — | |||
2005 | Untitled | — | |||
2007 | Welcome to the Night Sky | — | |||
2010 | New Inheritors | 12 | |||
2012 | Hello Hum | 20 | |||
2016 | The Great Detachment | 19 | |||
2019 | In the Land Of | - | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Singles[]
Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
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CAN [28] |
CAN Air [29] |
CAN Alt [30] |
CAN Rock [31][32] | ||||||
2007 | "Weighty Ghost"[6] | 54 | — | × | 9 | Welcome to the Night Sky | |||
2008 | "Oblivion" | — | — | × | 17 | ||||
2010 | "Black Camera" | — | — | 14 | × | New Inheritors | |||
"New Inheritors" | — | — | — | × | |||||
"Trace Decay" | — | — | 31 | × | |||||
"Preservation" | — | — | 33 | × | |||||
2012 | "In Came the Flood" | — | — | 7 | × | Hello Hum | |||
"Nothing is Anything (Without You)" | — | — | 31 | × | |||||
2016 | "Amerika"[6] | — | 50 | 1 | 1 | The Great Detachment | |||
"Spirit" | — | — | — | 5 | |||||
2017 | "Freak Out" | — | — | — | 45 | ||||
2019 | "Free Fall / Fading Out" | — | — | — | — | Single only | |||
"Beneficiary" | — | — | — | 44 | In the Land Of | ||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. "×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived. |
Videography[]
Year | Song | Director |
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2003 | "Caliber" | Brian Borcherdt |
2004 | "Sore" | Sean Wainstein |
2005 | "Danse Macabre" | Sean Wainstein |
2006 | "Jaws of Life" | Sean Wainstein with James Mejia |
"Fog" | Mirco Chin | |
"Lipstick" | 4030 CREW | |
"Faithful Guide" | Sean Wainstein | |
"Insomnia" | Jesse Luke | |
2007 | "Weighty Ghost" | Sean Wainstein |
2008 | "Oblivion" | Darren Pasemko |
2010 | "Black Camera" | |
"Trace Decay" | ||
"Preservation" | Sean Wainstein | |
2011 | "New Inheritors" | Danny (Think Tank Creative) |
2012 | "In Came The Flood" | Sean Wainstein |
"Nothing is Anything (Without You)" | Christopher Mills | |
2016 | "Amerika" | Scott Cudmore |
Awards[]
- 2008: Juno Award for New Group of the Year
- 2008: Much Music Video Award - VideoFACT Award for Weighty Ghost
References[]
- ^ Herygers, Andrew. "Wintersleep | On the Edge of East Coast". hurrah.ca. Hurrah. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
- ^ Conner, Shawn. "Nova Scotia's Wintersleep gets a Snow Patrol vibe going". straight.com. Straight. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
- ^ "Wintersleep reviews, music, news - sputnikmusic". Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Heidi Ulrichsen, "Wintersleep offers 'sneak peeks' of new album at Boreal". Sudbury Star, June 30, 2014.
- ^ "09/24/2005: Pearl Jam / Wintersleep @ Mile One Stadium | Concert Archives". www.concertarchives.org. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Ben Rayner, "Wintersleep's hit echoes U.S. political tenor". Toronto Star, November 29, 2016. page E1
- ^ True, Chris "Wintersleep Biography", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
- ^ "Kary - The Sound Of Beauty Breathing Review". www.theprp.com. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
- ^ "Kary (2)". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
- ^ Lynn Hemeon (2012-09-15), Wintersleep - ECMA 2003, retrieved 2019-03-15
- ^ "McCartney hires Halifax musicians as opening acts". CTV News, July 9, 2009.
- ^ Persuad, Travis Wintersleep Find Their Groove atExclaim! June 2009
- ^ "The Top 100 Canadian Singles". National Pos, | October 4, 2010
- ^ BBC 6 Music - Wintersleep speak to Marc Riley. March 9, 2013
- ^ Alex Hudson (September 25, 2015). "Wintersleep Plot 'The Great Detachment' LP". Exclaim!.
- ^ "Wintersleep takes inspiration from Walt Whitman on Amerika exclusive song | Wall Street Journal blog". Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: WINTERSLEEP - THE GREAT DETACHMENT". The Spill Magazine. 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ^ "Album of the week: Wintersleep The Great Detachment". Now Toronto, by Vish Khanna. March 2, 2016
- ^ Lynn Saxberg, Ottawa Citizen Updated: March 1, 2016 (2016-03-01). "Wintersleep out of hibernation". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2019-06-17.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ "Wintersleep out of hibernation". Ottawa Citizen, Lynn Saxberg. March 1, 2016
- ^ Hank Shteamer (February 18, 2016). "Hear Wintersleep's Soaring Song With Rush's Geddy Lee".
- ^ "Wintersleep Vinyl Reissue: Wintersleep, Untitled, Welcome To The Night Sky". Dine Alone Records. 2018-02-13. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
- ^ "Wintersleep Announce 'In the Land Of' LP, Share New Single". Exclaim!, December 10, 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Canadian band Wintersleep discusses their relationship with the land in latest album". The Ontarion. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ^ "Montreal's Caveboy release brand new video for "Landslide"". What's the Story?. March 19, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "SPILL NEW MUSIC: WINTERSLEEP ANNOUNCE TWO NEW SINGLES "FREE FALL" & "FADING OUT"". The Spill Magazine. 2019-08-10. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ^ "Wintersleep - Artist Profile". eventseeker.com. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Wintersleep - Chart history". Billboard. 2008-02-09. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ^ "Billboard.biz - Canada All-Format Airplay". billboard.com. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ Peak positions for Wintersleep's singles on Canadian Alternative chart:
- For "Black Camera": "Canadian Active/Alternative Charts | Media Source". Mediasource.proboards.com. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- For "Trace Decay": "Canadian Active/Alternative Charts | Media Source". Mediasource.proboards.com. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- For "Preservation": "Canadian Active/Alternative Charts | Media Source". Mediasource.proboards.com. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- For "In Came the Flood": Canadian Rock/Alt. "Canadian Active Rock & Alt Rock Chart Archive". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- For "Nothing is Anything (Without You)": Canadian Rock/Alt. "Canadian Active Rock & Alt Rock Chart Archive". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ Peak positions for Wintersleep's singles on Canadian Rock chart:
- For "Weighty Ghost": "RR Canada Rock" (PDF). p. 54. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
- For "Oblivion": "RR Canada Rock" (PDF). p. 50. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
- ^ "Billboard.biz - Canada Rock". billboard.com. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
External links[]
- Wintersleep official website
- Labwork Music record label
- Off-Stage Video Recording Session (2012) with They Shoot Music Don't They
- Musical groups established in 2001
- Musical groups from Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Canadian indie rock groups
- Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year winners
- Sonic Unyon artists