Winter Moves

Winter Moves are an Edinburgh and Glasgow based-band founded over Facetime in 2021 by songwriters Leo Bargery (Mt. Doubt) and Fraser MacIntyre (Linburn). During the COVID-19 pandemic, Bargery made the most of moving into a house with a piano. Sending MacIntyre voice notes as song after song took shape, Bargery received feedback then ideas in return until one sketch was returned with a full arrangement in tow. MacIntyre, starting to build a makeshift studio in the living room of his Glasgow flat, threw a few of his own songs into the melting pot, and it quickly began apparent that the duo had stumbled their way into a new project of equal priority to their solo ventures.

As lockdown trudged on, Winter Moves became a silver lining of the circumstances for Bargery and MacIntyre, who had never collaborated in the past. The two began to message friends, acquaintances and strangers who’s work they admired, with the intention of sharing vocal duties with a guest on the majority of the songs, leaning further into the idea of the project being a chance to connect with others in spite of obstacles like distance and illness. Debut single C U Under the Moon is one of the few tracks to feature vocals from the duo alone.