Samuel Winder

About the Artist

Samuel Winder crafts songs that saunter delicately between cosy and arresting. With piercingly sincere lyrics at the helm, the Newcastle local tumbled onto the scene in 2023 with his gentle folk EP ‘Fragments’. After a string of sold out shows, Winder followed up with the crunchy folk-rock single ‘Steady Hand’, a beautifully tangled ride that speaks to shouldering too much for your own good. Winder has quickly garnered avid listeners at home and abroad, with his rich, raw vocals deftly treading the crossroads of folk, indie-rock and country. After a year spent writing, refining and recording, Samuel returned in 2025 with the delicate, gritty single ‘Dog’, with the accompanying video landing a placement on ABC’s Rage. Winder then followed it up with ‘Parking Fines’, a folk/dance/pop hybrid, and ‘Dustbowl Disco’, a folk-country fusion. Now, after a near ten month break from music which saw him relocate from the east coast of Australia to London, Samuel is releasing a brand new single, ‘Slippin’. A musing on aging, privilege, and perfectionism, the racing folk-rock number pits pensive lyricism against a relentless, driving kit and whimsical, blistering string lines. With an unannounced, full length project biding its time in the wings, Winder continues to carry an unyielding commitment to penning music as searingly candid as it is soothing, catchy and cathartic. Whatever comes next, there’s a simmering feeling here that he is on the cusp of something truly special.