NYC duo Widowspeak have officially announced their seventh studio album, Roses, arriving June 5th via Captured Tracks. The news comes alongside the release of lead single “If You Change,” a track that perfectly encapsulates the band’s signature “Lynchian roadhouse” aesthetic with its breezy guitar work and timeless, melodic twang. For a band that emerged from the storied Brooklyn DIY scene of the mid-2000s, shuffling gear through now-shuttered legends like Death By Audio and Glasslands, this new record represents a grounded, domestic evolution.
Of the single, Molly Hamilton states that she,
“thought about the fear of change, and when things (situations, objects) feel stuck in time because of a fear of ruining them. You always hear “mint condition” as though it is as an asset, but it also means that thing hasn’t been used, lived with, loved. It never gets to fulfill its destiny.”
Recorded last January at the Old Carpet Factory on the quiet Greek island of Hydra, the album was captured during the island’s desolate winter months with longtime touring members Willy Muse, John Andrews, and Noah Bond. Now a married couple balancing their music with day jobs, Hamilton as a waitress and Robert Earl Thomas as a carpenter, the duo has traded dramatic overtures for the quiet beauty of daily repetition. Roses is an album populated by small, working-class observations: the ritual of pouring water for customers or the bittersweet reality of catching a cold on a rare day off. To support the release, Widowspeak will embark on a North American summer tour, with tickets set to go on-sale this Friday.
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