Wintersleep - Untitled

With roots in Halifax’s hardcore scene, Wintersleep has emerged, quietly, as one of Canada’s most promising new alt-rock bands. The group has opened for Pearl Jam, and singer Paul Murphy sometimes shares Eddie Vedder’s throaty howl, especially on hard-rock nuggets like “Jaws of Life.” But Wintersleep’s moody, atmospheric soundscape mostly has the ring of something refreshingly vital and original. And ballads like “Fog,” “Insomnia” and the epic “Nerves normal, breath normal” boast a dark, hypnotic power.