WHO

Wintersleep, consisting of Loel Campbell (drums), Paul Murphy (guitar/vocals),Tim D’eon(guitar/keyboards), Mike Bigelow (keyboards /bass guitar), and Jon Samuel (keyboards/backing vocals/guitar) from Halifax, Nova Scotia



SOUNDS LIKE

Explosions in the Sky, Arkells, Kings of Leon…



REVIEW

Their 3rd album entitled “Welcome to the Night Sky” was released in 2007 and I have been listening to it since. Each song has a catchy melody and some great drum fills, with a hint of electronic influence while Paul Murphy’s voice is quite unique and pushes each tune to the next level. The instrumentals remind me of Explosions in the sky, and a more recent Arkells, which doesn’t come lightly. It seems as though the band has come out of their shell and into the spotlight, moving away from the subtle soft rock/ acoustic feel of their previous albums. All in all I definitely recommend this album to all, I would even go as far as to put it in my top 5 albums of all time! You should expect to here much more from this group with the next album which should be announced any time now, so stay tuned.

SONGS



Wintersleep’s biggest song so far has to be “weighty ghost”, but I warn you, it will get stuck in your head!

http://www.filefreak.com/files/106011_5busp/Wintersleep%20-%20Weighty%20Ghost.mp3

I’m also including my favourite song from the album entitled “miasmal smoke and the yellow bellied freaks”. It’s an eight minute song, so if you don’t want to hear the instrumentals, move through to about the 3 minute point, where it really starts to get good.

http://www.filefreak.com/files/106035_x5qfi/10-wintersleep-miasmal_smoke_and_the_yellow_bellied_freaks.mp3