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"Waning/Waxing comes on like a late-summer reverie, elusive and transient, filled with gorgeous sonic swells and hypnotic flourishes. What's remarkable is the way the sprawling, doleful tunes remain hummable throughout."

-ALISON ROSEN, TIME OUT NEW YORK

"The Winter Pageant is pretty, captivating and earnest something like Elliott Smith fronting Blonde Redhead"

-KEN SWITZER, VILLAGE VOICE

"The Winter Pageant are as grandly symphonic and atmospheric as Sigur Ros, yet with '70s rock sensibility and style.."

-NEW YORK PRESS

"The Winter Pageant is an intriguing new band whose spacey, gauzy rock trades on moody hooks and floaty vocals."

-THE ONION

"...Standing Live before this ethereal band is like being covered with a gauzy white blanket of noise. They are ghostly and their visuals evoke something shadowy, lurking. Colorless like ice, their music floats dreamily downward: lush, epic, fragile."

-THE L MAGAZINE

"Waning/Waxing is a strong debut from the indie group. The LP's seven songs reveal their keen musicianship and knack for making their somewhat odd instrument choices relevant to a rock audience."

-DOROTHY ROBINSON,
METRO NY

"The Winter Pageant is passionate about breaking rules. Lush instrumentation and expansive sonic arrangements... ethereal."

-MARISA BRICKMAN,
'SUP MAGAZINE (ISSUE 13)

"...Full of stellar tracks...urgent rhythms and a winter breeze of a falsetto...searing guitar climax."

-OPUSZINE.COM

“New Brooklyn band the Winter Pageant crystallizes swirly, dream pop influences similar to the Autumns, Eaves, or Stills - only with more of a visceral edge.“

-Michael Chamy, Austin Chronicle: (SXSW picks)

"The Winter Pageant has gained a good buzz among the NYC music scene. Their chamber-esq., shoegaze sound will make your head swim and entices you to search for more. ”Waxing Incomplete“ is a beautifully performed number that verges on the cusp of sadness while Byron's vocals provide some sweet icying on top. They combine elements of New Order ("Low Life") that shoegaze favs of bands like Slowdive and Estacy of St. Theresea will love."

- CRASHININ.COM

"Think The Occasion meets Broken Social Scene meets Come Down meets Swords Project at a Kansas show in 1978 - yeah, that good. And what a goddamn fabulous perfect name. As a stickler for such things as band names, book titles, and nicknames "The Winter Pageant" paints a precise aesthetic picture of what their sound and style is all about - like Robert Frost and Galadriel walking through the season's first snowfall."

-JENYK.COM