WintersleepSA国际影视传媒檚 Sunday evening Folk on the Rocks performance will be the bandSA国际影视传媒檚 first in the North.

Fresh off the March release of their album, In the Land Of, the indie mainstaysSA国际影视传媒� journey to Yellowknife is the northernmost stop on an exhaustive tour to promote the new album.

"All of us are super excited," guitarist Tim D'eon told Yellowknifer, saying the band plans to linger in the North for a few days and take a fishing trip.

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In the Land Of, is a long meditation on the concept of place and land, whether itSA国际影视传媒檚 longing for their home province of Nova Scotia or frontman Paul Murphy reflecting on how Canadians have benefited from the mistreatment of Indigenous people in the track "Beneficiary."

Guitarist Tim D'eon said these themes were reflections of the bandSA国际影视传媒檚 interest in "exploring our place, no matter where we are."

"A lot of the themes on this record all relate back to Nova Scotia," he said. "Even if we all donSA国际影视传媒檛 live there anymore."

A song like SA国际影视传媒淲aves,SA国际影视传媒� he said, is a tribute to life on the coast, and features DSA国际影视传媒檈onSA国际影视传媒檚 experimentation with spacey guitar work to mimic the lapping tide.

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The album can be a balancing act between place and personal drama as Murphy sings over the Pacific OceanSA国际影视传媒檚 SA国际影视传媒渇loating garbage patchSA国际影视传媒� that doubles as In the Land OfSA国际影视传媒檚 album cover.

This social and ecological consciousness is interwoven with the personal relationships that sustain the band's music.

While the band has changed over the course of nearly two decades, you can still hear SA国际影视传媒渢he way we sort of learned to play together,SA国际影视传媒� he said.

For DSA国际影视传媒檈on that experience lends itself to a calmer, more democratic songwriting process. Where each member once tried to play as much as possible, theySA国际影视传媒檒l now swap instruments or back-off as needed.

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It shows: In the Land Of is a more mature showing from a band that had its first taste of wider success with their 2007 radio hit SA国际影视传媒淲eighty GhostSA国际影视传媒� and similar attention for the 2016 protest song SA国际影视传媒淎merika.SA国际影视传媒� The intervening years have allowed the members of Wintersleep to become more thoughtful musicians.

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Coming back from multiple tour dates, the members phone each other to meet up, he said.

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While the bandSA国际影视传媒檚 songwriting and recording process calms, he said WintersleepSA国际影视传媒檚 live show is SA国际影视传媒渟till pretty rock.SA国际影视传媒�

He can tell early on if a particular show will be special, judging off the audience-band interactions, but it's ineffable, he said.

After almost two decades, DSA国际影视传媒檈on can just tell.