{"id":4528,"date":"2016-03-25T13:04:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T17:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=4528"},"modified":"2016-04-04T13:42:11","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T17:42:11","slug":"wintersleep-the-great-detachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/","title":{"rendered":"Wintersleep <br>The Great Detachment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wintersleep-the_great_detachment.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4529\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4529 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wintersleep-the_great_detachment.jpg\" alt=\"Wintersleep, The Great Detachment\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wintersleep-the_great_detachment.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wintersleep-the_great_detachment-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Wintersleep is a big band in its native Canada, with Top 10 singles, Top 20 albums and a spot opening for Paul McCartney in Halifax. In America, though, they can\u2019t seem to get a fair shake. It\u2019s strange, since they have so many tricks of the American indie crowd down pat. Just listen to the opener, \u201cAmerika,\u201d on the band\u2019s latest, <i>The Great Detachment<\/i> (Dine Alone Records). With those big guitars, handclaps, and all that space for singer Paul Murphy to let his voice flutter and soar, if you\u2019re not thinking My Morning Jacket yet, then take a look at these lyrics: \u201cWhat am I gonna do? I can\u2019t survive in my America. What am I trying to find? Are you alive, my America?\u201d Maybe it\u2019s that similarity that keeps them from success. When they\u2019re not sounding like MMJ, it\u2019s all too easy to simply namecheck a few more indie lifers and call it a review.<\/p>\n<p>At times, it seems like Wintersleep is all about hooks and over-the-top sincerity. There are several songs here that could be big hits for artists with more market appeal. Listen to \u201cLifting Cure\u201d and imagine Demi Lovato or hear \u201cMore Than\u201d or \u201cSpirit\u201d and think of Fun or Imagine Dragons. The former could have a video in heavy rotation on late-90s MTV. This kind of candor in hook-based rock mostly disappeared with the likes the Gin Blossoms and Better than Ezra. Maybe it\u2019s the combination of that sincerity and their inability to distance themselves from their work that keeps them from having an American breakthrough.<\/p>\n<p>But more than anything, Wintersleep is a guitar band, so on songs like \u201cFreak Out,\u201d \u201cTerritory,\u201d and \u201cSanta Fe,\u201d they abandon the pop stylings for straight-ahead rock songs with enough melody to make you appreciate how Murphy\u2019s voice sets the band apart from its more nasally American counterparts. But <i>The Great Detachment<\/i> also lacks the determined passion that made some of the band\u2019s earlier releases so compelling. This record is primarily the sound of a professional band having a good time applying their craft. That might be all it takes to climb the charts in Canada, but it\u2019s unlikely to win them any new fans around these parts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wintersleep is a big band in its native Canada, with Top 10 singles, Top 20 albums and a spot opening for Paul McCartney in Halifax. In America, though, they<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[34,1658,1657],"class_list":["post-4528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-review","tag-dine-alone-records","tag-wintersleep"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wintersleep The Great Detachment - The Agit Reader<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wintersleep The Great Detachment - The Agit Reader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wintersleep is a big band in its native Canada, with Top 10 singles, Top 20 albums and a spot opening for Paul McCartney in Halifax. In America, though, they\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Agit Reader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheAgitReader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-03-25T17:04:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-04-04T17:42:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wintersleep-the_great_detachment.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matt Slaybaugh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@agitreader\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@agitreader\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matt Slaybaugh\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Matt Slaybaugh\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/#\/schema\/person\/69dcefd1eff3e1b280d984cf4ec4e568\"},\"headline\":\"Wintersleep The Great Detachment\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-25T17:04:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-04T17:42:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/\"},\"wordCount\":384,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wintersleep-the_great_detachment.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Album Review\",\"Dine Alone Records\",\"Wintersleep\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Album Reviews\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/\",\"name\":\"Wintersleep The Great Detachment - The Agit Reader\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wintersleep-the_great_detachment.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-25T17:04:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-04T17:42:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wintersleep-the_great_detachment.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wintersleep-the_great_detachment.jpg\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Wintersleep, The Great Detachment\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Wintersleep The Great Detachment\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/\",\"name\":\"The Agit Reader\",\"description\":\"a music webzine\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Agit Reader\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/agitcom.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/agitcom.jpg\",\"width\":339,\"height\":149,\"caption\":\"The Agit Reader\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheAgitReader\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/agitreader\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/#\/schema\/person\/69dcefd1eff3e1b280d984cf4ec4e568\",\"name\":\"Matt Slaybaugh\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/57a1c48cd80d5851d7f1d838faac29a935cad1d288570b6d6309ff27f70c4d47?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/57a1c48cd80d5851d7f1d838faac29a935cad1d288570b6d6309ff27f70c4d47?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Matt Slaybaugh\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/author\/matt-slaybaugh\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Wintersleep The Great Detachment - The Agit Reader","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Wintersleep The Great Detachment - The Agit Reader","og_description":"Wintersleep is a big band in its native Canada, with Top 10 singles, Top 20 albums and a spot opening for Paul McCartney in Halifax. In America, though, they","og_url":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/","og_site_name":"The Agit Reader","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheAgitReader","article_published_time":"2016-03-25T17:04:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-04-04T17:42:11+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wintersleep-the_great_detachment.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Matt Slaybaugh","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@agitreader","twitter_site":"@agitreader","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matt Slaybaugh","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/"},"author":{"name":"Matt Slaybaugh","@id":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/#\/schema\/person\/69dcefd1eff3e1b280d984cf4ec4e568"},"headline":"Wintersleep The Great Detachment","datePublished":"2016-03-25T17:04:23+00:00","dateModified":"2016-04-04T17:42:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/"},"wordCount":384,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wintersleep-the_great_detachment.jpg","keywords":["Album Review","Dine Alone Records","Wintersleep"],"articleSection":["Album Reviews"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/","url":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/","name":"Wintersleep The Great Detachment - The Agit Reader","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wintersleep-the_great_detachment.jpg","datePublished":"2016-03-25T17:04:23+00:00","dateModified":"2016-04-04T17:42:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wintersleep-the_great_detachment.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wintersleep-the_great_detachment.jpg","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"Wintersleep, The Great Detachment"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wintersleep-the-great-detachment\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Wintersleep The Great Detachment"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/#website","url":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/","name":"The Agit Reader","description":"a music webzine","publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/#organization","name":"The Agit Reader","url":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/agitcom.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/agitcom.jpg","width":339,"height":149,"caption":"The Agit Reader"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheAgitReader","https:\/\/x.com\/agitreader"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/#\/schema\/person\/69dcefd1eff3e1b280d984cf4ec4e568","name":"Matt Slaybaugh","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/57a1c48cd80d5851d7f1d838faac29a935cad1d288570b6d6309ff27f70c4d47?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/57a1c48cd80d5851d7f1d838faac29a935cad1d288570b6d6309ff27f70c4d47?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","caption":"Matt Slaybaugh"},"url":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/author\/matt-slaybaugh\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Up74-1b2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4528"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4533,"href":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4528\/revisions\/4533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}