20th anniversary show celebrating the band's debut album, played in its entirety.Formed in the foggy timeline around the fall of the Twin Towers, the death of Elliott Smith, the peak influence of Pitchfork and the dawn of the iPod, the members of Winterpills met and began making music in the old-fashioned winter of 2003 in the heady Northampton, MA music scene. At first 4 friends – later 5 – who all knew each other’s songs and talents and had all recently suffered a common adult loss of some kind or another (a dead parent, some breakups, a custody battle, etc), they gleefully stumbled upon their sound: Flora Reed and Philip Price’s harmonies and “heartrending” songwriting (so says No Depression), Dennis Crommett’s tender shoegaze guitar, Dave Hower’s risky drumming, Max Germer's spare basslines. "Winterpills gradually builds elegant arrangements... While the gathered instruments offer some solace, the songs stay haunted,“ wrote Jon Pareles in the New York Times.The cinematically-weird pop songs came effortlessly and partly channelled the freshly mourned Smith but also caught a bit of the dust of Low, The Innocence Mission, Big Star,&nbsp; Joni Mitchell, maybe a little Radiohead, but something else all their own. “I don’t know why Winterpills aren’t one of the most cherished pop bands in the world,” wrote Jonathan Lethem in Rolling Stone: “Their songs are mournful, slow-exploding and lyrically dazzling, and their albums have a coherence that’s rare.”Released in the fall of 2005, the band's eponymous debut,&nbsp;captured the sound of a band that had discovered a rare alignment of musicianship. AllMusic wrote, "Not unlike Low or Stars, Northampton, MA-based coed indie rockers Winterpills go down easy on this ten-song debut. From the outset, the warm allure of "A Benediction" counts front man Philip Price as an Elliott Smith devotee, but the group sounds best when Price gets vocal accompaniment from Flora Reed, who gives the percolating, acoustic pop of "Laughing" and the breathy, stripped-down "Cranky" harmonic life. The hard-working "Threshing Machine" and the muted glimmer of "Want the Want" personify the band's depth, leaving this eponymous offering a prescription for indie fans looking to fill a void."Over the past 20 years, the band has released 7 albums and numerous singles and EPs, has spent weeks both on the road and in the woodshed, and seems unwilling to relent. Emerging from the forced hiatus of the pandemic has given them a new perspective on their art. The restless Price released 3 solo albums during the unhappy break, but the full band is back with a trove of new music for the familiar alchemy to begin again. There will be a new album in 2025, in time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their first album, the eponymous “Winterpills”."An ice-filigreeing-the-bare-trees sound, cold and achingly beautiful -- is what sets this group apart... downright glorious when the harmonies start, as crisp and shining as crystal." - The Washington PostWhether fronting Fancy Trash, The Reejers, Opal Canyon, or releasing music under his own name, Dave Houghton has moved through several generations to craft his own version of an uncompromising rock &amp; roll journey through a folk DIY lens and work ethic.Dave Houghton has got a lifetime of experience behind him, from opening for Neil Young, Dave Mathews and The Smashing Pumpkins before he was 24. Dave Houghton is a singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist that has made over a dozen records since the early 1990’s. Houghton’s journey brought him across the United States and has performed at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, Red Rocks to Terminal 5 in New York City and 38 other states.Dave Houghton started his journey from Colorado in 1989-1996 in his first band, The Reejers. The band relocated to Chicago and toured constantly in the Mid 90’s. Dave moved to New York City to play solo at the turn of the century in the West Village working production, harmonica and playing places like Banjo Jim’s to the Mercury Lounge .While in New York, Houghton got a deal with MCY Publishing that helped with the craft of song-writing and relocate up to New England.&nbsp; Since 2002-2020, Dave has been performing&nbsp; solo or with Fancy Trash residing in Northampton and playing throughout New England.&nbsp; Dave Houghton has relocated to Cape Cape playing solo and with Opal Canyon in Massachusetts. Dave has worked and produced with phenomenal engineers such as Justin Pizzoferratto (Dinosaur Jr., Pixies, Sonic Youth) Jon Evans (Tori Amos, Paula Cole) and Martin Stebbing (Wico). Although Dave Houghton is very prolific and has made many records, he is best known as a live performer over the decades.&nbsp;&nbsp;“With its semi-countrified, punk-influenced music that recalls Neil Young, Clem Snide, the Flaming Lips, and an assortment of ’90s alternative rock bands ... .Its songs turn on delicate guitar picking and furious strumming.” Boston Globe- Sean Glennon“Acoustic rock with a punk aesthetic has certainly been done, but it retains an ironic charm, especially when tackled with the sloppy idealism of a band like Fancy Trash.” — Nashville Scene