ARTiST: Winterpills

ALBUM: Central Chambers

BiTRATE: 187kbps avg

QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 –vbr-new / 44.100Khz

LABEL: Signature Sounds

GENRE: Indie

SiZE: 62.45 megs

PLAYTiME: 0h 42min 57sec total

RiP DATE: 2008-11-22

STORE DATE: 2008-11-21

Track List:

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01. Everything                       1:22

02. Take Away The Words              3:22

03. Beesting                         4:01

04. Burning Hearts                   4:03

05. Secret Blue Thread               4:23

06. Gentleman Farmer                 4:32

07. We’ll Bring You Down             3:21

08. You Don’t Love Me Yet            3:52

09. Wire                             3:31

10. What Makes Me Blind              4:22

11. Weary Heart                      3:44

12. Immortal                         2:24

Release Notes:

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Critically praised as a mirror of sorrows and a beacon of hope, the music of

Winterpills - true to its name - is medicine for weary hearts.

At the core of Central Chambers, their newest album and third overall, the

Northampton, Mass. quintet

maintains its signature chamber-indie ambience while exploring new grounds

sonically and lyrically. In it, you’ll hear production running the gamut from

boombox lo-fi to crisp studio sonorousness; dense rockers balanced by quiet

hymns; and an overall diversity in instruments and textures. All of this backs

the wandering words of songwriter Philip Price, and here we can see him

condensing his meditative lyrical approach into mantras contemplating the

frailty of humanity.

This heightens the subjects he studies, themes of frailty and humanity and the

heart. He says the albums title, Central Chambers, was initially chosen as a

lark, a nod to the band’s Northampton rehearsal space. But as the

writing/recording process was under way, Price discovered he had a heart

condition called an aortic aneurysm; a weakness in the aorta that can lead to

hemorrhaging or quick death if left untreated.

With mortality on his mind moreso than ever, the title came to represent for him

the chambers of the heart, and themes of the heart crept into the songs he

wrote; the life force of blue veins running through everything ("Secret Blue

Thread"), an old man collapsing of a heart attack after losing his farm

("Gentleman Farmer"), the aging heart heard through the skin of sleep of an old

romantic ("Weary Heart"). "The actual, physical heart goes through many changes

and challenges," Price says. But Central Chambers reflects the emotional heart

as well. "To me, it also speaks to a place where judgment is dispersed, where

lovers meet, where people live - and hide - and where secrets are kept."

These concepts are conveyed with more presence and immediacy than we’ve heard

from Winterpills - notice the forcefulness of "Well Bring You Down," or the

elegance of "Take Away The Words." Certainly, we can still pick up on their

roots: those Elliott Smith moments remain, along with newer directions invoking

Bonnie "Prince" Billie, The Velvet Underground or The Arcade Fire. But youll

find these influences only if youre listening specifically for them.

Taken as a whole, though, the things youll hear here - the pleading lyrics, the

dreamy pop, the harmonized vocal exchanges and evocative playing - comprise a

distinctive sound, crafted over the course of three albums and very much owned

by the band playing it. On Central Chambers, Winterpills’ biggest influence is

none other than Winterpills itself, a strongly established voice that will warm

your heart one moment only to sting it the next.

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