Winter - Adult Romantix

A fixture in Los Angeles' music scene for over a decade, singer and songwriter, Samira Winter, found a home in the city’s DIY rock community, carving out her own niche of gloriously detailed and eclectic dream pop under the name, Winter. 'Adult Romantix' is a farewell love letter to Los Angeles — “a tunnel of summers and memories”—inspired by Mary Shelley’s gothic-romantic literature and ’90s rom-coms. After growing up in Curitiba, Brazil and playing in her first bands in Boston, she relocated to Los Angeles in 2013 and fell in love with the city. But at a certain point, Samira was craving a change of scenery to facilitate self-growth, a painful, but necessary realization that brought about a move to New York City. Leading up to her emotional coast-to-coast move, she spent roughly two years writing songs in a transitory state: often in between tours, in different cities, and in various sublets. The resulting 13 tracks became 'Adult Romantix'— the follow-up to 2022’s landmark 'What Kind of Blue Are You?'. Nostalgic and wistful, the album blends swirling guitars, cigarette-glazed vocals and a few notable guest collaborators, like Horse Jumper of Love’s Dimitri Giannopoulos and Hannah van Loon of Tanukichan. Influenced by touchstones like Sonic Youth’s Rather Ripped, Elliott Smith’s Either/ Or and 2010s sunkissed California shoegaze, 'Adult Romantix' vacillates between dewy, strummy ecstasy and moody, nighttime desire. Marked by swirling, drive-pedal squalls and open-tuned acoustic guitar, there’s a palpable bittersweetness to these raw, lovesick tunes.