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BIO:
Up from the warm, almost oppressively humid Texas air
rises a din. The sound is created by only three people.
For now, we’ll just call them D.H., Nikki and Slim. The
music that they are creating might be the aural equivalent
of walking down a farm-to-market road on a foggy morning
just before day breaks.
The clamor began in November 2007 when these three humans
came together to form True Widow. As is to be expected,
they set about committing this alchemy to tape and from
this arose their self-titled debut in November 2008.
True Widow was recorded by the more-than-capable hands
of Matt Pence at his Echo Lab studio. But then came time
to spread the good word. So they headed out West and then
out East, bringing their simultaneously breathless and
heavy live set with them.
Of course, they don’t expect you to just take their word
on all of this. Fader Magazine said: “True Widow,
who grabbed those lackadaisical grunge breakdowns we
didn’t even realize we missed, and drew them out in an
epic swell of apathy and stoned whateverness". And back to
that live show. Crawdaddy said of the band’s 2009
set at the Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco: “a mix of
shoegaze and post rock with beautifully mellow vocals and
menacing undertones, displaying a knack for delivering the
rock goods while keeping the pace slow and steady with
dynamics loud then soft—pretty downer music that manages
to go interesting places even when it’s drenched in
monotonous sludge. No gimmicks, just awesome music."”
So now they look out over the horizon. The demos for their
forthcoming follow-up show an outfit that have, according
to the band, “found ourselves within the band and are in
great places with each other, musically and personally.” A
full roster of shows across the country proves that True
Widow are building up a head of steam and that word is
spreading quickly about this most unique of acts. They are
at times heavier than francium, and at other times
whisper-soft, like a hazy lullaby from a distant future.
Penned by: Amanda Mann
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