Sleep the Season are a Canadian

Canada

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 band

Band (music)

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, formed in Welland, Ontario

Welland, Ontario

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. They play alternative pop music. Their specialty is playing acoustic instruments only and using a cello

Cello

The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...

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History

Their first album Under Stars was released September, 5th 2005 and contained 5 songs. The Second album don't make a move was released September 4, 2006 and can be considered at the first long play album containing 13 songs.
Four Songs was released February 11, 2008 and was their first independent release.

The original band members are Ben Audet, Dave Fontaine, Greg Goertzen and Justin Fortier. According to the MySpace

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 site of Sleep the Season the band has now five band members. Trevor Speechly is the new bass player and Mike Harris is their new drummer.

Sleep the Season announced that the band was ending (October 2009) and their final show would be December 27 at the Merchant Ale House in St. Catharines, Ontario. The show would also be the release of their final EP Anyone but You.

Current members

• Dave Fontaine – lead vocals
• Greg Goertzen – cello
  Cello
  The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
  
  
• Justin Fortier – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Trevor Speechly – bass
  Double bass
  The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
  
  
• Mike Harris - drums

Past members

• Ben Audet – drums, vocals

Discography

Date of Release	Title	Label
2005	Under Stars	Faint and Hearted Records
2006	don't make a move	Faint and Hearted Records
2008	Four Songs	Independent
2009	Anyone but You	Independent

Awards

Year	Event	Won	Nominated
2006	Pulse Niagara Music Awards	Best local single of '06 and 2nd in best local album artwork

External links

• Sleep the Season official website
• The Waltz Music Video
• Interview with Sleep the Season