Wintersleep

Welcome To The Night Sky

[4/5]

Three albums deep into a career already celebrated throughout their home country of Canada, Wintersleep have finally shaken the remnants of a sound that had them commonly described as Canada’s answer to Pearl Jam. The members of Wintersleep have some history in Canada’s post-punk scene, an influence they haven’t abandoned-think Sparta rooted in Sunny Day Real Estate. Welcome To The Night Sky‘s 11 tracks are rich and heavily textured yet contain enough melody to satisfy even the most insatiable hip-shakers. If it’s to be faulted for anything, it’s that the album orbits around “Weighty Ghost,” a song strong enough to make the others seem like filler. However, a listen to “Archaeologist,” “Dead Letters & Infinite Yes” and “Oblivion” will do much to shake such criticism. Wintersleep have finally become the band they’ve shown the potential to be, and we’re all lucky for it. (LABWORK) Ben Conoley