Widower, by Warm Widow

Widower

by Warm Widow

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Dean Thom back of the class

greggy_online I found this album on Bandcamp when it came out, but didn't have the money to buy it. I bookmarked it and occasionally came back to listen to it. It's so good that years later, I finally bought it. Favorite track: Widower.

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Jewel case with 6 page booklet featuring the album lyrics and original artwork by UK artist Rachel Goodyear.

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	1.	Lost Dog 04:02
	2.	Widower 04:43
	3.	Dogs in the Surgery 04:20

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Full Tracklist:

1. Cracker
2. Lost Dog
3. Ficht Heit
4. Widower
5. A Million Butterfly Skulls
6. In a Blackout
7. Dogs in the Surgery
8. Scruff of His Neck
9. Back of the Class

“the caustic post-punk fury of Wire and the Fall, intersected with the hard-nosed abrasiveness of such college radio staples as the Jesus Lizard and Drive Like Jehu. It’s a unique hybrid of heavy, excellently mastered by Shellac’s Bob Weston.”
PopMatters

“Widower has taken me by storm, and it will do the same to you if you’ve got a weak spot for (or a history in) fiercely emotional independent rock.”
Foxy Digitalis

“one of the most grimiest, exhilarating records of the year.”
Pigeon Post

“It’s kind of amazing and that the glue holding all of it together never came apart. And for a record of its style it comes off as incredibly loose, leading to the the spontaneity and nuanced noise that really seals the deal on it never overshadowing the albums many many great melodies.”
Built on a Weak Spot

“the strangulated epic guitars of 'Lost Dog' and the potent alt. rock hooks of 'A Million Butterfly Skulls' find Warm Widow expanding far beyond the sounds of Salford past - it's probably not too much of a stretch to suggest the band stray into territory occupied by the likes of No Age during their most melodic moments. Ace.”
Boomkat product review

“The future’s always grey in Manchester, but with Warm Widow on the horizon there’s at least hope of the clouds lifting.”
{sic] magazine

“Feckin' hell this album is great. A raw energetic tuneful blast of melodic noise from the mean streets of Manchester”
Norman Records Product Review

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released October 4, 2010

All songs by Warm Widow and distinguished alumni: Greenwood Hane Hall Steinberg. Words by Martin Greenwood. Drawings by Rachel Goodyear.

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Warm Widow Manchester, UK

Drive, repetition and intensity from Manchester's most fraught. Two albums made since 2010 containing some of the finest sadness you'll hear - a third, wiser and angrier one is in the making.

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23/01/16 @ The Eagle, Salford. With Ill, Bobby Peru. ... more

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