''New Inheritors'' is the fourth album by Canadian indie rock band
Wintersleep
Wintersleep is a Canadian indie rock band formed in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 2001.Heidi Ulrichsen"Wintersleep offers 'sneak peeks' of new album at Boreal" ''Sudbury Star'', June 30, 2014. The band's original lineup consisted of vocalist and gui ...
, released on May 17, 2010, in
Europe
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, and in
North America
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on May 18.
The band began working on the album in September 2009. The mixing process finished in January 2010, and the masters were done by February.
Several songs that are featured on the album were played live throughout 2009 and 2010, including "Encyclopedia", "Baltic", "Black Camera", "Experience the Jewel", and "Blood Collection".
The song "Black Camera" was made available for streaming, while the title track, "New Inheritors", was released as a free download in March 2010. On May 3, 2010, all the tracks for ''New Inheritors'' began being streamed on the Wintersleep website.
Title is taken from a short story by
Nathanial Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion.
He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, from a family long associated with that t ...
called "The New Adam & Eve".
Track listing
Credits
*Anne–Marie Proulx – Handclapping
*Caraline Risi – Strings
*Graeme Patterson – Artwork
*Greg Calbi – Mastering
*Jace Lasek – Assistant
*Jon Samuel – Group Member, Keyboard
*Liam Lynch – Strings
*Loel Campbell – Group Member, Drums, Percussion
*Michael Bigelow – Group Member, Bass Guitar
*Mick Cooke – Brass, String Arrangements
*Paul Murphy – Group Member, Lead Vocals, Guitar
*Rachel Denkers – Handclapping
*Robin Rankin – Keyboards
*Rosie Townhill – Strings
*Sébastien Rivard – Assistant
*Tim D'Eon – Group Member, Guitar (occasionally keyboard)
*Tony Doogan – Engineer, Mixing, Producer
*Ysla Robertson – Strings
References
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2010 albums
Wintersleep albums
Albums produced by Tony Doogan