Blog: Direct Current

Unlike most bands looking to refine and polish their sound, each successive album from Halifax indie rockers Wintersleep gets a bit more raw, a touch more direct. Since their excellent, Juno-Award-winning 2007 album Welcome to the Night Sky , frontman Paul Murphy and band have expanded their artful if rough-hewn style of alt/rock from ringing anthems with progressive arty overtones to a dense, occasionally distorted sound that bristles with buzzing energy and electronic undertow. New Hello Hum (June 12, Rollcall) again pairs the band with co-producer Tony Doogan (Belle & Sebastian, [...]