Octavian Winters was born into the ghostly isolation of San Francisco in 2022, during the third winter of the pandemic. Stephan Salit (guitar), Randy Gzebb (drums), Jay Denton (bass) and Ria Aursjoen (vocals, keyboards) together weave their visceral and ethereal sound into a texture all its own – of stories once told but half-remembered, under a dusk of shadows and stars, in an abandoned city under the winter moon.
“Beautifully marries the somber and the sublime, creating a landscape where edgy riffs dance with ethereal synth waves, and vocals that sound like they were borrowed from an ancient, mystical chorus” ~ Post-Punk.com
“A dark and lush tapestry of near-classic post-punk, oscillating between shadow and shimmer. Reflecting the troubled times that we live in, sublime dark sonic delight” ~ The Spill Magazine
“Drawing power from subterranean caves and bubbling magma… tectonic thunder… Such power, strong and true, a voice that scales the wall of sound beneath her with ease” ~ Joyzine
“A dark musical weave forged of post-punk and gothic strands. A sonic web of pulsing bass grooves and shaded ethereality, dark and delicious guitar slashes and haunting sound washes” ~ The Big Takeover
“Seriously compelling incitement, which Aursjoen’s tones and the electronically atmospheric mists around her only escalate” ~ Ringmaster Review
