National tour includes shows in Moncton and Fredericton.
Four months after their electrifying performance on the Barracks stage during this year’s Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival, Wintersleep will conclude their latest round of national touring with a series of East Coast dates this January.
The JUNO Award-winning band have released five previous full-length records. They took a break after the release and touring of their 2012 album Hello Hum, and, during that time, wrote a wealth of new material in their Montreal studio. The band then carefully curated the 11 songs comprising The Great Detachment and returned to record to Halifax’s Sonic Temple with producer Tony Doogan (Belle & Sebastian, Mogwai).
The Great Detachment was, in majority, recorded live-off-the-floor, adding an organic and transparent aural aesthetic to the collection. “It’s a very different energy,” singer Murphy opines, “and one that we kind of missed.”
The Great Detachment is a rock album overwhelmed with a musical warmth which harkens back to the era of Wintersleep’s much-loved break-out song Weighty Ghost. It’s a call to their fans to assemble and sing along to a new raft of tunes borne from reflection and changing technologies. Wintersleep has been busy touring Canada and Europe in 2016 and making waves with their video for the single, Amerika.
Wintersleep | January 12, 2017 | Boyce Farmer’s Market | Fredericton | View Event
Wintersleep | January 13, 2017 | Tide and Boar | Moncton | View Event
Wintersleep | January 14, 2017 | The Marquee | Halifax | View Event
