Widowspeak – ‘The Jacket’ Out Now!
Today Widowspeak share their breathtaking sixth studio album, The Jacket. Sonically, The Jacket finds the band at their usual and best: the album breathes deeply, balancing moments of open lushness with a straightforward, Velvets-y approach. Dynamics shift seamlessly between gentle, drifting ballads and twangy jams, built up from layered guitars, dusty percussion, and ambling bass lines. Elsewhere: whimsical flutes, choral textures, and basement organs. Thomas’s guitar playing is as lyrical and emotive as it’s ever been, and Hamilton’s voice: comfortable and effortless.
Listen to ‘The Jacket: https://widowspeak.ffm.to/thejacket.vlb
To us, ‘The Jacket’ feels like the most natural expression of all the ideas and sounds and influences we’ve been exploring since we started, and how we work together. The songs just felt right, and came really easily to us after finishing “Plum”. Maybe the “concept” was abandoned but it provided a framework to think about our origins, and consider what it is that makes us keep doing this, or where we might go. One big theme of this album is that people, and their motivations, are complex: there’s no one side of the story, no singular way to be, and it’s hard to fully know someone. In a band, you’re intertwined with others and necessarily trusting in that shared experience, but that perspective is also sort of a foil for examining other relationships and connections, jobs and endeavors, and thinking about what it means to have dreams for the future in any context.
In addition to the album release, the band has shared a short documentary, called “The Band is Called Widowspeak,” shot on film, directed by Michael Stasiak, about the making of the record, their influences, and rediscovering the heart of New York.
WIDOWSPEAK 2022 TOUR DATES
4.7.22 – New York, NY – Baby’s All Right
4.8.22 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
4.9.22 – Washington, DC – Jammin’ Java
4.10.22 – Richmond, VA – Richmond Music Hall
4.13.22 – Miami, FL – The Fillmore *
4.14.22 – Orlando, FL – House of Blues *
4.15.22 – Athens, GA – Hendershots
4.16.22 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle *
4.17.22 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle *
4.19.22 – New Orleans, LA – d.b.a
4.20.22 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
4.21.22 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
4.22.22 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
4.23.22 – Ft Worth, TX – Tulips
4.25.22 – Albuquerque, NM – InsideOut
4.26.22 – Tucson, AZ – Groundworks
4.27.22 – Palm Springs, CA – Alibi
4.28.22 – Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon
4.29.22 – Santa Ana, CA – La Santa
4.30.22 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
5.2.22 – Sacramento, CA – The Starlet Room
5.3.22 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Atrium at The Catalyst
5.4.22 – Oakland, CA – Starline Social Club
5.6.22 – Portland, OR – Polaris Hall
5.7.22 – Seattle, WA – Belltown Bloom Festival
5.8.22 – Boise, ID – Neurolux
5.9.22 – Salt Lake City, UT – Hangar House
5.10.22 – Denver, CO – Globe Hall
5.12.22 – Des Monies, IA – xBk
5.14.22 – Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen
5.15.22 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern
* w/ Clairo