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Review: Win Win Winter @ State Theater

Tampa-Sarasota September 9, 2008 | 9:24 AM Categories: Alternative/Punk, Live

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"Thank you, mom, for my beer," Tommy Simms (pictured far left) announced from the stage as he raised his cup. The 20something old Clearwater resident's band, Win Win Winter, had just started an outstanding 40-minute set that took place Fri., Sept. 5, at State Theatre in St. Petersburg as part of this publication's CL in Concert series. The crowd of about 200 largely included Simms' fans, friends and family. Tommy's younger 21-year-old sister, Juliet Simms, and her nationally signed (Sony/Epic) pop punk band, Automatic Loveletter, closed the show with Tommy sitting in on guitar.

Win Win Winter's performance, which kicked off around 10:15 p.m., met high expectations as the band displayed its mastery of styles ranging from angular indie rock to bouncy keyboard-laden numbers to rustic ballads marked by the lap steel playing of Nate Oliver (pictured far right), who also sat in with Automatic Loveletter and is a member of ace alt-country outfit Have, Gun Will Travel (more on them, and other local music breaking news items, after the jump).

Tommy might not look like your typical frontman (unless your idea is Jack Black) but he works the crowd with a charisma rarely matched on the local scene. His vocal chops -- and ability to sell a lyric -- are also exceptional.

On Aug. 27, news arrived that Win Win Winter had finished its debut full-length, Viole. The disc "should be out in time for the holiday season on 24 Hour Service Station," reads the press release. Label owner Marshall Dickson, who was at the gig Friday, recently sent me an "unmixed or mastered" MP3 of the Viole track "Someone Like Me." Built around a simple, acoustic riff and kissed by Oliver's weeping lap steel, it's a gorgeous valentine that finds Tommy gently intoning:

"She'd be better off with someone fancy, to buy her favorite things and take her dancing / The steady 9 to 5 was just not likely, so how'd she fall in love with someone like me?"

To see pics from the show, visit Creative Loafing.

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