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Epinions: Win Win Winter CD Review
posted Sep 13th 2008, 02:44
A Brief History of...
Pros: A good glimpse into the talent of Win Win Winter.
Cons: Only five tracks might not excite someone into buying.
Cons: Only five tracks might not excite someone into buying.
The Bottom Line: The sounds of Win Win Winter are inviting and invigorating and their music leaves the listener with a good understanding that this is a band that means business.
Though for us hailing from Boston right about now the last thing we want to do is praise something coming out of the Tampa Bay area, there comes a time when we need to put aside our baseball team differences and give credit where credit is due. That does not mean I am going to praise the Rays, rather it's time to step up and praise the music of a band known as Win Win Winter.
Hailing from the Tampa Bay region of Florida, Win Win Winter's EP release entitled A Brief History Of...is a sensational album that accurately reflects the talent of this band. With only five tracks present to try and win the hearts of music fans, the band needed to ensure that the five tracks they decided to place on this album would be good enough to make listeners yearn for even more of Win Win Winter. And that is exactly what they did.
With a dynamic personal take on rock music, Win Win Winter impregnates their music with the right amount of idiosyncratic sounds that truly makes their music their own. There is a clear understanding when this album is listened to that the band wants to stand above the rest and that whether it is an uptempo song or a more pure and traditional rock sound that the music that they are giving you to listen is top notch in terms of both originality and quality.
Win Win Winter is comprised of Thomas Simms, Joshua Greenberg, Brian Schanck, Alan Relkin and Matthew Bennett.
The album starts off with a bang thanks to the track Baker Ave. This track has a nice pairing of guitar and percussive sounds that start off the album in really nice way. The track morphs into an almost dissonant perhaps almost metal but not heavy metal sound. There is certainly something funky about the track because it really is not like anything you have likely heard, but that is not a bad thing. There is a steady and repetitive beat that holds together the track from start to finish.
New Accents is perhaps the best track on the album. On this track Win Win Winter has perfected the symbiosis of the instrumental sounds of the band to the vocals and lyrics. This track could certainly be one of those pop-rock songs that catches on in a big way thanks to the well paced and softer tone of the vocals that are better exhibited on this track than any other on the EP. The song has a very catchy beat that ensures a large population of music fans will certainly enjoy this track for what it is.
Doves and Uppercuts is the darkest song on the album due largely in part to the very deep and slow vocals kicking into a very melodramatic musical accompaniment on the track. There is almost an underlying hint of one of those Radiohead instrumental ballads at work here and though the track is not as in your face rock and roll as the rest of the album this track does not lack any sense of completeness.
Track listing:
1. Baker Ave.
2. We Came From Stereos
3. New Accents
4. Doves and Uppercuts
5. Exit Rows
Though one might think that it is near impossible to learn anything about a band in only five tracks, what Win Win Winter has done thanks to their EP release A Brief History Of...is prove to music fans that their music certainly is worthy of taking a good look at. The sounds of Win Win Winter are inviting and invigorating and their music leaves the listener with a good understanding that this is a band that means business. And if Win Win Winter keeps on producing and performing music that is this good, the one thing that will not be brief will be the success of their musical careers.
A Brief History Of... is on the 24 Hour Service Station record label. A Brief History Of...was produced by Thomas Simms and Joshua Greenberg. Executive producer for the album was Marshall Dickson.
Recommended: Yes
Hailing from the Tampa Bay region of Florida, Win Win Winter's EP release entitled A Brief History Of...is a sensational album that accurately reflects the talent of this band. With only five tracks present to try and win the hearts of music fans, the band needed to ensure that the five tracks they decided to place on this album would be good enough to make listeners yearn for even more of Win Win Winter. And that is exactly what they did.
With a dynamic personal take on rock music, Win Win Winter impregnates their music with the right amount of idiosyncratic sounds that truly makes their music their own. There is a clear understanding when this album is listened to that the band wants to stand above the rest and that whether it is an uptempo song or a more pure and traditional rock sound that the music that they are giving you to listen is top notch in terms of both originality and quality.
Win Win Winter is comprised of Thomas Simms, Joshua Greenberg, Brian Schanck, Alan Relkin and Matthew Bennett.
The album starts off with a bang thanks to the track Baker Ave. This track has a nice pairing of guitar and percussive sounds that start off the album in really nice way. The track morphs into an almost dissonant perhaps almost metal but not heavy metal sound. There is certainly something funky about the track because it really is not like anything you have likely heard, but that is not a bad thing. There is a steady and repetitive beat that holds together the track from start to finish.
New Accents is perhaps the best track on the album. On this track Win Win Winter has perfected the symbiosis of the instrumental sounds of the band to the vocals and lyrics. This track could certainly be one of those pop-rock songs that catches on in a big way thanks to the well paced and softer tone of the vocals that are better exhibited on this track than any other on the EP. The song has a very catchy beat that ensures a large population of music fans will certainly enjoy this track for what it is.
Doves and Uppercuts is the darkest song on the album due largely in part to the very deep and slow vocals kicking into a very melodramatic musical accompaniment on the track. There is almost an underlying hint of one of those Radiohead instrumental ballads at work here and though the track is not as in your face rock and roll as the rest of the album this track does not lack any sense of completeness.
Track listing:
1. Baker Ave.
2. We Came From Stereos
3. New Accents
4. Doves and Uppercuts
5. Exit Rows
Though one might think that it is near impossible to learn anything about a band in only five tracks, what Win Win Winter has done thanks to their EP release A Brief History Of...is prove to music fans that their music certainly is worthy of taking a good look at. The sounds of Win Win Winter are inviting and invigorating and their music leaves the listener with a good understanding that this is a band that means business. And if Win Win Winter keeps on producing and performing music that is this good, the one thing that will not be brief will be the success of their musical careers.
A Brief History Of... is on the 24 Hour Service Station record label. A Brief History Of...was produced by Thomas Simms and Joshua Greenberg. Executive producer for the album was Marshall Dickson.
Recommended: Yes
Great Music to Play While: At Work
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