Winter McQuinn / Move To The Trees LP Transparent Orange Vinyl
Winter McQuinn 'Move To The Trees' LP Transparent Orange Vinyl
Perhaps known as the frontman of Sunfruits and as the drummer for Jade Imagine, Winter McQuinn’s solo music explores psychedelic country and folk rippling with a free-ness similar to Nick Drake, Syd Barrett, Kevin Ayers and more modern 70s soft rock purveyors like Michael Rault and Drugdealer. His impressive 2021 debut album A Rabble Of Bees marked the beginning of Winnie’s solo wanderings, showcasing his songwriting talents and DIY inventiveness.
Winter McQuinn’s sophomore body of work, Move To The Trees is a 9 track album encompassing McQuinn’s penchant for pastoral folk, 70s influenced soft rock and cosmic country with his signature lyrical thematics surrounding environmental collapse, societal issues and the importance of friendship all coming into focus. Across the album, McQuinn and the talented band of musicians who played on the record, dive head on into these heavy themes, all while managing to bring a warmth and beautifully light atmosphere to the songs. The album is a clear step up in Winter McQuinn’s solo songwriting efforts that showcases his deft multi-instrumental abilities and tasteful knack for creating everything from anthemic soft-rock with a glam-rock edge, through to gentle, vulnerable folk music with a contemporary sound.
Recorded in April 2022 over one weekend in Anglesea, Victoria with Jesse Williams (Leah Senior, Grace Cummings, Traffik Island) as engineer and producer, 'Move To The Trees' features talented musicians Jack Kinder and Lewis Mosley from fellow Third Eye Stimuli family, Hot Apple Band, as well as Elena Jones from Sunfruits and Jaspar Robinson. McQuinn and co create a unique space through their artful intersections of hope and tragedy. A series of anthems for the future, settled in a post psych-folk and 70s soft rock energy, McQuinn takes influence from the new-wave of 70s folk and rock influenced artists from the USA's West Coast such as Sylvie, Cut Worms, John Andrews, Anna St Louis, The Lemon Twigs and more.
“Winter McQuinn’s latest track breezes in like an eternal summer day. As a solo release from the Sunfruits frontman, it previews the shimmery folk-country pop awaiting on his upcoming album, Move To the Trees.” — Rolling Stone AU/NZ
“Move To The Trees sees McQuinn team up with a stack of talented players to bring the record to life, with heavy and emotional themes including environmental and social issues perfectly balanced by the album’s light hearted atmosphere.” — Pilerats
Tracklisting:
Side A
1. Daffodil
2. I Will Be The Same
3. Red Wool
4. Sitting In The Trees
5. In This Life
Side B
6. Time Passes By
7. I Wanna Live
8. Hills
9. Honey
