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A Winged Victory for the Sullen

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A Winged Victory For The Sullen is a collaboration between Stars of the Lid member Adam Wiltzie and Dustin O'Halloran. A Winged Victory for the Sullen began with a friendship. Composers Dustin O'Halloran and Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie met backstage in 2007, introduced by a mutual friend Francesco Donadello — who, as fate would have it, went on to become their longtime collaborative sound engineer. Four years after their introduction, their eponymous debut emerged in all its splendor: a grand, elegiac composition, featuring seven different harmonic landscapes, redolent of the large acoustic spaces in which it was recorded, including Berlin’s Grunewald Church and GDR radio studios along the river Spree. The duo became known for a unique combination of Adam’s ambient guitar drone and Dustin’s sparse piano with their self-titled debut album in 2011. During the summer of 2013 they recorded over sixty minutes of music while working on the score for a new oeuvre by the Royal Ballet choreographer Wayne McGregor. While recording they were inspired by McGregor to expand their sound into more electronic territory. The result became their second full length album, Atomos, a unique record that stays true to their signature chamber sound while adding flurries of electronics, harp and modular synthesizers, released on Erased Tapes in 2014. They’ve since played some of the world’s most celebrated venues, including a sold out Boiler Room performance at London’s Barbican, and a 2015 BBC Proms s

top songs

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Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears

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The Haunted Victorian Pencil

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We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced, for the Earth Had Circled the Sun Yet Another Year

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4

All Farewells Are Sudden

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Minuet for a Cheap Piano Number Two

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A Symphony Pathetique

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Requiem for the Static King, Pt. 1

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The Rhythm of a Dividing Pair

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Adios, Florida (Snippet)

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Atomos VII

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albums

A Winged Victory for the Sullen

A Winged Victory for the Sullen

The Undivided Five

The Undivided Five

Atomos

Atomos

Invisible Cities

Invisible Cities

AWVFTS 0:5 (The Undivided Five Story)

AWVFTS 0:5 (The Undivided Five Story)

Erased Tapes Collection IV

Erased Tapes Collection IV

Atomos VII

Atomos VII

Iris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Bonus Track Version]

Iris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Bonus Track Version]

Ti Prego, Memory Man

Ti Prego, Memory Man

The Rhythm Of A Dividing Pair

The Rhythm Of A Dividing Pair

All Our Friends Are Vampires

All Our Friends Are Vampires

Iris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Iris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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