Long known among chamber pop and indie folk fanatics, Winterpills expanded their sonic palette for new album ‘Love Songs’ (March 18
/ Signature Sounds) with co-producer Justin Pizzoferrato. Brooklyn
Vegan has called Pizzoferrato the “go-to Western Mass guy” and The
Boston Phoenix has praised him as a “lover of sound.” The result is a
grander scale that draws on ‘90s indie rock. A veteran of sessions with
The Pixies, Parquet Courts, J. Mascis, and Speedy Ortiz, Pizzoferrato
says, "I'm grateful to have worked on ‘Love Songs’; it's not the kind of
record you're called to work on very often. I think it's beautiful,
front to back, left to right."
Winterpills songwriter Philip Price says, “Justin is that rare
engineering bird who can work as fast as our brains could musically
think. It felt like we were really living inside the songs instead of
stepping outside them all the time.”
One example is the song “Chapel.” Price recalls, “Justin encouraged us
to leave in a lot of the experimental noise and layers that left to my
own devices, I would have likely weeded out. He could hear that for that
one song, the forest WAS the trees. It’s one of my favorite tracks on
the album.” “Chapel” kicks off with a droning acoustic sound and
Winterpills’ signature harmonies before quickly picking up into an
electric indie rock refrain, a pattern that’s repeated; these careful
dynamics draw in listeners to the song’s waxing and waning melody and
into the beautiful chaos of the end section, making it feel alive and
present.
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