{"product_id":"roses","title":"ROSES","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn album called \u003cem\u003eRoses\u003c\/em\u003e would be concerned with romantic gestures. Across the ten\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etracks that make up the seventh and newest \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWidowspeak\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e record, intimate spaces\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand stages of love are captured with a nostalgic, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003evaseline\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-coated lens. Candles burn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003einside red glass as lovers get close in a leather booth. Celebrity headshots gaze\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edown like angels in a restaurant. Elsewhere, carnations are pressed in a black book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand dancers pull each other close. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWidowspeak\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a band that riffs on big emotions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewithout being too self-serious. The sweetness, even silliness, of an extended limerent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ephase that becomes as all-consuming as a pulpy trade paperback. Cars and their drivers serve \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eas a way to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e talk about \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecodependency\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. If music can simultaneously be naturalistic and noir, saturated and lush, that is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWidowspeak\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey’r\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea band that knows\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehow to set a scene.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335559685\":-993}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335559685\":-993}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese songs use intimate moments to talk about deeper heartaches: the restlessness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003einherent in modern existence, waiting around for something to happen. Or, feeling at\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eodds with playing a role in your own life. \u003cem\u003eRoses\u003c\/em\u003e might be the most romantic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWidowspeak\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e record, but \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eit’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ealso the most deeply realist: the stage is set not with dramatic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eovertures but the backdrop of the minutiae and repetition of daily acts. Small observations before, during, and after work: the ritual of pouring water for customers,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecatching a cold on your day off. Daydreaming about winning the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elottery, or\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emaybe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erealizing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e you already won. Here, love is a way to talk about what drives us, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWidowspeak\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e suggest it can be the whole point. The light that illuminates the dark corners\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof a day, a life. A reason to keep going despite the pain it can cause.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335559685\":-993}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335559685\":-993}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWidowspeak\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e are one of the most prolific and hardworking bands going, bubbling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ejust under the surface. Molly Hamilton and Robert Earl Thomas are the core of the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egroup and its songwriters, and they have honed their sound across sixteen years and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ean impressively consistent \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecatalog\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. One of many bands to crop up in a fertile New\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYork City music scene, they started out shuffling gear between \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003evenues now-since\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshuttered and their practice space in Monster Island Basement. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWidowspeak\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is now a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emarried couple, working day jobs in their own off-season. 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