Wintersleep Returns To US with Wolf Parade and New Album

July 26, 2008, 09:47 AM

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Following the release of their 2005 self-titled sophomore album, Wintersleep spent months on the road touring through Canada, America and Europe. Upon return to their native Halifax, the band called upon veteran producer Tony Doogan (Mogwai, Belle & Sebastian and Super Furry Animals), and retreated to the studio for April and May of 2007.
Welcome to the Night Sky reaches radical new territory for the band, and many Canadian critics have already hailed its ‘album of the year’ potential. Wintersleep will be playing US dates with Wolf Parade for the next few weeks, as well as some Canadian festival dates.

Wintersleep On Tour:
07/24 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom*
07/25 Austin, TX La Zona Rosa*
07/26 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon*
07/27 Pemberton, BC Pemberton Festival**
07/28 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse*
07/29 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre*
07/30 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory*
07/31 New York, NY Terminal 5* (SOLD OUT)
08/01 New York, NY Terminal 5*
08/02 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club* (SOLD OUT)
08/03 Montreal, QUE Metropolis*
08/09 Wolfe Island, ONT Wolfe Island Music Festival***
09/06 Toronto, ONT V Fest - (Toronto Island Park)****

* w/ Wolf Parade
** w/ Flaming Lips, Tragically Hip, Black Mountain, Coldplay, Death Cab for Cutie, Tom Petty, Jay-Z and more.
***w/ w/ Cadence Weapon, Land of Talk, Jason Collett, Plants & Animals, The Acorn and more.
****w/ w/ Foo Fighters, Bloc Party, Constantines...

“Welcome to the Night Sky is among the best albums to come out of Canada this year.” - Vancouver Sun

“Wintersleep have risen to the occasion, as this is one of the best Canadian rock albums this year.” – Exclaim!

Critically acclaimed Halifax band Wintersleep has enjoyed a pretty amazing year thus far. The band is currently touring the US with Wolf Parade and will release its third album Welcome to the Night Sky in the US on October 14, 2008.

Wintersleep kicked off 2008 by winning the Juno Award for Best New Artist and a Much Music Award for the video for “Weighty Ghost”.




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