Released October 2, 2007 Label Labwork Artist Wintersleep Producer Tony Doogan | Recorded April-May 2007 Welcome to the Night Sky
(2007) New Inheritors
(2010) Release date 2 October 2007 Genre Indie rock | |
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Length 41:43 (special edition 49:49) Nominations Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year Similar Wintersleep albums, Indie rock albums | ||
Wintersleep welcome to the night sky full album
Welcome to the Night Sky is the third album by Canadian indie rock band Wintersleep. It was released October 2, 2007, by Labwork Music. In 2008, just after the album's release, Wintersleep won the Juno Award for New Group of the Year.
Contents
The album was produced by Tony Doogan, famous for his work with Mogwai and Belle and Sebastian, among others.
Track listing
All songs were written by Wintersleep.
Special edition bonus tracks
- "The Kids are Ultra-Violent" – 3:33
- "Early in the Morning" – 4:30
Wintersleep.com MP3 download bonus tracks
- "The Kids are Ultra-Violent" – 3:33
- "Oblivion (Acoustic Live at SXSW 2008)" - 2:57
- "Weighty Ghost (Acoustic Live at SXSW 2008)" - 3:04
- "Nerves Normal, Breath Normal (Live at Summersonic)" - 14:00
Credits
Reception
"Weighty Ghost" and "Oblivion" both received extensive airplay on Canadian modern rock radio. The song "Weighty Ghost" was the opening theme of the Canadian TV show Cracked and was also featured in the show Being Human. Wintersleep also performed "Weighty Ghost" on The Late Show with David Letterman.
Songs
1Drunk on Aluminium4:02
2Archaeologist3:36
3Dead Letter & the Infinite Yes4:08