Widowspeak will release their Swamps EP October 29th on Captured Tracks, and today we have another preview of the work with their new single “Calico“. On the cut, Molly Hamilton and Robert Earl Thomas wind spooky and crepuscular guitar lines around each other creating a haunted air for Hamilton’s dusky vocals. While the track begins with only a sparse drum beat to mark each unfolding measure, by the song’s end elegant restrained drumming accentuates the whole affair with brushed beats and silver cymbal splashes. Lyrically, Hamilton seems to use “calico” as a memory totem to conjure up a time when “the house was a good one”, and while she casts an almost irresistible spell of nostalgia, the music never quite gives in! The band will kick off their US tour today, so check the tour dates below.
Widowspeak US Tour 2013:
10/01 Oxford, MS Lamar Lounge
10/02 New Orleans, LA Gasa Gasa
10/04 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Festival
10/05 Austin, TX Stubbs BBQ
10/08 McAllen, TX Simon Sez
10/11 Austin TX Austin City Limits Festival
10/12 Marfa, TX El Cosmico
10/13 Albuquerque, NM Low Spirits**
10/14 Phoenix, AZ The Rhythm Room**
10/15 San Diego, CA The Void**
10/16 Los Angeles, CA The Echo**
10/18 San Francisco, CA The Chapel**
10/19 Davis, CA Sophias Thai Kitchen**
10/21 Eugene, OR Cozmic Pizza**
10/22 Vancouver, BC Media Club**
10/23 Seattle, WA Chop Suey**
10/24 Portland, OR Bunk Bar**
10/25 Boise, ID Neurolux**
10/26 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge**
10/27 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge**
10/28 Omaha, NE Slowdown Jr**
10/30 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry**
10/31 Chicago, IL Schubas**
11/01 Ferndale, MI The Loving Touch**
11/02 Toronto, ON Silver Dollar Room**
11/03 Montreal, QC Il Motore**
11/04 Winooski, VT The Monkey House**
11/05 Cambridge, MA TT the Bears Place**
11/06 New Haven, CT BAR Nightclub**
11/08 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom**
* supporting Iron & Wine
** with Pure Bathing Culture
