"they come to the door and ask you which side you’re on / they tell you the time has come to sing..."
The indie rock whimsy and artful disarray of "Silk" by Winter Aid, the moniker of San Francisco-based, Irish songwriter Shane Culloty, feels at once grand in it's melancholia. There are pretty shapes to be had, piano lines that prance in grand ways but the sharp synths can feel distorted, even acidic but in a good way, in an art rock glitter punk way, in a way that sticks with you even days after you soak it in. The gold dipped framework here is perfect for Culloty's compelling vocal aesthetic that feels sort of sideways, emotionally graced with sad eyes and storytelling that might feel built out of toothpicks to close to a fire. Unique and magnetic, Winter Aid here offers the kind of artful sonics and words the stick with you. The abstractions make me think of an amalgam of artists like Wand, MGMT, RY X, Chelou.
for a life of swagger and silk
for a life lived up to the hilt
but you’ll be the one they blame for the shame in their eyes
If the poetry here feels bittersweet, it is because they are. "Silk" has a chorus but in each one the words differ. I like that.
From LINER NOTES:
Living in the Bay Area it seemed like it was all being invented in front of me, from political rallies in Richmond to canvassing in the Mission, giving way to the summer's marches against police violence and eventually, the election. I didn't set out to write a song about that feeling, but it made its way into the album nonetheless.”
San Francisco-based, Irish songwriter Shane Culloty, aka Winter Aid, has announced his sophomore full-length album, "Pull The Sky Inside", for a May 17 release, sharing the first single from the record, “Silk,” along with an accompanying video by Dermot Lynskey.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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“WINTER AID IS AN IRISH MUSICIAN. HE LIVES IN DUBLIN. HE MOSTLY USES REAL INSTRUMENTS, AND TENDS TO RECORD AND WRITE SPORADICALLY…”
Shane Culloty is the man behind the mask of Winter Aid, a new music project from one of Kerry’s finest sons. Now based in Dublin, Shane started making music when he was a lad and over the last few years has cultivated a delicate and endearing style that is refreshingly un-self-conscious.
Written, recorded, mixed and at home (listen carefully and you can hear the sound of dishes being washed in the background to ‘The Wisp Sings’) his debut EP The Wisp Sings shines a little light on what is to come, featuring three tracks, each containing “a measure of the Irish winter” [State Magazine] underpinned by the sounds of a happy home.
In spring 2017, Winter Aid announced his latest work entitled 'The Murmur of the Land' - a full-length LP "The Murmur of the Land" - a delicate rumination on sadness and solace.
San Francisco-based, Irish songwriter Shane Culloty, aka Winter Aid, has announced his sophomore full-length album, "Pull The Sky Inside", for a May 17 release, sharing the first single from the record, “Silk,” along with an accompanying video by Dermot Lynskey.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://soundcloud.com/winteraid
https://www.instagram.com/winter.aid
https://www.facebook.com/winteraid
https://twitter.com/winteraid
https://winteraid.bandcamp.com/
https://linktr.ee/winteraid
“WINTER AID IS AN IRISH MUSICIAN. HE LIVES IN DUBLIN. HE MOSTLY USES REAL INSTRUMENTS, AND TENDS TO RECORD AND WRITE SPORADICALLY…”
Shane Culloty is the man behind the mask of Winter Aid, a new music project from one of Kerry’s finest sons. Now based in Dublin, Shane started making music when he was a lad and over the last few years has cultivated a delicate and endearing style that is refreshingly un-self-conscious.
Written, recorded, mixed and at home (listen carefully and you can hear the sound of dishes being washed in the background to ‘The Wisp Sings’) his debut EP The Wisp Sings shines a little light on what is to come, featuring three tracks, each containing “a measure of the Irish winter” [State Magazine] underpinned by the sounds of a happy home.
In spring 2017, Winter Aid announced his latest work entitled 'The Murmur of the Land' - a full-length LP "The Murmur of the Land" - a delicate rumination on sadness and solace.
Winter Aid, has announced his sophomore full-length album, "Pull The Sky Inside", for a May 17 release, sharing the first single from the record, “Silk,” along with an accompanying video by Dermot Lynskey.
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