''Hello Hum'' is the fifth 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 g ...
, released on June 12, 2012.
The band started writing the album during the ''New Inheritors'' tour in 2010 and 2011, via "late
night voice memo'd bedroom demos, hallucinogenic dreams of Paul Schaeffer".
The group recorded the new songs in the late summer of 2011 with Scottish producer
Tony Doogan
Tony Doogan is a Scottish record producer who runs Castle of Doom Studios in Glasgow. He is perhaps best known for his work with Mogwai and Belle & Sebastian. He has also worked with numerous other artists, including Teenage Fanclub, the Delgados ...
, who had already produced their last effort ''New Inheritors'', and
Dave Fridmann
David Lawrence Fridmann is an American record producer and musician.
Career
From 1990 onwards he co-produced most releases by Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips. Other bands he has worked with include Weezer, Saxon Shore, Neon Indian, Wolf Ga ...
, who had previously worked with such bands as
The Flaming Lips
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,
Mercury Rev
Mercury Rev is an American indie rock band formed in 1989 in Buffalo, New York.
Original personnel were MGMT
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.
Track listing
;Notes
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Some iTunes stores lists it as ''Bonus Track Version'', due to having (selected ones) ''Deluxe Edition'' of album with the bonus track titled ''Papa Time''.
Credits
* Michael Bigelow – Composer
* Greg Calbi – Mastering
* Loel Campbell – Composer, Group Member
* Marianne Collins – Illustrations
* Tim D'Eon – Composer, Group Member
* Tony Doogan – Engineer, Producer
* Dave Fridmann – Additional Music, Bass, Mixing, Producer
* Jud Haynes – Design, Layout
* Jon Samuel – Composer
* Paul Murphy - Composer, Group Member
* Wintersleep – Primary Artist
References
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2012 albums
Wintersleep albums
Albums produced by Tony Doogan
Albums recorded at Tarbox Road Studios