***Wintersleep!!***

jamie uk

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

I don't think so. Sarah tells me Wintersleep are starting at 10pm.. and I was always under the impression they were headlining this time. This tour seems to have been a weird mix of support and headline gigs for them.

COME ON MONDAY!!! :mad:

No, I just looked, they're playing tonight at the Scala.

urbanhippie

jamie uk wrote:

No, I just looked, they're playing tonight at the Scala.

If you want to listen to some more Wintersleep, PM me and I'll send you some. I've got all three albums, shipped them in from Canada

urbanhippie

Oh roll on tomorrow.....

dust

I thought they were in Brighton tonight?

I been movin house all weekend, I'm exhausted, I'm sick but all I can think about is tomorow

mookie blaylock 10

enjoy the wintersleep shows, fans on the other side of the pond!

ceg was telling me that many of you guys were catching on to them over there, so i hope they have excellent turn outs for their shows. they deserve it...great band, great music, great guys.

p.s. go loel! you'll see him go to town on the drums!

Jeremy1012

I just want to say for my first post in this thread that Insomnia is a fucking amazing song.

harmless_little_f***

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

enjoy the wintersleep shows, fans on the other side of the pond!

ceg was telling me that many of you guys were catching on to them over there, so i hope they have excellent turn outs for their shows. they deserve it...great band, great music, great guys.

p.s. go loel! you'll see him go to town on the drums!

Loel was a fucking MONSTER on the drums.. half the time I was like 'How the fuck is he doing that??? And why can't I???' Amazing.

harmless_little_f***

Jeremy1012 wrote:

I just want to say for my first post in this thread that Insomnia is a fucking amazing song.

You're not wrong my friend. Now go and get familiar with the rest of the catalogue.

Oh yeah... and where were you tonight? :rolleyes: SIX QUID!!

Set list:

Miasmal Smoke and the Yellow-Bellied Freaks
Archaeologist
Dead Letter and the Infinite Yes
Weighty Ghost
Murderer
Search Party
Encyclopedia
Oblivion

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Danse Macabre

The crowd were there to see Wintersleep, which was fantastic; I wasn't sure if they had fans over here, turns out they have quite the following. And they were pretty surprised themselves. They fed off it. One of the most energetic bands I have ever seen, perhaps the most, despite having a tiny stage.

Sarah and I came through the disabled access doors to find ourselves on the front row. Which means that we were able to heckle the guys (in a good way) and secure our first place in the queue for signing cds and shaking hands with Paul, the lead singer.

They were such awesome, unassuming and humble people; they make music because they love it and I heard it straight from the horse's mouth, they're not into being famous: they're 'quite happy as they are'.

By the way, they really, really, really played the fuck out of the songs. I mean really. Intense.

mookie blaylock 10

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

Loel was a fucking MONSTER on the drums.. half the time I was like 'How the fuck is he doing that??? And why can't I???' Amazing.

"picture him like vishnu, with many arms" haha (copyright : ceg )

nice orca "plug" with MONSTER. yep, truly amazing. it's been too long since i've seen them live. i have to get out and catch them when they come back. i've got a craving for some live orca!

mookie blaylock 10

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

You're not wrong my friend. Now go and get familiar with the rest of the catalogue.

Oh yeah... and where were you tonight? :rolleyes: SIX QUID!!

Set list:

Miasmal Smoke and the Yellow-Bellied Freaks
Archaeologist
Dead Letter and the Infinite Yes
Weighty Ghost
Murderer
Search Party
Encyclopedia
Oblivion

*

Danse Macabre

The crowd were there to see Wintersleep, which was fantastic; I wasn't sure if they had fans over here, turns out they have quite the following. And they were pretty surprised themselves. They fed off it. One of the most energetic bands I have ever seen, perhaps the most, despite having a tiny stage.

Sarah and I came through the disabled access doors to find ourselves on the front row. Which means that we were able to heckle the guys (in a good way) and secure our first place in the queue for signing cds and shaking hands with Paul, the lead singer.

They were such awesome, unassuming and humble people; they make music because they love it and I heard it straight from the horse's mouth, they're not into being famous: they're 'quite happy as they are'.

By the way, they really, really, really played the fuck out of the songs. I mean really. Intense.

awesome! great review! well put as well. i'm happy you got to meet the boys. genuinely good guys. genuine artists and musicians.

...and what the fudge?!?! six?!?! :eek: that's a steal for a show like you're going to get from wintersleep! fantastic.

mookie blaylock 10

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

I've now got all 3 albums on my iPod. This band is genuinely one of my most exciting discoveries in a while.


Edit: How good is 'Caliber'? Fuck!

fanfuckingtastic!

have to say major props to ceg for the thread and all the posts and getting so many positive people on board! as you mentioned, ceg, it's was way too long since i've stopped by the thread and i can't get over how many people are catching on, loving the music and live shows. i'm enjoying reading all the positive words for the guys. it's just about as fanfuckingtastic as caliber! :D

civ_eng_girl

dust wrote:

I wonder if the guys have any idea they have their own little corner of the Pearl Jam message pit

yes, i think restlesssoul posted a link to our little thread over on the Wintersleep board.

I'm not sure if the boys have read it... i kinda hope that they haven't, because i think at one point way back in the beginning i posted a review where I said i wanted to "eat Paul Murphy for breakfast"...

i'm sure he knows i meant that in a completely platonic way...




ps. welcome back mookie. it's good to have our official halifax "insider" back!

civ_eng_girl

Jeremy1012 wrote:

I just want to say for my first post in this thread that Insomnia is a fucking amazing song.

isn't it awesome?? one of my favorite lyrics in that one:

i prayed for light to scare the shadow out of me...


so beautiful....

urbanhippie

Fucking Hell..... What A GIG!

The guys were really tight, and amazingly intense and OMG did they ROCK!!

They were completely overwhelmed and more than a little surprised at the love in the room
When they came back on for the encore, we asked them for songs off the other albums and Paul was genuinely amazed that there were 'fans' in the audience.

They rocked the place hard and the songs were all so much harder and grittier than the album versions.

I got the chance to meet the guys after the gig and met Paul and got my cd signed *swoon* I was completely starstruck, but they were so easy to talk to and so unassuming and friendly, they made it easy.
We asked him when they were gonna release 'Night Sky' over here and hit the big time and he said 'Well, y'know we kinda like it the way it is'.

I hope we made enough of an impression on them to bring them back round these parts soon





p.s. It was great to meet you Carrie

muppet

I watch this message board like a hawk because it has led me to so many new bands, and Wintersleep seems to be a name that gets tossed around a lot here. I've listened to some of their songs on Myspace and they sound pretty amazing.

I understand they've released three albums so far? Age old question, which album should I get first?

harmless_little_f***

muppet wrote:

I watch this message board like a hawk because it has led me to so many new bands, and Wintersleep seems to be a name that gets tossed around a lot here. I've listened to some of their songs on Myspace and they sound pretty amazing.

I understand they've released three albums so far? Age old question, which album should I get first?

My girlfriend and I are both obsessed with them. We went to see them last night in London and they were touring their latest, Welcome to the Night Sky; that's her favourite. My personal favourite is the second one, Untitled. They're all brilliant though, you'll not be disappointed by any of them. Perhaps you could get Welcome to the Night Sky and work backwards?

mookie blaylock 10

civ_eng_girl wrote:

yes, i think restlesssoul posted a link to our little thread over on the Wintersleep board.

I'm not sure if the boys have read it... i kinda hope that they haven't, because i think at one point way back in the beginning i posted a review where I said i wanted to "eat Paul Murphy for breakfast"... : o

i'm sure he knows i meant that in a completely platonic way... ; )




ps. welcome back mookie. it's good to have our official halifax "insider" back!

i don't know how much of an "insider" i am anymore...they are all over the world now! at least i will always have my memories of a dark and dank hailfax bar and the sounds of the infant wintersleep filling up "months of mondays".

...imagine "orca" or "caliber" being cranked out on a tiny stage with about 20 people in your basement...adding some cement floors, smoke, a bar, and some dank (you have to have the dank! ) for ambience. that'll rustle up the neighbours.

civ_eng_girl

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

My girlfriend and I are both obsessed with them. We went to see them last night in London and they were touring their latest, Welcome to the Night Sky; that's her favourite. My personal favourite is the second one, Untitled. They're all brilliant though, you'll not be disappointed by any of them. Perhaps you could get Welcome to the Night Sky and work backwards?

yes. Welcome To The Night Sky and work backwards.... that's what I would suggest too...


harmless, i'm so glad you and hippie had fun the other night.... now it's us canucks that are jealous of all your UK shows!!!

urbanhippie

civ_eng_girl wrote:

yes. Welcome To The Night Sky and work backwards.... that's what I would suggest too...


harmless, i'm so glad you and hippie had fun the other night.... now it's us canucks that are jealous of all your UK shows!!!

Oh it was amazing!
Insanely short set, but the guys hanging around afterwards more than made up for that.
Loel is a genius, Paul was amazing and the rest of the guys just rocked out.


Btw, this is completely irrelevant, but Paul is sooo much taller and much better looking in real life. And such a genuinely nice guy.


And you don't get to be jealous just yet We need them to come back a few times first.

civ_eng_girl

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

i don't know how much of an "insider" i am anymore...they are all over the world now! at least i will always have my memories of a dark and dank hailfax bar and the sounds of the infant wintersleep filling up "months of mondays".

...imagine "orca" or "caliber" being cranked out on a tiny stage with about 20 people in your basement...adding some cement floors, smoke, a bar, and some dank (you have to have the dank! ) for ambience. that'll rustle up the neighbours.

you've convinced me...

i'm going to rip up the subfloor in my basement, not run the dehumidifier all summer, buy a pack of smokes and a few cases of beer, and invite Wintersleep over.

you have to come and tend bar.