Winter (indie rock band)

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Winter
Origin Boston, Massachusetts
Genres Indie rock
Years active2012–present
LabelsLolipop Records, Everything Is Blue, Bar/None Records

Winter is an American bilingual indie rock band led by Brazilian-born singer/songwriter Samira Winter. [1]

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History

Samira Winter was born in Curitiba, Brazil in 1991 to a Brazilian mother and an American father. She moved to Los Angeles, California, in order to get into college. She formed the band Winter in Boston in 2012, and they released the four-song EP Daydreaming the following year through Lolipop Records. The band's next release was 2014's Tudo Azul, also a four-song EP; most of the lyrics on this release are in Portuguese. [2]

Winter's debut full-length album, Supreme Blue Dream, was released in 2015. The band embarked on a two-year international tour to support the album, touring mostly through the US, Brazil and Argentina. [3] [4] [5] Between 2016 and 2018, while still touring to support Supreme Blue Dream, Winter released several standalone singles. [2] [6] [7] They toured with Summer Twins during this period. [8]

Also during this period, Samira Winter self-recorded several solo songs and placed them online. The songs were mostly promoted in the Brazilian press due to their Portuguese lyrics. [9] Winter's second studio album, Ethereality, was released in 2018. Samira Winter and her sister formed their own label, Everything Blue Records, to release the album. [1] The band's most recent album, What Kind of Blue Are You?, was released in October 2022. [1]

Discography

Studio albums

YearAlbum
2015Supreme Blue Dream
  • Released: March 10, 2015 (Worldwide)
  • Label: Lolipop Records
2018Ethereality
  • Released: April 6, 2018 (Worldwide)
  • Label: Everything Blue Records
2020Endless Space (Between You & I)
  • Released: July 24, 2020 (Worldwide)
  • Label: Bar/None Records
2022What Kind of Blue Are You?
  • Released: October 14, 2022
  • Label: Bar/None Records

Extended plays

YearAlbum
2012Daydreaming
  • Released: December 24, 2012 (USA) [10]
  • Label: Lolipop Records
2014Tudo Azul
  • Released: June 5, 2014 (USA) [11]
  • Label: Lolipop Records

Compilation appearances

YearAlbum
2012Puddles (Spring Compilation #1)
  • Song: Six Years Later (with Lorena)
  • Released: April 2, 2012 (Worldwide) [12]
  • Label: Practice Room Records
2013The Le Sigh Vol.1
  • Song: Find Me
  • Released: November 18, 2013 (Worldwide) [13]
  • Label: Birdtapes
2014Pie (Spring Compilation #2.5)
  • Song: The View
  • Released: June 33, 2014 (Worldwide) [14]
  • Label: Practice Room Records
2016Secret Admirer
  • Song: New Year
  • Released: February 14, 2016 (Worldwide) [15]
  • Label: Practice Room Records
2016BERN YR IDOLS
2018Decay (Spring Compilation #3)
  • Song: Just Stay
  • Released: May 18, 2018 (Worldwide) [17]
  • Label: Practice Room Records
2018The Desperation Club - A Cloud Tribute Album

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  2. 1 2 "Video Premiere: "Jaded," by Winter". She Shreds Magazine. 19 September 2017.
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  8. ↑ "Bandas norte-americanas Winter e Summer Twins chegam ao Brasil para tour em oito cidades". www.papocult.com.br. 2 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "Ouça o garage indie-pop abrasileirado de "Café", single de estreia do Samira's Infinite Summer". vice.com. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
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