Even in his youth, the 23-year-old musician has gained momentum recording four studio albums with Geese, including the critically acclaimed Getting Killed, which received a cult following last year that has never stopped growing. One year after his debut solo album Heavy Metal, Cameron Winter played for a crowd of nearly 4,000, and with Live at Carnegie Hall, he now reaches fans beyond the walls of the iconic venue. It’s an understated entrancement of a live album that preserves a side of Cameron Winter that remains pure.

Recorded on an 8-track tape machine, Live at Carnegie Hall begins with the claps and hollers welcoming and reacting to Winter. In some rare moments, he vocalizes faintly into the microphone, conveying an imperfect quality. It gets wispy, evoking the warmth of being directly in the same room.

Introducing new songs that reflect his usual style, Winter opens with “It All Fell in the River,” then follows with songs featured in Heavy Metal, sporadically mixing in the other unreleased tracks, namely “Emperor XIII in Shades” and “If You Turn Back Now,” along with “Take It With You” and “Vines.” He continues his signature of a distinctive low register, contemporary musical aptitude, and impressionistic lyricality. Where tracks like “Love Takes Miles,” “Drinking Age,” and “$0” were already unique on their own, Winter avoids overly embellishing them, choosing instead to let his immediate artistic choices speak for themselves.

Premiered recently at the 64th annual New York Film Festival, the concert film Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall by Academy Award-winning director Paul Thomas Anderson reached the public eye, shot through the lens of 35mm and 16mm film.

With “If You Turn Back Now,” we get a devastatingly complex nod to “$0,” where Winter once swore he wasn’t kidding that “God is real,” now getting a sequel in “the devil is real / and he’s living in heaven.” Live at Carnegie Hall inevitably calls back to the great artists who have graced that stage before him, though the pensiveness of the recording is equally impactful, capturing Cameron Winter staying true to his nature.

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