Dallas trio release new video
Dallas trio TRUE WIDOW, who released their fourth album Avvolgere in late September, have premiered a new music video for “F.W.T.S: L.T.M” via Flood Magazine.
The band commented about the video,
“Once again we’ve joined forces with our good friend Mats Eks. This is the fourth video he’s done for us and in our opinion it’s easily his most ambitious. Shot in Dallas and Terlingua, Texas, Big Bend National Park, Mexico, Sweden and Norway, the images Mats used make the song feel more epic than we could have imagined. We’re honored to have someone like him in our corner when it comes to creating visuals for the sounds. He’s an artist, gentleman, and doggedly determined.”
The band recorded Avvolgere (streaming now at www.truewidow.bandcamp.com), which Brooklyn Vegan recently described as having “the somber vocals and atmosphere of shoegaze but the weight and darkness of doom,” with Matt Pence, who also recorded their 2013 release, Circumambulation. Metal Hammer called the 10-track album “downbeat delirium” while Cvlt Nation said Avvolgere “ feels like an album of deconstruction, as True Widow are aiming to use the standard rock form, without being too flashy, and suggest to the listener a different perspective. Instead of the upbeat, vigorous and dynamic rock sound which is able to fill you with energy, True Widow’s approach aims for feelings of gloom and melancholy.”
The band’s recent Mats Ek-directed video for “Theurgist” can also be seen here: https://youtu.be/mJsdrKkIvXg.
TRUE WIDOW’s fourth album Avvolgere is out now on CD/2xLP/DLX 2xLP/Digital via Relapse Records. Digital and physical orders are available at this location, and the album can be streamed in full at Bandcamp here.
The new LP perfects the formula that 2013’s Circumambulation established:Avvolgere rocks and rolls with serene, rounded climaxes and steep, jangling choruses that engulf the listener with waves of downbeat, saccharine melodies and mesmerizing distortion. TRUE WIDOW‘s signature alternation between male and female vocals helps further blur the boundaries between the heft of stoner rock, the droning atmosphere of shoegaze, and the twangy catchiness of blues and indie rock.
The band will also be kicking off their first round of North American tour dates in support of the ten-song album tonight in Phoenix:
TRUE WIDOW Live:
Oct 17 Portland, OR Holocene
Oct 18 Seattle, WA Highline
Oct 19 Boise, ID Neurolux
Oct 20 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
Oct 22 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
Oct 23 Kansas City, KS Riot Room
Oct 24 Norman, OK The Opolis
Nov 3 New Orleans, LA Zeitgeist
Nov 4 Birmingham, AL Syndicate Lounge
Nov 5 Orlando, FL Will’s Pub
Nov 7 Atlanta, GA The Earl
Nov 8 Charlotte, NC The Station
Nov 9 Nashville, TN The End
Nov 11 Richmond, VA Strange Matter
Nov 12 Baltimore, MD Metro Gallery
Nov 13 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s
Nov 14 Boston, MA Great Scott
Nov 15 New York, NY Market Hotel
Nov 17 Pittsburgh, PA Cattivo
Nov 18 Cleveland, OH Malhall’s
Nov 19 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
Nov 20 Detroit, MI El Club
Nov 21 Louisville, KY Zanzabar
Lowlands open Oct. 13 to Oct. 24
Mary Lattimore opens Nov. 3 to Nov. 21
