Over a decade into their career, and Widowspeak are still churning out the hits. As they ready their latest album, Roses, the band is proposing the question, "what if their best work is still ahead of them?" This appeared to perhaps be the case when they shared "If You Change," back in March, and now with the release of "No Driver," the duo of Molly Hamilton and Robert Earl Thomas have doubled down on that theory. Still weaving in supreme elements of dream-pop and blissed-out country twang, the haziness of Hamilton's vocals remain very much at the core of the band's sound. However where those gauzy, sepia-toned guitar riffs kicked up dusty dreams in their early days, the band now rips into solid solos that channel up the ragged, rusty glory of prime-era Neil Young or Yo La Tengo's more righteous moments. Widowspeak have always been a band that sounded wise and well aware of their talents, but on "No Driver," they rock with a newfound confidence that bolsters their sound and primes them for a new era. Years in and they're making some of the biggest, most profound music of their career. It's been quite the journey to watch them get here and this feels like a payoff of epic rewards.
Roses is out June 5.
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