Winterpills w/Tiger Saw

Formed in the fog of the timeline around the fall of the Twin Towers, the death of Elliott Smith, the peak influence of Pitchfork and the dawn of the iPod, the members of Winterpills met and began making music in the old-fashioned winter of 2003 in the heady Northampton, MA music scene. At first 4 friends who all knew each other’s songs and talents and had all recently suffered a common adult loss of some kind or another (a dead parent, some breakups, a custody battle, etc), they gleefully stumbled upon their sound: Flora Reed and Philip Price’s harmonies and “heartrending” songwriting (so says No Depression), Dennis Crommett’s tender shoegaze guitar, Dave Hower’s unclassifiable drumming, later on Max Germer’s moonlit bass feel. “Winterpills gradually builds elegant arrangements… While the gathered instruments offer some solace, the songs stay haunted,“ wrote Jon Pareles in the New York Times.

The cinematically-weird pop songs came effortlessly and partly channelled the freshly mourned Smith, a bit of the dust of Big Star, Low, Joni Mitchell, maybe a little Radiohead – and yet something else all their own. “I don’t know why Winterpills aren’t one of the most cherished pop bands in the world,” wrote Jonathan Lethem in Rolling Stone: “Their songs are mournful, slow-exploding and lyrically dazzling, and their albums have a coherence that’s rare.”

Over the past 19 years, the band has released 7 albums and numerous singles and EPs, has spent weeks both on the road and in the woodshed, and seems unwilling to relent. Emerging from the nightmarish forced hiatus of the pandemic has given them a new perspective on their art. The restless Price released 3 solo albums during the unhappy break, but is back with a trove of new music for the familiar alchemy to be reborn.

“An ice-filigreeing-the-bare-trees sound, cold and achingly beautiful — is what sets this group apart… downright glorious when the harmonies start, as crisp and shining as crystal.” – The Washington Post

Tiger Saw is a New England-Based indie rock band celebrating 25 years. They have explored a slowcore / Americana sound over nine albums, and are beloved for their innovative sounds and vocal harmonies.