Winter McQuinn
Winter McQuinn is an Australian musician, songwriter, and environmentalist. His work fuses folk, rock and psych-pop, intertwining vintage tones with contemporary lyrical content. Shindig! Magazine describes his music as "psychedelic pop with a 21st Century environmentalist twist."
He is the founding member of Sunfruits, who released their debut album One Degree in 2023 to great acclaim following this with UK/EU tours in 2023 and 2024.
Winter's solo work began with his debut album release A Rabble of Bees in 2021 His highly acclaimed 2024 album Move to the Trees was included in Rolling Stone Australia's Top 50 Albums of 2024 and KEXP FM Roadhouse Show Top 10 Albums of the Year.
In November 2024, he released Recently I've been missing the Colour Green, a collaborative EP with Acacia Pip of PINCH POINTS. Winter and Acacia are touring the UK/EU in support of this album in 2025. Winter is currently the drummer with Jade Imagine on the Australian label Remote Control Records and Leah Senior and Jesse Williams band Girlatones and his work is released by Australian independent record label Third Eye Stimuli Records.
In April 2025, Winter released the single Hand in Hand with Moby Beefheart of FUR under the new project, Beefheart and McQuinn.
In June 2025, Winter signed with US label, Born Losers Records.
Winter and Acacia created the carbon calculator and resource for musicians.
Discography
With Sunfruits| Title | Details |
| One Degree |
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| Certified Organic |