Can't play an instrument. Can't sing. Can't write.

So the natural thing to do is to record songs on the ukulele. Then cry.

Winter Severity Index is a cold wave/synth wave project headed by Simona Ferrucci, singer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist ( voice,guitar, bass guitar, synths and drum machine programming). 
The project was born in 2009 as a traditional female band with drums, bass, synths and guitar. After the decision of two members of the band to leave, WSI continued as a duo with Simona on guitars and with Valentina Fanigliulo , a.k.a. Mushy, on synths. Then in 2013 she started the collaboration with Alessandra Romeo on synths until July 2024, when WSI became a solo project.

The music of Winter Severity Index is marked out by an original mixture of different influences, from synth wave of the Eighties to the guitar shoegaze sound of the Nineties, plus some hint of trip hop and vaporwave. During the years the sound evolved and enriched their features, preserving however a  melancholic dark mood.

From 2011 the project played in more than one hundred venues all over Europe, taking part in important festivals such as the Wave Gothic Treffen in Leipzig, the Substance Festival in Los Angeles, and performed in important locations for contemporary art, such as MAXXI Museum in Rome and Studio Hrdinů in Prague, in the Národní Galerie. 
WSI shared the stage with great artists of the international cold wave scene from The Chameleons UK, to Lene Lovich, from Tropic of Cancer to Lebanon Hanover and so on, receiving agreements from the international press and web magazines. The project participated also to important radio transmission for RAI in Italy and Radio 3 in Spain.

The third album by Winter Severity Index , called DISGELO, has benn released by Manic Depression/Icy Cold and Blood Rock Records in February 2022.


Discography (partial): 

2010 - Winter Severity Index , EP, self produced, CDr, distributed by AF Music.
2013 - Survival rate, EP, Blood Rock Records, vinyl.
2014 -  Slanting Ray, LP, Blood Rock Records + Manic Depression Records, double vinyl and CD.
2016 - Human Taxonomy, LP, Manic Depression Records, vinyl and CD.
2017 - Katabasis, LP compilation, Manic Depression Records, CD.
2018 - Slanting ray, second press, LP, Blood Rock Records + Manic Depression Records, double  vinyl and CD.
2022-DISGELO,Manic Depression Records, Icy Cold Records, Blood Rock Records, vinyl and CD. 

“another powerful and galvanic release from Calling All Astronauts, and the sign that the band are ready to  step out of the underground scene and stir up the biggest attention” Ringmaster Review
 
2016 has been another fantastic year for West London Electro Punks Calling All Astronauts.
It has seen the release of their widely acclaimed second album “Anti-Social Network” Their single Empire hit #2 in the Official European Indie Chart, they’ve had two #1s in the Hype Machine Twitter Chart, they headlined the Bandstand Stage on the final night of Beautiful Days Festival. They have seen their Twitter following swell to over 500,000.
They round off the year with their ninth single, “Life As We Know It” released via Supersonic Media on Dec 23rd in which we see a more mellow, electronic side to these usually noisy rockers. The single is backed by three remixes and would you believe a “shuffle” video. 

“We are not a band to release the same single over and over, yes they all sound like us, but we are very eclectic in our influences and I hope our music reflects this” David CAA

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