WIDOWSPEAK
release new album
‘Plum’
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Praise for WIDOWSPEAK
2SER Feature Album
“Widowspeak fuses lightness and darkness like few others.” – NPR
“Romances, lives, cities, worlds — Widowspeak’s songs contemplate their erosion with a dazed acceptance and music that keeps opening up new spaces.” – New York Times
“Every Widowspeak record is exceptionally intimate.” – AV Club
“Widowspeak take bits and pieces of rock, folk, and country history to make a pop Americana sound that feels antique.” – Pitchfork
“Optimistic-feeling swirl of twangy, textured guitars and dreamy-as-hell vocals” – The FADER
“Rich and atmospheric…speaking to the restlessness of human existence” – KEXP
“Widowspeak take the best parts of folk and shoegaze and twist them together” – Stereogum
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Widowspeak have released their fifth studio, Plum, via Captured Tracks / Remote Control. A lyric from the album’s title track says, “The stone that’s buried: what the fruit is for.” This line serves as an apt analogy for the record itself: the self-aware sweetness that the band employs to deliver the seed of a harder, sharper idea. Singer Molly Hamilton coats wry observations in a voice as honeyed as the sun-ripened fruit, and Widowspeak have always made a bitter pill much easier to swallow. From its opening strum there’s a palpable warmth and familiarity to Plum even as it hints at darker truths below the surface, questions about inherent worth. What value and meaning do we assign ourselves, our time, and how do we spend it?
Widowspeak also recently discussed their process, the origins of “Plum”, and the band’s history for Longview, a short-form documentary series considering artists of various disciplines. Link here to watch.
Purchase / Stream Plum: HERE
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Widowspeak – Plum is out now
via Captured Tracks / Remote Control
Widowspeak
Plum
1. Plum
2. The Good Ones
3. Money
4. Breadwinner
5. Even True Love
6. Amy
7. Sure Thing
8. Jeanie
9. Y2K
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