OK, so you'll hear them on our podcast that goes up later this week, and may well be forgiven for thinking that we work for them. The truth is, this band make me rather excited about music, in particular rock music. I hate that the industry works in cycles; sometimes I really don't want 5,000 similar sounding bands shoved down my throat all in one month. Why can't good bands exist, and their time be now because they are amazing? This brings us nicely to True Widow, who sound like a complete different entity to a lot of the new music that has graced my ears in the last 12 months.
True Widow released their sophomore album, As High As The Highest Heavens And From The Center To The Circumference Of The Earth, in March this year, and my enthusiasm for this album has remained. Every great band would appear to share certain qualities that enables them to survive the space time continuum, when otherwise hours upon months of MP3 is confined to the annals for yet another year. True Widow share these basic qualities, and focus on the most important, beautiful melody. The vocal, bass and guitar each produce melodies that accompany each other much like a string quartet. Neither can exist without the other, yet each melody stands out without ever muddying the other. A tiny part of this may be down to production, which no doubt helps, as rumbling gritty bass lines sit comfortably with crystalline vocals, whilst the hypnotic yet never-too-loudly-distorted guitar provides the finishing chords and harmonious nuances that elevate the music and showcase the vocals. This is demonstrated rather well on the below track "Skull Eyes". I have purposely veered away from comparing them to anyone, because as implied, it’s the melodies that I've taken away from their music, rather than any sort of aesthetic they may conjure up. AF
True Widow - Skull Eyes by Pachinko Records
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