Winterpills Announce New LP ‘This Is How We Dance,’ Share Single “Lean In The Wind”

Northampton, MA quintet Winterpills have announced their highly anticipated 8th album, This Is How We Dance. The album will be released November 14 on Signature Sounds and is available for pre-save and pre-order now HERE (including vinyl via Bandcamp).

Today, they are sharing the first song from the 12-track set “Lean In The Wind.” The band’s co-lead vocalist, Flora Reed writes, “Philip wrote the first line of this song years ago but never finished it. I picked it back up and it became a sort of reverie, remembering the worst days of COVID when you pined for your friends and family.” In the summer we’ll lean in the wind/ then we’ll fall down/Hold their faces and breathe in their skin/ till we fall down/ “Lean In The Wind” is available now on all streaming platforms.

Consummate masters of the slow burn, Winterpills have nurtured a singular aesthetic over the course of their 20 years together: lush and often gritty instrumentation, poetic and vulnerable lyrics, celestial harmonies, and cinematic arrangements that stealthily pull you in. Emerging from the hiatus of the pandemic, Winterpills dove hearts-first into crafting the album’s 12 songs, in a string of inspired creative sessions in the band’s living rooms and basements. The resulting album feels at once personal and universal, and showcases the evolution of a band still restless and exploring new ways to collaborate. Teaming up with producer Dave Chalfant––who had a production role in the band’s first 2 albums––brought This Is How We Dance full circle.

This Is How We Dance track list:

1. Wild
2. Lean In The Wind
3. Predelugian
4. I’m In The Story
5. Hi
6. The Shade
7. How We Dance
8. Black Fly
9. Cherry Blossoms
10. Small Dreams
11. I Am The Defect
12. Both My Names