WIDOWSPEAK’S NEW ALBUM ‘ROSES’ IS OUT NOW 🌹
Widowspeak have shared their highly anticipated, dreamy new studio album.
Catch the band on their headline U.S. tour starting this month + UK/EU tour this winter.
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.
“The combination of Molly Hamilton’s mystically cooed melodies and Robert Earl Thomas’ subtly virtuosic riffs has been hitting…early singles “If You Change” and “No Driver” affirmed their status as one of the best in their field.
– STEREOGUM
The band announced Roses with lead single “If You Change,” a song that captures everything that’s made the long-running group a staying force, from its breezy guitars to the impossibly rich chorus, there’s a timeless quality imbued with the twang of a Lynchian roadhouse band. The single was praised by Stereogum, Consequence, Brooklyn Vegan, Rolling Stone, Under the Radar + more.
Recently they shared “No Driver,” a lush and widescreen pop gem complete with a blistering guitar lead that feels like an instant classic. Final single “Soft Cover” is achingly gorgeous, featuring one of the album’s most sweeping hooks, buoyed by a driving rhythm section and vocalist Molly Hamilton’s saccharine voice.
US HEADLINE TOUR THIS SUMMER +
NEWLY ANNOUNCED UK/EU TOUR THIS WINTER
The band have 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.
They also more recently announce their UK/EU tour dates for this winter.
Tickets are on sale now!
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