Cameron Winter's album "Heavy Metal" (2024) [Something Interesting #45]

I only heard about Winter in passing (something about him recording this album at a Guitar Center) and never heard of Geese before but this is a delightfully weird singer-songwriter album that reminds me a lot of Todd Rundgren and Beck. Apparently Nick Cave loves it too!

Album cover for Heavy Metal (artist? Have no idea...)

If you need more context before listening, here's an accurate description of how Winter sings...:

"[Winter] can hoist his voice into a Thom Yorke-an falsetto, put on a posh pout à la Julian Casablancas or Ian McCulloch of Echo and the Bunnymen, or lapse into a stentorian yawp that brings to mind Mark E. Smith of the Fall or Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner. Sometimes you can hear it all cross-pollinating within the space of the same three-minute song, making for an album that rewards both short attention spans and deep listening. It's a real treat to hear them zip between sonic epiphanies." - Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone

Reviews & Articles

Pitchfork review

Paste review

Uproxx review

"On the Verge of Rock Stardom" by Lizzy Goodman (NY Times)