‘People think I’ve gone crazy’: indie sensation Cameron Winter on leaving crowds in tears with his wild lyrics and supernatural voice

He is just 22 yet he is already being compared to Dylan, Cohen and Waits. The Geese frontman talks about the joys of going solo, employing a five-year-old bassist – and why God deserves a shout outThe sign in the church reads simply: “God is real.” Well, they would say that, wouldn’t they, being a church. But it’s not a determined vicar who has put the poster up in a bid to convince his congregation. Rather it’s 22-year-old Cameron Winter, frontman of New York rock band Geese and now solo artist behind one of the year’s most beguiling albums.Winter is in church – St Matthias in north London – for his first ever UK solo show. And while it may or may not convince you of God’s existence, it certainly feels like an encounter with the divine. Hunched over a piano, his hands run up and down the keys freely as he pours out his stream-of-consciousness lyrics in a voice that has to be heard to be believed – fragile and prone to cracking yet also powerful, soulful, almost supernatural. Who is this creature, you wonder. Continue reading...

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