Widowspeak Share New Single & Video: “No Driver”
They’ve also announced new UK & EU tour dates for this winter.
NYC duo Widowspeak recently announced their anticipated new album Roses, due out June 5th. Today, they’ve shared their second single, “No Driver.”
Vocalist Molly Hamilton shared:
“[No Driver] is about knowing and loving people who seem to thrive being on autopilot, at least for a while. It’s written from the perspective of trying to be supportive, and knowing it can be kind of magic when you’re in it, but also just waiting patiently for whenever they’re ready to move on from destructive behavior,”
“I also kind of wrote it to my younger self. I’m 1000% on the other side of my wilder years (quit drinking almost seven years ago and now have a baby) but I definitely felt aimless for a long time. I care now, and caring about things and people and having a reason… is the whole point.”
Watch: “No Driver” Music Video
Along with the single, Widowspeak have shared their second new music video for the album.
“The video riffs on ‘Jesus take the wheel’; that’s it, that’s the concept,” shares Hamilton.
“We have our friend Gary Canino from Dark Tea playing a Driver who’s kind of feeling the weight of the world, and Jesus (Johnathan Chriest) takes over as he goes about his night, dropping off the Mysterious Business Lady (Moira Spahić) and then picking up a couple other passengers. Kind of a ragtag group of people, Jesus driving them home.
WIDOWSPEAK ‘ROSES’
Across ‘Roses’ intimate spaces and stages of love are captured with a nostalgic, vaseline-coated lens. If music can simultaneously be naturalistic and noir, saturated and lush, that is Widowspeak. This is a band that knows how to set a scene.
Roses is populated not with dramatic overtures but with the backdrop of the minutiae and repetition of daily acts. Small observations before, during, and after work: the ritual of pouring water for customers, catching a cold on your day off. Daydreaming about winning the lottery, or maybe realizing you already won.
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US HEADLINE TOUR THIS SUMMER +
NEWLY ANNOUNCED UK/EU TOUR THIS WINTER
The band recently announced a run of US tour dates this Summer, kicking off in their
hometown of New York and crossing the country, concluding on the West Coast. Tickets are on sale now.
Today, they’ve announced a run of UK & EU dates kicking off in November. Tickets are on sale Friday!
Tour Dates
06/16 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
06/18 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
06/19 – Washington DC – DC9
06/20 – Mount Solon, VA – Red Wing Roots Festival
06/22 – Raleigh, NC – Pour House
06/23 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl
06/24 – Nashville, TN – Third Man Blue Room
06/26 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th St. Entry
06/27 – Milwaukee, WI – The Argo
06/28 – Chicago, IL – Schubas
06/30 – Ferndale, MI – Magic Bag
07/01 – Toronto, ON – Sound Garage
07/02 – Montreal, QC – L’Esco
07/03 – Boston, MA – Arts at the Armory
07/30 – Seattle, WA – Barboza
07/31-08/02 – Happy Valley, OR – Pickathon (Festival)
08/04 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
08/07 – Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room
08/08 – Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room
08/09 – Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar
08/11 – Santa Fe, NM – Tumbleroot Brewery
08/12 – Denver, CO – Hi-Dive
08/14 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge (Psych Lake City Festival)
08/15 – Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club
08/16 – Spokane, WA – The District
New EU & UK Tour Dates
Nov 12th – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Nov 13th – Dublin, IE @ Workmans Club
Nov 15th – Glasgow, UK @ The Rum Shack
Nov 16th – Manchester, UK @ YES (Pink Room)
Nov 17th – London, UK @ Scala
Nov 18th – Lille, FR @ La Bulle
Nov 19th – Paris, FR @ LePopUp!
Nov 22nd – Milan, IT @ Arci Bellezza
Nov 23rd – Zurich, CH @ Bogen F
Nov 24th – Munich, DE @ Milla
Nov 25th – Salzburg, AT @ Rockhouse
Nov 27th – Prague, CZ @ Café V Lese
Nov 29th – Warsaw, PL @ Chmury
Dec 1st – Berlin, DE @ Frannz Club
Dec 2nd – Hamburg, DE @ Hebebuhne
Dec 3rd – Malmö, SE @ Plan B
Dec 4th – Gothenburg, SE @ Pustervik
Dec 5th – Stockholm, SE @ Hus 7
Dec 6th – Oslo, NO @ John Dee
Dec 7th – Copenhagen, DK @ Rust
Dec 9th – Utrecht, NL @ DB’s
Dec 10th – Kortrijk, BE @ Wilde Westen
Dec 11th – Hasselt, BE @ AFF
Dec 13th – Tilburg, NL @ Hall of Fame