Widowspeak

Widowspeak are among the most prolific bands on the contemporary scene. Molly Hamilton and Robert Earl Thomas form the core of the group and are its songwriters. Over sixteen years, crafting impressively consistent work, they have refined their sound. In that time, much has changed - for them and for everyone.

As one of many bands born from the fertile New York music scene, they began hauling their equipment between now-closed clubs (Glasslands, Cake Shop, 285 Kent, Death By Audio, among others) and their rehearsal space in Monster Island Basement (now a Trader Joe's). The highs and lows of a long career mean chaotic tours across North America, guest appearances in São Paulo or Guadalajara, seven-week European tours. Interspersed with years of breaks, when they focus on slowly building their body of work. Widowspeak is now a married couple who work day jobs during the "off-season" - Robert is a carpenter, Molly a waitress.

On June 5, 2026, their seventh album "Roses" will be released. An album with this title engages with romantic gestures. Ten songs capture intimate spaces and phases of love through a nostalgic, vaseline-coated lens. Candles burn in red glasses while lovers draw closer on a leather bench. Portrait faces gaze down like angels in a restaurant. Elsewhere, carnations are pressed into a black book, dancers pull each other close. Widowspeak is a band that plays with big emotions without taking itself too seriously. The sweetness, even silliness, of an extended infatuation that becomes as all-consuming as a kitsch paperback novel. Cars and their drivers serve as a means to speak about mutual dependence. And old love...