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  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_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 10
    mookie 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_girl
    civ_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_girl
    civ_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... ~~*~~
  • MCG
    MCG 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_girl
    civ_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 10
    mookie 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_girl
    civ_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_girl
    civ_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_girl
    civ_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... ~~*~~
  • MCG
    MCG Posts: 780
    civ_eng_girl wrote:
    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....

    Thanks for the update. Too bad about Jud, he will be missed.
    Which came first,
    the bad idea or me befallen by it?
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Can't wait to hear the new record. I love these guys!
    "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_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    hey guys!

    a new Wintersleep song "wheighty ghost" can be heard on their myspace page!

    http://www.myspace.com/wintersleepmusic

    definity sounds different that their last album! but i like it... it sounds like they're having fun :) The sound is so much brighter...

    no news of tour dates for the fall yet....

    hey! btw... check out how pretty their first album looks on clear vinyl.... sweet! :D
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/civ_eng_girl/misc/DSC02559.jpg
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/civ_eng_girl/misc/DSC02561.jpg
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Did I mention how much I'm looking forward to this album? I'll be the first one in line when they roll through Calgary on their soon-to-be-announced tour.
    "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
  • dust
    dust Posts: 133
    I've loved these guys for ages :)

    apparently when they opened for Pearl Jam in St Johns, Eddie phoned Judd and asked if he would show him around!!!

    I hope they come to UK soon
  • augustwest
    augustwest Posts: 739
    civ_eng_girl wrote:

    hey! btw... check out how pretty their first album looks on clear vinyl.... sweet! :D
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/civ_eng_girl/misc/DSC02559.jpg
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/civ_eng_girl/misc/DSC02561.jpg

    Wow that's pretty cool!
  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    augustwest wrote:
    Wow that's pretty cool!

    thanks! isn't it though?

    you can buy them at http://www.maplemusic.com/artists/wnt/default.asp

    i also got the navy blue 'Thomas' t-shirt.... i couldn't resist... :o:)
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • augustwest
    augustwest Posts: 739
    civ_eng_girl wrote:
    thanks! isn't it though?

    you can buy them at http://www.maplemusic.com/artists/wnt/default.asp

    i also got the navy blue 'Thomas' t-shirt.... i couldn't resist... :o:)


    Is it just the 1st album that is like that or is the 2nd one as well?

    maplemusic.com one of my fave sites ;)
  • audiodave
    audiodave Posts: 1,623
    Come to Europe? Please? :D

    I can't be the only one here who likes them surely!
    ~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
  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    augustwest wrote:
    Is it just the 1st album that is like that or is the 2nd one as well?

    maplemusic.com one of my fave sites ;)

    it's just the first one that's on clear.... maybe they'll do something cool with the new album! :)

    i know... i love maplemusic.com too! although i'm kicking myself for procrastinating and missing out on the Tragically Hip poster from the Fort York show i went to.... :( it's still shows up as "Temporarily Unavailable"... tragic indeed...

    and their shipping is so fast! i swear i got my wintersleep stuff the next day! :D

    hmmm.... need new Holly McNarland CD... might order it now... :o
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~

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