"It may seem silly to overstate the importance of a mostly unknown record by a mostly unknown band that came and went twenty years ago. This kind of thing happens all the time, right? An up-and-coming group, earnest and full of ambition, gets its shot at the big time and gives it everything it has, but the record fails to catch on and the band eventually breaks up and sinks into obscurity. It's one of rock and roll's most familiar stories. But in the case of Winter Hours, it seems silly to understate the importance of their one and only major label album, released by Chrysalis in 1989. This record may not have had a broad impact in the marketplace, but quietly, and privately, it changed people's lives. It also helped destroy one person's life: after the band broke up in the early '90s, lead singer Joseph Marques disappeared into drug addiction and died on the streets in 2003. This album should have been the start to an auspicious new chapter in their career, not a premature ending. It's like a story cut off in the middle, with the wrong ending tacked on."

-Karen Schoemer (excerpt from the liner notes)