Wintersleep

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Wintersleep
Wintersleep performing in Prince Edward Island in 2004
Wintersleep performing in Prince Edward Island in 2004
Background information
Origin Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Genre(s) Indie rock
Years active 2001–present
Label(s) Labwork, Dependent
Associated acts Contrived
Kary
Holy Fuck
The Holy Shroud
Website Wintersleep.com
Members
Paul Murphy
Mike Bigelow
Loel Campbell
Tim D'eon
Jon Samuel
Former members
Jud Haynes

Wintersleep is a Juno Award-winning Canadian indie rock band from Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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[edit] Background

Wintersleep formed in 2001 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. 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, The Holy Shroud, and The Remains of Brian Borcherdt. Bigelow plays bass in Contrived with Campbell and Jon Samuel, and also plays in Holy Fuck and the 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.

[edit] Band members

  • Loel Campbell – drums (2001–present)
  • Mike Bigelow – keyboards (2005–2006), bass guitar (2007–present)
  • Paul Murphy – guitar, vocals (2001–present)
  • Tim D'Eon – guitar, keyboards (2001–present)
  • Jon Samuel – keyboards, backing vocals, guitar (2006–present)
  • Jud Haynes – bass guitar (2002–2007)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Singles

Year Song Chart Positions Album
CAN
2007 "Weighty Ghost" 54 Welcome to the Night Sky
2008 "Oblivion"

[edit] Videography

  • 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)
  • 2007: "Weighty Ghost" (Directed by Sean Wainstein)
  • 2008: "Oblivion"

[edit] Awards

[edit] External links

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