Wintersleep

This article is about the Canadian rock band. For the wintersleep in biology, see Hibernation.
Wintersleep

Wintersleep performing in Prince Edward Island in 2004
Background information
Origin Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Genres Alternative rock, indie rock[1]
Years active 2001–present
Labels Labwork, 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
Past members Jud Haynes
Mike Bigelow

Wintersleep is a Canadian indie rock band based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[2] The band received a Juno Award in 2008. In 2016 the members of Wintersleep are singer Paul Murphy, guitarist Tim D-Eon, Paul Samuel and drummer Loel Campbell.[3]

Background

Wintersleep formed in 2001[4] and 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.

Wintersleep was selected as one of the opening acts by Paul McCartney for his concert at Halifax Common on July 11, 2009.[5] That year the band toured in support of their album Welcome to the Night Sky, while writing for their fourth studio album, New Inheritors; tThe album was released on May 17 in Europe and May 18 in North America.[6] 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.[7] 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.

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.[2]

In December, 2015, Wintersleep signed with Dine Alone Records.[8] In January, 2016 the band premiered "Amerika" through the Wall Street Journal's blog.[9] In March that year the band released an album, The Great Detachment, through Dine Alone.[10][11][12][13]

Band members

Former members

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album Peak chart positions
CAN[14]
2003 Wintersleep
2005 Untitled
2007 Welcome to the Night Sky
2010 New Inheritors 12
2012 Hello Hum 20
2016 The Great Detachment 9
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Year Song Peak chart positions Album
CAN CAN
Alt

[15][16][17][18][19]
CAN
Rock

[20][21][22]
2007 "Weighty Ghost"[3] 54 × × Welcome to the Night Sky
2008 "Oblivion" × ×
2010 "Black Camera" 14 24 New Inheritors
"New Inheritors"
"Trace Decay" 31
"Preservation" 33 35
2012 "In Came the Flood" 7 30 Hello Hum
"Nothing is Anything (Without You)" 31
2016 "Amerika"[3] 1 1 The Great Detachment
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
"×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived.

Videography

Year Song Director
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

References

  1. "Wintersleep reviews, music, news - sputnikmusic". Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Wintersleep offers 'sneak peeks' of new album at Boreal". Sudbury Star, Jun 30, 2014 Heidi Ulrichsen
  3. 1 2 3 "Wintersleep's hit echoes U.S. political tenor". Ben Rayner Toronto Star, Nov. 29, 2016. page E1
  4. True, Chris "Wintersleep Biography", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
  5. "McCartney hires Halifax musicians as opening acts". CTV News, July 9, 2009.
  6. Persuad, Travis Wintersleep Find Their Groove atExclaim! June 2009
  7. "The Top 100 Canadian Singles". National Pos, | October 4, 2010
  8. By Alex Hudson (September 25, 2015). "Wintersleep Plot 'The Great Detachment' LP".
  9. "Wintersleep takes inspiration from Walt Whitman on Amerika exclusive song | Wall Street Journal blog". Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  10. "SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: WINTERSLEEP – THE GREAT DETACHMENT". Spill Magazine, Marko Woloshyn
  11. "Album of the week: Wintersleep The Great Detachment". Now Toronto, by Vish Khanna. March 2, 2016
  12. "Wintersleep out of hibernation". Ottawa Citizen, Lynn Saxberg. March 1, 2016
  13. "Wintersleep - Chart history". Billboard. 2008-02-09. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  14. "Canadian Active/Alternative Charts | Media Source". Mediasource.proboards.com. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  15. "Canadian Active/Alternative Charts | Media Source". Mediasource.proboards.com. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  16. "Canadian Active/Alternative Charts | Media Source". Mediasource.proboards.com. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  17. Canadian Rock/Alt. "Canadian Active Rock & Alt Rock Chart Archive". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  18. Canadian Rock/Alt. "Canadian Active Rock & Alt Rock Chart Archive". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  19. "Canadian Active/Alternative Charts | Media Source". Mediasource.proboards.com. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  20. "Canadian Active/Alternative Charts | Media Source". Mediasource.proboards.com. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  21. Canadian Rock/Alt. "Canadian Active Rock & Alt Rock Chart Archive". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
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