PUTNEY — Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present indie/folk/chamber-pop quintet Winterpills, plus contemporary folk singer/songwriter Antje Duvekot, at Next Stage on Saturday, Jan. 21, at 7:30 pm.
One of the most exciting bands to emerge from Northampton, Massachusetts, in recent years,Winterpills plays “haunting, delicate, dynamic music with shimmering melodies and aching lyrics,” according to a news release.
Philip Price (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Flora Reed (vocals, keyboards), Dennis Crommett (vocals, guitar), Max Germer (bass) and Dave Hower (drums, shaken things) maintain their signature chamber-pop ambience while exploring new ground sonically and lyrically.
All of this backs the wandering words of songwriter Philip Price. A performer with a background in '90s powerpop (The Maggies) as well as solo-acoustic songwriting, Price formed Winterpills with Reed, Crommett, and Hower in 2004, crafting a neat balance of heartrending lyrics, dreamy pop, and hushed guy-girl vocal harmonies.
Winterpills' music has been used in numerous television shows including the hit ABC show “Grey's Anatomy” and the U.K. series “Skins.” Last year, Winterpills released its seventh album, “Love Songs,” and reissued its self-titled debut album on vinyl to mark ten years together as a band.
Antje Duvekot is a German-born, American-raised singer/songwriter whose songs have been critically praised for their hard-won wisdom, dark-eyed realism and street-smart romanticism. Her bicultural upbringing and relative newness to English have helped shape her unique way with a song, giving her a startlingly original poetic palette.
Her fourth and most recent studio release, 2016's “Toward the Thunder,” centers around themes of courage, resilience, and striving for something better, and as with most of her writing, a sense of hope and perseverance shines through the songs.