Widowspeak: “In every little lick, you can hear the millions of things you’ve heard before. At a certain point, you develop your own way of doing that”

Widowspeak's Molly Hamilton and Robert Earl Thomas perform live
(Image credit: Toby Tenebaum)

On Widowspeak’s sixth album, The Jacket, the New York-based duo have both gone back to basics as a guitar band and somehow made their most original and complete record yet. 

The Jacket is a concept record that doesn’t worry too much about sticking to the concept. Mostly, it documents the life of a garment-maker in the Southwest who joins an art-rock band and charts the interacting, sometimes opposing, forces found at the interception of the real and creative worlds. But sometimes it doesn’t. 

Thank you for reading 5 articles this month**

Join now for unlimited access

US pricing $3.99 per month or $39.00 per year

UK pricing £2.99 per month or £29.00 per year 

Europe pricing €3.49 per month or €34.00 per year

*Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription

Join now for unlimited access

Prices from £2.99/$3.99/€3.49

Matt Parker

Matt is a staff writer for GuitarWorld.com. Before that he spent 10 years as a freelance music journalist, interviewing artists for the likes of Total Guitar, Guitarist, Guitar World, MusicRadar, NME.com, DJ Mag and Electronic Sound. In 2020, he launched CreativeMoney.co.uk, which aims to share the ideas that make creative lifestyles more sustainable. He plays guitar, but should not be allowed near your delay pedals.