Wintersleep
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| Wintersleep | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Canada |
| Years active | 1994 - present |
| Genres | Indie Rock |
| Labels | Dependent Music |
| Members | Paul Murphy Jud Haynes Loel Campbell Tim D'eon |
Wintersleep is a Canadian indie rock band from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Wintersleep are a part of Dependent Music, a music label/collective that began in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1994. The band has two studio albums and has toured Canada and Europe.
In 2006, Wintersleep signed with Labwork Music, a subsidiary label of EMI Music Canada, and re-released both studio albums to the U.S and Canadian markets. The re-releases include bonus tracks and videos not featured in the originals.
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[edit] Discography
- 2003 - Wintersleep
- 2005 - Untitled
- 2006 - Wintersleep (Vinyl)
- 2006 - Untitled (Vinyl)
- 2006 - Wintersleep (Remixed/Remastered and Re-released on Labwork Music)
- 2006 - Untitled (Re-released on Labwork Music)
[edit] Band members
- Loel Campbell (Drums)
- Jud Haynes (Bass Guitar)
- Paul Murphy (Guitar/Vocals)
- Tim D'Eon (Guitar/keyboard)
- Jon Samuel (Keyboard/back up vocals/guitar) - touring member
- Mike Bigelow (Keyboard/guitar) - former touring member
[edit] Notes
- Murphy and D'eon played together in the band Kary (on hiatus).
- In addition to playing live drums for Kary, Campbell is a part of many other projects/bands including Contrived, Holy Fuck, the Holy Shroud, The Remains of Brian Borcherdt, amongst others.
- Bigelow plays bass in Contrived with Campbell and Samuel (guitar). He also plays bass in Holy Fuck and the Holy Shroud with Campbell.
- Haynes formerly played bass in the Newfoundland-based hard rock group Bucket Truck.
- D'eon played guitar for Contrived before Samuel joined the group, and appears on Contrived's first record, Pursuit of Plots. He also plays on the sophmore album, Dead Air Verbatim.
- The second album (Untitled) contains a hidden track before Track 1. Most computers do not support this kind of hidden track, so the CD must be in a conventional CD player, and the listener must rewind past the beginning of Track 1. The track is unofficially known as "Spring."
- In 2007, they played select shows with The Tragically Hip
[edit] Videos
- 2003 - "Caliber" (Directed by Brian Borcherdt)
- 2004 - "Sore" (Directed by Sean Wainstein, Ghostmilk Studios)
- 2005 - "Danse Macabre" (Directed by Sean Wainstein, Ghostmilk Studios)
- 2006 - "Jaws of Life" (Directed by Sean Wainstein)
- 2006 - "Fog" (Directed/Animated by Mirco Chin)
- 2006 - "Lipstick"
- 2006 - "Faithful Guide" (Directed by Sean Wainstein, Ghostmilk Studios)
- 2006 - "Listen, Listen (Listen)" (Directed by Sean Wainstein)
- 2006 - "Insomnia" (Directed by Jesse Luke)
[edit] External links
- Official Website
- Official Message Board
- 49music, fansite
- DEPENDENT music, record label
- Wintersleep's Paul Murphy talks about his perception of place and how the Canadian landscape has influenced his music
