Naarm/Melbourne songwriter Winter McQuinn crafts folk and soft rock infused with psychedelia, environmental themes and social / introspective commentary. Across his three solo albums A Rabble Of Bees (2021), Move To The Trees (2024) and Where Are We Now? (2025) as well as album Midtown Downtime (2026) with folk duo Beefheart & McQuinn and EP Recently I’ve Been Missing The Colour Green (2024) with collaborator Acacia Pip (Pinch Points), McQuinn has established himself as a distinctive voice in contemporary Australian folk music. Across these releases he has earned praise from Rolling Stone AU, KEXP, Stereogum, Aquarium Drunkard, New Commute, triple J, Double J, RRR and toured Australia, Europe, the UK and North America, performing alongside artists including Stella Donnelly, Sonny & The Sunsets, Spencer Cullum, Kacy & Clayton, Leah Senior, and Sylvie. These releases and ongoing release include collaborative efforts with Dylan Young (Way Dynamic), Hot Apple Band, Feign Jima, Laure Briard (FR) and other artists from around the world. McQuinn has also performed at festivals including Berlin Folk Festival, New Colossus Festival (US), The Great Escape (UK) as a solo artist.
VIDEOS
Comprising of Winter McQuinn, Evie Vlah, Elena Jones and Gigi Argiro Melbourne / Naarm based psychedelic pop band Sunfruits have been making waves around Australia for the past 3 years. On their debut album One Degree which saw praise from The Guardian, Rolling Stone, NME, Shindig and more, the band presents anthemic psychedelic-pop and their most mature and conceptual songwriting to date. This album release took the band on tours across New Zealand, Australia, UK and Europe where they sold out shows in London, Hamburg, Nottingham, Melbourne and more. With their environmentally conscious, politically aware songwriting, Sunfruits showcase an impressive new-age take on psychedelia and pop rock that has seen them support bands including Grace Cummings, Mildlife, Nice Biscuit, The Lazy Eyes and appear at festivals including Manchester Psych Festival (UK), Misty Fields Festival (EU), Meadow and more. The band’s environmentally aware songwriting and actions have been praised recently as they were nominated for the prestigious Environmental Music Prize 2023 and climate fuelled lyrics were quoted in the Australian parliament by a Greens Senator. This commitment to meaningful songwriting, exhilarating live show and aesthetic brilliance put Sunfruits as one of the most exciting young bands coming out of Australia.
Recorded/live session work
jade imagine Drums (Live & Recorded 2022-Present)
Girlatones Drums (Live 2024-present)
Ruby Milner Drums (Live & Recorded 2024-present)
Hot Apple Band Drums (Live & Recorded 2023-present)
RUBY GILL Drums & Backing Vocals (Live & Recorded, 2019 - 2022)
HANNAH BLACKBURN Drums (Live 2021 - 2022)
IV LEAGUE Drums & Samples (Live & Recorded 2017-2019)
CANDY Drums (Live 2021 - 2023)
FEIGN JIMA Drums (Live & Recorded 2021 - present)
CONTROL PLUS ME Percussion (LIVE 2021)
MATURE THEMES Drums & Percussion & production (Recorded on various tracks 2022)
MAJAK DOOR Drums & Percussion (Recorded on track ‘Daisies’ 2018)
Zachary Leo Drums (RECORDED on track ‘Lay You Down’ 2019)
sound art / design
Resonant Bodies 2024 06 Guitar / FX performance
RISING Festival Diagramattica 2025 Guitar / FX performance
WARNING SIGNS A music video work 2021
DRUMS IN MOTION A multichannel drum work created with Melbourne drummers for the Signal Sound Commissions 2019
STORIES IN THE WALL A soundtrack to a written story done by primary school kids, commissioned by Arts Centre Melbourne 2022