New Inheritors is the fourth album by Canadian indie rock band Wintersleep

Wintersleep

Wintersleep is a Canadian indie rock band from Halifax, Nova Scotia.-Background:Wintersleep formed in 2001 and released two albums with Dependent Music, a music label and artists' collective that began in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1994....

, released on May 17, 2010 in Europe

Europe

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, and in North America

North America

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on May 18.

The band began working on the album on September 2009. The mixing process finished as of January 2010, and the masters were done by February.

Several songs that are featured on the album have been 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 called "The New Adam & Eve".

Track listing

1. "Experience the Jewel" – 4:37
2. "Encyclopedia" – 4:48
3. "Blood Collection" – 5:01
4. "New Inheritors" – 4:29
5. "Black Camera" – 4:27
6. "Trace Decay" – 4:59
7. "Mausoleum" – 6:21
8. "Echolocation" – 4:01
9. "Terrible Man" – 4:37
10. "Preservation" – 4:38
11. "Mirror Matter" – 4:09
12. "Baltic" – 5:18

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