biographical info
Pop Winds are both tense and free. Their
music is driven by strong chordal movements on guitar and altered
saxophone, the instruments filling the room with a beautiful, natural
reverberation. But it is not loose music, rather they are focused deeply
through distorted electronic samples: hypotonic drums and bouncy
synths. All three members sing layered vocal harmonies, awash in delay,
while lead vocalist Devon Welsh delivers a clear tenor - in a classic,
pseudo-Elvis tone - which sits perfectly atop each song. "Feel It", off
of The Turquoise clearly displays this amazing tone, as well as a
sort of bleeding from the first-person, who has given up on a
controlling desire.
Joined by Kyle Bennet and Austin Milne, the trio formed in early 2009 in
Montreal, Quebec. Their first full-length, The Turquoise (Arbutus), was
released in April 2010.