Last month we got the fantastic news that Widowspeak are returning with their first new album in four years. The indie folk-rock duo introduced Roses with the eminently enjoyable "If You Change," and they've followed it up another good one called "No Driver."
The guitars are going nuts on these new tracks. "No Driver" essentially kicks off with a guitar solo, and the six-string wizardry continues to pile up between Molly Hamilton's tender, soothing vocal takes. She writes that the song "is about knowing and loving people who seem to thrive being on autopilot, at least for a while." The statement continues:
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.”
Hamilton also has words about the Otium-directed "No Driver" music video:
The video riffs on "Jesus take the wheel"; that’s it, that’s the concept. 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.
Watch below.
Roses is out 6/5 on Captured Tracks. Pre-order it here.
