BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:424@chicagogoth.com SUMMARY:A Winged Victory for the Sullen DTSTAMP:20260521T204823Z DTSTART:20260924T003000Z DESCRIPTION:A Winged Victory for the Sullen are an ambient music project by composers and\nfrequent collaborators Adam Wiltzie and Dustin O’Halloran. The duo met in Italy\nmany years ago and initially only intended to trele ase a single record as A\nWinged Victory for the Sullen\, but the project has continued to live on and the\npair have recorded a total of four full length albums\, an EP and a soundtrack\nsince forming in 2011.\n\nIn 2013\ , A Winged Victory for the Sullen were commissioned by famed\nchoreographe r Wayne McGregor to compose the score for his critically acclaimed\ndance piece Atomos. This music would form the basis for their second album\,\nAt omos (2014\, Erased Tapes). Another high note came in 2015\, when Mary Ann e\nHobbs invited A Winged Victory for the Sullen to perform at the BBC Pro ms. In\n2019\, the two were commissioned to write the score for Leo Warner ’s Invisible\nCities\, a large site-specific stage production\, which prem iered at the\nManchester International Festival in July 2019. Also in 2019 \, they partnered\nwith Ninja Tune to release their critically acclaimed a lbum The Undivided Five\,\nwhich NPR named as their album of the week\, wi th one writer calling it: “One of\nthe most beautiful records I’ve heard t his year’’.\n\nIn 2021\, they released their album Invisible Cities – an a daptation of their\noriginal soundtrack for the theatre production of the same name. The album\nadaptation broke into the top 15 of the UK album cha rts in its first week of\nrelease\, and was endorsed by tastemakers such a s Pop Matters\, NPR\, Clash and\nPitchfork.\n\nAfter touring the EU and UK in early 2020 with an immersive show\, the Covid-19\npandemic forced them to cancel the North American leg. Now in 2026 they will\nfinally bring th e show to North America\, performing there for the first time in\n10 years . URL:https://chicagogoth.com/event/a-winged-victory-for-the-sullen LOCATION:The Vic Theatre - 3145 N Sheffield Ave\, Chicago\, IL 60657 STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:goth-adjacent,live-music X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

A Winged Victory for the Sullen are an ambi ent music project by composers and frequent collaborators Adam Wiltzie and Dustin O’Halloran. The duo met in Italy many years ago and initially only intended to trelease a single record as A Winged Victory for the Sullen, but the project has continued to live on and the pair have recorded a tota l of four full length albums, an EP and a soundtrack since forming in 2011 .

In 2013, A Winged Victory for the Sullen were commissioned by fam ed choreographer Wayne McGregor to compose the score for his critically ac claimed dance piece Atomos. This music would form the basis for their seco nd album, Atomos (2014, Erased Tapes). Another high note came in 2015, whe n Mary Anne Hobbs invited A Winged Victory for the Sullen to perform at th e BBC Proms. In 2019, the two were commissioned to write the score for Leo Warner’s Invisible Cities, a large site-specific stage production, which premiered at the Manchester International Festival in July 2019. Also in 2 019, they partnered with Ninja Tune to release their critically acclaimed album The Undivided Five, which NPR named as their album of the week, with one writer calling it: “One of the most beautiful records I’ve heard this year’’.

In 2021, they released their album Invisible Cities – an a daptation of their original soundtrack for the theatre production of the s ame name. The album adaptation broke into the top 15 of the UK album chart s in its first week of release, and was endorsed by tastemakers such as Po p Matters, NPR, Clash and Pitchfork.

After touring the EU and UK in early 2020 with an immersive show, the Covid-19 pandemic forced them to c ancel the North American leg. Now in 2026 they will finally bring the show to North America, performing there for the first time in 10 years.

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