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Cameron Winter
American rock singer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cameron Winter is an American musician who fronts the rock band Geese. He released his debut solo album, Heavy Metal, in 2024.
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Early life
Winter grew up in Park Slope, Brooklyn, attending the Brooklyn Friends School. His mother is a writer and his father is a composer for TV and film.[1][2][3]
In his adolescence, he played sports but had to give them up due to concussions, after which he turned to music.[2][4] In high school, he formed a band, Geese, with friends from school.[5]
After high school, he applied to Boston University with the intention of pursuing a degree in communications but ultimately chose to forgo college and pursue music as a career, along with his Geese bandmates, after signing with Partisan Records in 2020.[3][4][5][6]
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Career
Geese
Formed in 2016 with Winter as their vocalist, keyboardist, and main songwriter, Geese has released three studio albums: A Beautiful Memory (2018), Projector (2021), and 3D Country (2023). Their fourth, Getting Killed, is set to release in September 2025.
Solo work
Winter made his solo debut in 2024 with two songs, "Vines" and "Take It With You", in the form of an EP titled Singles.[7] On December 6, 2024, he released his debut solo album, Heavy Metal, to widespread critical acclaim.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14] It was named one of the best debut albums of 2024 by Paste[15] and an early entry for one of the best albums of 2025 by several publications, given its late 2024 release.[3][16][17][18] Lizzy Goodman summarized in The New York Times that Heavy Metal was "received as a tour de force ... But it has also turned Mr. Winter into the kind of artist that has fans analyzing every detail of his impressionistic lyrics and telling him his work has kept them from suicide. In other words, [it] has received the kind of response that a record earns when the artist who made it is on their way to a certain kind of highly personal stardom."[1]
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Influences
Winter cites Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan as the primary influences on his solo material.[19] Critics have drawn further comparisons between Winter and the likes of Tom Waits, Stephen Malkmus, Jeff Mangum, Bill Callahan and Lou Reed.[1][20]
Voice
Winter's voice has been praised for its range and versatility. Describing Winter's vocals on Projector, Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone said that Winter "can hoist his voice into a Thom Yorke-an falsetto, put on a posh pout à la Julian Casablancas or Ian McCulloch of Echo and the Bunnymen, or lapse into a stentorian yawp that brings to mind Mark E. Smith of The Fall or Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner."[21] Ian Blau of Rolling Stone said that Winter "shines throughout [3D Country]", where he "contorts his voice to fit any set of lyrics or musical style."[22] When it comes to Winter's vocals on Heavy Metal, Walden Green of Pitchfork characterizes his voice as a "woozy baritone", a "versatile and tender instrument ... immediately remarkable for its sheer range and depth of tone."[11] Fellow musician Nick Cave lauded his voice on Heavy Metal as "glorious" and "emotive".[23][24]
Songwriting
Described as "a songwriter par excellence" by Walden Green of Pitchfork, Winter's lyrics have been noted for both their cathartic and surreal qualities.[8][9][10][11][14] Nick Cave described his lyrics on Heavy Metal as "brilliant" and "blistering".[23][24]
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
Singles
Music videos
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References
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