“A reimagining of the closing track from Adult Romantix which hints at the future direction of the outfit. Because while the original offered a cloudy, ethereal four minutes, enveloping the listener in its hazy shimmer, the mixtape version is charged with an entirely different energy. A song succinct and bound by forward motion, clocking in at almost half the length of its twin sister yet no less atmospheric for it.” So we wrote of ‘hollow (mixtape version) by Winter earlier this month, a single which teased the next stage of the project of Brazil-born, New York-based songwriter Samira Winter. Having toured the decidedly nostalgic 2025 album Adult Romantix extensively in the past year, Winter has spent much time immersed in ideas of the past and our perspective of it, so how better to honour that time that to return to those songs with a brand new EP of reworked songs, demos, b-sides and unheard material? A kind of self-reflexive turn logical for an artist breathing life into classic genres as part of the shoegaze revival.
Far from a solo release, Romantix Mixtape sees Winter supported by Joo Joo Ashworth on a variety of instruments, as well as guest appearances specific to various tracks. Idris Vicuña (AKA Eyedress) features on ‘nicotine’, but latest single ‘without you’ sees Soccer Mommy‘s Sophia Allison join on vocals duty. Again reimagined from Adult Romantix, the version is once more shorter than its twin but loses nothing in the cut. Both are undoubtedly dreamy in tone, but where the original emerges through a gauzy hiss and haze, the mixtape version is cleaner and more immediate. What results is a sound that’s able to dial up the intimacy while simultaneously heightening the sound, drawing the audience into a cinematic representation of love, loneliness and longing.
The city has turned a different shade
It feels so strange
Without you
All of the streets spell your name
It feels so strange
Without you
Watch the video below, directed and edited by Justin Kaminuma, with B-cam by Nate Colman:
Romantix Mixtape will be released on the 18th September via Winspear and you can pre-order it now from the Winspear Bandcamp page.
