Sleep the Season
{{Primary sources|date=March 2012}}
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| origin = Welland, Ontario, Canada
| genre = Alternative pop
| years_active = {{start date|2005}}–{{end date|2009}}
| label = Faint and Hearted Records
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| website = {{URL|sleeptheseason.com}}
| current_members =
| past_members = Dave Fontaine
Greg Goertzen
Justin Fortier
Ben Audet
Trevor Speechly
Mike Harris
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Sleep the Season are a Canadian alternative pop music group formed in Welland in 2005. Their specialty is playing acoustic instruments only and using a cello.
History
Their first album Under Stars was released on September 5, 2005 and contained 5 songs.Sleep the Season website [http://www.sleeptheseason.com/discography.php "Sleep the Season—Discography"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517134109/http://www.sleeptheseason.com/discography.php |date=2008-05-17 }}, 2008 The second album Don't make a move was released on September 4, 2006 and contained 13 songs. Four Songs was released on February 11, 2008 and was their first independent release.
The original band members are Ben Audet, Dave Fontaine, Greg Goertzen and Justin Fortier. According to the MySpace site of Sleep the Season the band has now five band members. Trevor Speechly is the new bass player and Mike Harris is their new drummer.{{Cite web|url=https://myspace.com/sleeptheseason|title=SLEEP THE SEASON (2004-2009) | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos|website=Myspace.com|access-date=1 December 2021}}
Sleep the Season announced that the band was ending (October 2009) and their final show would be on December 27, 2009 at the Merchant Ale House in St. Catharines, Ontario. The show would also be the release of their final EP Anyone but You.
Band members
- Dave Fontaine – lead vocals
- Greg Goertzen – cello
- Justin Fortier – guitar
- Trevor Speechly – bass guitar
- Mike Harris - drums
Past members
Discography
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! Title ! Label |
| 2005
|Under Stars |Faint and Hearted Records |
| 2006
|Don't make a move |Faint and Hearted Records |
| 2008
|Four Songs |Independent |
| 2009
|Anyone But You |Independent |
Awards
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!width="40"|Year !Event !Won !Nominated |
| 2006
|Pulse Niagara Music Awardshttp://www.sleeptheseason.com/press.php?id=5 {{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |Best local single of 2006http://www.pulseniagara.com/viewstory.php?storyid=3283&page=1 {{dead link|date=December 2021}} and second in best local album artwork | |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081006170556/http://sleeptheseason.com/ Sleep the Season] official website
- Sutherland, Sam. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081009112655/http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid2=778&fid1=26885&csid1=113 "Attack in Black—In Between Days"], Exclaim!, August 2007.
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbCEt6lodME The Waltz] Music Video
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BxN5913ypY Interview] with Sleep the Season
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Category:Musical groups established in 2005
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2009
Category:Musical groups from the Regional Municipality of Niagara
Category:Canadian pop music groups