Cameron Winter’s solo debut, Heavy Metal, is a heart-on-your-sleeve, intrusive thought-filled, molasses-dripping, gooey, chaotic masterpiece. His vocals, ranging from a deep baritone to a desperate screech, stretch across the album and haunt each track. This solo work diverges from his other project, Geese, to reveal an even more experimental side of Winter. His self-critical lyrics and erratic percussion dance from track to track and really build the album into a full universe. It’s surreal, but not nonsensical–each track tells a full story and perfectly, purposefully weaves into the next track. The album’s biggest moments ensue on the epic six-minute tracks of ‘Nina + Field of Cops’ and ‘$0’. The former begins with a driving piano roll combined with a half-sung half-spoken manifesto that can only be described as a beautiful descent into madness, followed by the haunting a capella opening of ‘$0’ that transitions into a darker piano and string-led ballad. The full lyrical composition and emotional delivery make for the most gut-wrenching, emotionally destabilizing listen. Just fantastic, off-putting, and addictive.