There are at least two artists/bands with this name.

1) A vaporwave … Read Full Bio ↴There are at least two artists/bands with this name.

1) A vaporwave musician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Actually Winter Sleep, but Last.fm autocorrects it to Wintersleep.

2) Wintersleep are a Canadian indie rock band from Halifax, Nova Scotia. What started out as a side-project, eventually turned into one of the most popular live shows in Atlantic Canada. Wintersleep came together in 2001 and is composed of Loel Campbell (drums), Paul Murphy (guitar/vocals), Tim D'Eon (guitar/keyboards), Mike Bigelow (keyboards '05-'06/bass guitar), Jon Samuel (keyboards/backing vocals/guitar) and former member Jud Haynes (bass guitar).

Wintersleep are a part of Dependent Music, a music label/collective that began in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1994.

Albums to date (2023) include:
Wintersleep 2003
Untitled 2005
Welcome to the Night Sky Oct 2007
New Inheritors 2010
Hello Hum 2012
The Great Detachment 2016
In the Land Of 2019

Their music style is rooted in indie rock and has ambient and occasional shoegaze elements. Performances have been described as "entirely honest" and "deeply moving" with "captivating ambiance". While playing live, the band attempts to make the listener as much a part of the music as the band themselves by encouraging everyone to sing along.

They were nominated for two Juno Awards of 2008 and took home one of them: Alternative Album of the Year, and New Group of the Year (which they won).

For additional information and photographs check out Wintersleep's official website, www.Wintersleep.com.

Hum
Wintersleep Lyrics

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I am the dying lung of the town you left
I was beginning to fear
Beginning to fear that you'd never come back
But your here

All around my body
All around my body
All around

But your here
In the path you've seen
The other path you've seen
The other path
I can only find you
Your everything
I can only find you
Your everything

I can only find you if you are are looking for me

Where will I go
Where will I go

I belong inside you till I forget how to be

Where will I go
Where will I go

I can only find you if you are looking for me

Where will I go
Where will I go

I belong inside you till I forget how to be

Where will I go
Where will I go

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Wintersleep's song Hum explore the theme of longing and the anxiety of separation from a loved one. The singer describes themselves as the dying lung of the town that their loved one left, suggesting that without them, everything around them is suffocating and losing life. The fear of their loved one never returning is palpable in the opening lines, but it is quickly alleviated when the singer realizes that they have come back.

The repetition of phrases such as "All around my body" and "Where will I go" reflects the cyclical nature of the singer's thoughts and emotions; they are trapped in a loop of uncertainty and desperation, searching for their loved one everywhere they turn. The towards the end of the song, the singer expresses a desire to belong inside their loved one, to be one with them completely and forget their own existence.

Overall, the lyrics to Hum are a poignant and introspective exploration of the complexities of love, longing, and fear of loss.

Line by Line Meaning

I am the dying lung of the town you left
I am the forgotten and struggling part of this place that you abandoned

I was beginning to fear
I was afraid that you wouldn't return

Beginning to fear that you'd never come back
Starting to worry that your absence was permanent

But your here
But you've finally returned

All around my body
Every part of me is affected by your presence

All around my body
Your influence surrounds me completely

All around
You're everywhere

In the path you've seen
You've been on a journey and I want to follow where you've been

The other path you've seen
The alternate route you've taken

The other path
An option I hadn't considered until you showed it to me