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civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
edited April 2010 in Other Music
I'm currently listening to Wintersleep's "Untitled" album for the 6th time in a row!

I can't get enough of it... :o:D

Zanne and I recently saw them at the Chicago House of Blues... they were amazing live!

'Nerves Normal, Breath Normal' gives me chills and takes me right back to front row at the show... :)

Anyone else discover the greatness that is Wintersleep?
~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
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  • audiodaveaudiodave Posts: 1,623
    I have discovered their greatness due to the Other Music forum.

    I have both their album, and I adore their first (I get confused between the two...isn't one untitled and one called Wintersleep?) but have yet to get into the second, but i'm sure I will.

    I've heard they are REALLY good live, and I would love to see them if they ever come over to Europe. I feel that I would be going on my own though.
    ~AKA Dave-of-the-dead~

    I don't wanna think, I wanna feel

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  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    audiodave wrote:
    I have discovered their greatness due to the Other Music forum.

    I have both their album, and I adore their first (I get confused between the two...isn't one untitled and one called Wintersleep?) but have yet to get into the second, but i'm sure I will.

    I've heard they are REALLY good live, and I would love to see them if they ever come over to Europe. I feel that I would be going on my own though.

    sweet!

    the first album is "Wintersleep", the second is "Untitled"...

    I bought the second album first, because it had more songs on it that i recognized from the show.... but your comment just sealed the deal on my purchasing the first album tonight! :)


    The best part of their live show is their drummer Loel... he is a really skilled drummer, and is very entertaining to watch... :p

    It sounds like they've got a new album in the works too... i can't wait!

    check out the videos of Archeologist and Murderer... I think they must be songs from their upcoming album... I remember hearing both of these at the shows in Chicago...

    http://www.wintersleep.com/videoplayer.htm
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • audiodaveaudiodave Posts: 1,623
    I really want to see them live. I need to listen to Untitled more then.

    I think someone here posted a link to their myspace page, and I heard Orca and really loved it. I got the first album on the basis of that track, and was expecting not to like the album, but I was VERY pleasantly surprised!

    Think I might listen to it later. :D
    ~AKA Dave-of-the-dead~

    I don't wanna think, I wanna feel

    Dublin 23/08/06 Lisbon I 04/09/06 Lisbon II 05/09/06 Paris 11/09/06 Verona 16/09/06

    London 18/06/07 Dusseldorf 21/06/07 Copenhagen 26/06/07 Nijmegen 28/06/07
  • ZanneZanne Posts: 899
    I think our Wintersleep experience could have been best described as sublime.


    Who am I kidding? They fucking rocked! Esp their monster-faced drummer, Loel! I think civ_eng_girl does a great job at the long winded, properly formatted reviews.. I, on the other hand, am the d0rk in the back jumping up and down and making faces and funny noises. =)
    Just me
  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    Zanne wrote:
    I think our Wintersleep experience could have been best described as sublime.


    Who am I kidding? They fucking rocked! Esp their monster-faced drummer, Loel! I think civ_eng_girl does a great job at the long winded, properly formatted reviews.. I, on the other hand, am the d0rk in the back jumping up and down and making faces and funny noises. =)

    lol! Z, you are evil.... :p Loel ruled.... and I love guys that love their moms! :D

    (for those reading, Zanne and I met Loel outside the HOB Hotel on Mother's Day, and he was heading in to pick up his mom to take her out for breakfast :))


    and I am not long-winded, biatch! :p
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    I am new to these guys, loving their stuff but I can't find any of their bloody albums anywhere. I can only conclude they're some small Canadian indie band who haven't made their way over to the UK yet.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I am new to these guys, loving their stuff but I can't find any of their bloody albums anywhere. I can only conclude they're some small Canadian indie band who haven't made their way over to the UK yet.

    true... :D

    but you can find their stuff on both itunes and maplemusic.com

    try here!
    http://www.wintersleep.com/store.htm
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • ZanneZanne Posts: 899
    civ_eng_girl wrote:
    lol! Z, you are evil.... :p Loel ruled.... and I love guys that love their moms! :D

    (for those reading, Zanne and I met Loel outside the HOB Hotel on Mother's Day, and he was heading in to pick up his mom to take her out for breakfast :))


    and I am not long-winded, biatch! :p

    You KNOW I loved Loel.. He just made those faces! *scared*
    Just me
  • rcsrcs Posts: 711
    I love this band! I've been addicted to their untitled album for about a year now and never seem to tire of it. Insomnia is one of the most beautifully haunting songs I've ever heard. I cannot wait for their new stuff!
    E agora? Faz xixi na mão e deita fora!
  • audiodaveaudiodave Posts: 1,623
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I am new to these guys, loving their stuff but I can't find any of their bloody albums anywhere. I can only conclude they're some small Canadian indie band who haven't made their way over to the UK yet.
    Check out amazon, they have both I reckon.
    ~AKA Dave-of-the-dead~

    I don't wanna think, I wanna feel

    Dublin 23/08/06 Lisbon I 04/09/06 Lisbon II 05/09/06 Paris 11/09/06 Verona 16/09/06

    London 18/06/07 Dusseldorf 21/06/07 Copenhagen 26/06/07 Nijmegen 28/06/07
  • yield2meyield2me Posts: 1,291
    No...
    “May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.” - Frank Sinatra
  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Amazing band! I can't remember where I first heard about them, but I've been obsessed with both of their albums for the last few months. As civ_eng_girl has already mentioned, their most recent self-titled album is pure genius. Word on the street is that they have a new album coming out later this year.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    i downloaded "Self-titled" last night, but i forgot my flash drive at work, so i wasn't able to listen to it today....

    can't wait to get home tonight and spend some time with it... :)
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • augustwestaugustwest Posts: 739
    Faithful Guide is a great song :)
  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    ok, it's been 16 hours since i last listened to Wintersleep... I think i'm going through withdrawl! ;):p

    I woke up at 2am with Fog in my head.... I couldn't get back to sleep... :o

    i miss your smile, i miss your smile,
    i need you now, i need you now....
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • MCGMCG Posts: 780
    I thought they were both Self-titled. Wouldn't be the first band with 2 self titled albums.
    Which came first,
    the bad idea or me befallen by it?
  • Penny453Penny453 Posts: 200
    audiodave wrote:
    I really want to see them live. I need to listen to Untitled more then.

    I think someone here posted a link to their myspace page, and I heard Orca and really loved it. I got the first album on the basis of that track, and was expecting not to like the album, but I was VERY pleasantly surprised!

    Think I might listen to it later. :D
    if you get a chance to hear them live you should! you won't be dissapointed.
    "And even when I'm right with you I'm so far away"
  • leavin hereleavin here Posts: 145
    I love Wintersleep! Great Musicians and music, perfect acoustic based stuff!
    Vancouver 09/02/05, so far so good
  • mookie blaylock 10mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    civ_eng_girl wrote:
    sweet!

    the first album is "Wintersleep", the second is "Untitled"...

    I bought the second album first, because it had more songs on it that i recognized from the show.... but your comment just sealed the deal on my purchasing the first album tonight! :)


    The best part of their live show is their drummer Loel... he is a really skilled drummer, and is very entertaining to watch... :p

    It sounds like they've got a new album in the works too... i can't wait!

    check out the videos of Archeologist and Murderer... I think they must be songs from their upcoming album... I remember hearing both of these at the shows in Chicago...

    http://www.wintersleep.com/videoplayer.htm

    i thought we'd talked about wintersleep before, ceg...maybe not? anyway, the first record is awesome! i'm happy you and zanne got to see them open for the hip. :)

    i've seen them no less than 30 times or so, so i know how much they kick ass live. loel is a monster on the drums, but a very calm, easy going guy...stark contrast to the guy on stage! :D

    ...i'll be a killer whale when i grow up
    i'll be a vulture
    i'll be an animal
    a carnivore
    i'll be a monster
    clenching my jagged jaws
    over the capture
    i'll be a killer whale when i grow up...

    I'LL BE A MONSTER!!
  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    I'll have to give these guys another chance....I checked them out a couple months back based on a recommendation from this board.

    At the time I listened to a few tunes on their myspace site and thought they were OK - the singers voice kinda rubbed me the wrong way.....I think I caught a hint of a Dave Matthews tinge to his vocals - and that killed it for me - and there was one screaming bit (in Orca?) where he did this horribly annoying screaming thing (maybe I just wasnt in the right mood)
    In my world everyone is a pony,
    and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    mookie blaylock 10 wrote:
    i thought we'd talked about wintersleep before, ceg...maybe not? anyway, the first record is awesome! i'm happy you and zanne got to see them open for the hip. :)

    i've seen them no less than 30 times or so, so i know how much they kick ass live. loel is a monster on the drums, but a very calm, easy going guy...stark contrast to the guy on stage! :D

    ...i'll be a killer whale when i grow up
    i'll be a vulture
    i'll be an animal
    a carnivore
    i'll be a monster
    clenching my jagged jaws
    over the capture
    i'll be a killer whale when i grow up...

    I'LL BE A MONSTER!!

    that's awesome mook... 30 times! hmmm.... 28 to go, and I'll catch up! :)
    i can't imagine how cool a home-town show would be! hmmm..... i wonder....

    I've got the first album with me here are work, and i'll give it a listen (probalby a trillion times...)

    can't wait to hear orca......
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • mookie blaylock 10mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    civ_eng_girl wrote:
    that's awesome mook... 30 times! hmmm.... 28 to go, and I'll catch up! :)
    i can't imagine how cool a home-town show would be! hmmm..... i wonder....

    I've got the first album with me here are work, and i'll give it a listen (probalby a trillion times...)

    can't wait to hear orca......

    orca is my fave live. i find the first record doesn't capture the huge sound they have at a show, but they had limited budget...all great songs that i'd like to hear on a live album sometime.

    they used to play a lot of small shows just like any other band starting off, so that's how i got to see them so much. it was cool to see the crowds gradually build as word started to spread about them.

    maybe they'll be opening for the hip again in sept.....eh? :D:)
  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    mookie blaylock 10 wrote:
    orca is my fave live. i find the first record doesn't capture the huge sound they have at a show, but they had limited budget...all great songs that i'd like to hear on a live album sometime.

    they used to play a lot of small shows just like any other band starting off, so that's how i got to see them so much. it was cool to see the crowds gradually build as word started to spread about them.

    maybe they'll be opening for the hip again in sept.....eh? :D:)

    i feel the same way about Nerves Normal, Breath Normal.... holy crap, did that ever knock me on my ass!! just seeing the three of them go to town on their guitars was a thing of beauty! :D

    i'm liking snowstorm:

    lets forget about the bullshit
    lets just concentrate on drinkin

    amen! :p
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    mookie blaylock 10 wrote:
    loel is a monster on the drums, but a very calm, easy going guy...stark contrast to the guy on stage! :D

    oh! i forgot to mention, the first night the HOB, Loel got an extra ovation from the crowd when he came out to tear down his kit....

    i've gotta say, i've never seen that happen....
    impressive! :)
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • MCGMCG Posts: 780
    Todd76 wrote:
    I'll have to give these guys another chance....I checked them out a couple months back based on a recommendation from this board.

    At the time I listened to a few tunes on their myspace site and thought they were OK - the singers voice kinda rubbed me the wrong way.....I think I caught a hint of a Dave Matthews tinge to his vocals - and that killed it for me - and there was one screaming bit (in Orca?) where he did this horribly annoying screaming thing (maybe I just wasnt in the right mood)

    Their 2006 release was excellent IMO.
    Which came first,
    the bad idea or me befallen by it?
  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    Our second little stint of U.S. dates with the Hip has recently ended; an amazing time visiting cities we'd never played. Met lots of nice people - big thanks to the Hip guys for inviting us.

    ^^
    they're referring to Zanne and I... ;)


    The new album is finished recording and only one song is left for mixing. We're getting it mastered in early June and are working on artwork ideas as we speak. A release date will be decided soon enough.

    ^^
    yay! :D
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • mookie blaylock 10mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    civ_eng_girl wrote:
    Our second little stint of U.S. dates with the Hip has recently ended; an amazing time visiting cities we'd never played. Met lots of nice people - big thanks to the Hip guys for inviting us.

    ^^
    they're referring to Zanne and I... ;)


    The new album is finished recording and only one song is left for mixing. We're getting it mastered in early June and are working on artwork ideas as we speak. A release date will be decided soon enough.

    ^^
    yay! :D

    of course it was you and zanne! ;)

    loel and i spoke one night, some time ago and in half drunken stupor about me doing the artwork for an upcoming album...guess he forgot to contact me! :D

    thanks for the news, ceg. :) i look forward to the new record...even though my art should be on the cover!
  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    mookie blaylock 10 wrote:
    of course it was you and zanne! ;)

    loel and i spoke one night, some time ago and in half drunken stupor about me doing the artwork for an upcoming album...guess he forgot to contact me! :D

    thanks for the news, ceg. :) i look forward to the new record...even though my art should be on the cover!

    hell yes, it should be!

    so, do some sketches and get in touch with them, ye silly bugger! :rolleyes: :D

    here's jud's email... no excuses!
    jud@wintersleep.com
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    a little bump for Mookie's run-in with Loel yesterday.... :)

    song of the day:
    Listen (Listen, Listen)


    ...they don't build love like that no more...


    *swoons* :p:D
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • civ_eng_girlciv_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    wintersleep has updated their website!
    well... it's still kinda under construction, but there's news!

    http://www.wintersleep.com/ws3/blog.htm

    Jud's leaving the band... :(
    But there's a new album soon! and tour dates coming! :D

    *crosses fingers*
    please be early Sept.... please be early Sept....
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
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