Interview with LSU Legacy Magazine out now

Photo by Rebecca Ratliff/LSU Legacy Magazine

We're featured in the latest issue of LSU Legacy Magazine.

You can check out the entire interview online now here. You can also pick up a copy as it is on the campus newsstands now.

Special thanks to Sydney Blanchard and Rebecca Ratliff for this.

In other news, the studio album is completely tracked. More news is coming soon.

-Matt

From the depths of the studio

This is Aaron Thomas, the producer/engineer/madman/guy
who puts up with me. He calls this the Sasquatch pose. 

All right, all right, all right
—Matthew McConaughey

Well, the album is almost completely recorded. We've got the skeleton for 11 tracks down, and it's sounding great.

Now, we're going to overdubs and getting the final takes down.

We had Andrew Toups of Feufollet and numerous other great bands come in to lay down some keys on a few tracks.

Jonathan Loubiere threw down some bass, and Lee Barbier will provide some hot guitar solos in the coming weeks.

We'll have more updates for you coming soon, a video of the sessions and some live dates.
-Matt

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Studio update!

We are hard at work on our first, full-length studio album.

The disc is being produced by Aaron Thomas and worked on at KRVS Studios in Lafayette. Paul Kintzing will head the mixing and mastering of the disc later this year.

Thomas has impeccable credits, including working with Brass Bed, Allison Bohl, Caleb Elliott and many, many more.

So far, seven tracks have been put to tape. We have a few sessions left. And yes, as you see in the picture, the album will feature a few horns.

Among the musicians who have contributed and helped out are Jonathan Loubiere, Jacques Doucet, Christiaan Mader, Lee Barbier, Andrew Toups and Ross Lawrence.

The album will feature 10 songs, overall and will be released in 2014. More updates coming soon!

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Show announcement—8/23 with Joshua Polk, Kozmic Nod

The Widowers are performing live with our good friends Joshua Polk and Kozmic Nod Friday, August 23 at Chelsea's Cafe. Doors open at 9 p.m. Music starts around 10:30 p.m. 

The show is the first in a weekend slate of shows for the Exploding God Heads compilation, which is called River Hymns. 

The compilation features tunes from The Widowers, and we heard that Secret Annexe, Childrens Church, Joshua Polk, Kozmic Nod, and many others will be on it. It should be a great release. We'll have the link for you as soon as we have it. 

RSVP to the show here.

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-Matt 

Show alert! May 25 at Mud & Water with The Tomatoes, The Way High Men

We'll be playing with The Tomatoes and The Way High Men May 25 at Mud and Water.
Doors open round 8ish.
Show starts round 10ish.
Cover TBA.

Other news: 
The Widowers will release an upcoming full-length album, Mint Grizz, fall 2013. Stay tuned for more details.

Also this fall, The Widowers will have limited edition, physical runs of Friendly, Central Discount, All But Gone, and a compilation of singles and b-sides for purchase online and at shows.

Childrens Church will release a split with Joshua Polk. It is due tentatively Aug. 1, 2013. Childrens Church's songs include, "Stormsong," "Cut," "Port of Death," and "Dust." You can expect an album cover and more details soon.

German Error Message has released its fourth EP, The Lifting, and it is beautiful. Though the cassette is sold out, you should grab a digital copy via Bandcamp, iTunes, or check it out on Spotify.

"Saturday City Lights" featured on DIY Radio

One of the band's latest songs, "Saturday City Lights," was featured on The Folk Bloke's DIY Radio playlist.

The song was featured among other songs such as "Feverhead" by German Error Message, Philip Selway's  "By Some Miracle" and "Twenty-One Crows" by Lament for J. Peel.

Check out the full radio playlist here.

"Saturday City Lights" is available for free download along with "Roach Motel" at our bandcamp site.

New single out 11/1/11

We will release a new single next Tuesday, November 1.

"Roach Motel" and "Saturday City Lights" will be available via free download on our bandcamp website.

Here is the cover.

The songs were recorded at Northmaiden Studios and The Plantation. Both songs were produced by Matthew Sigur and are mastered by German Error Message's Paul Kintzing.

After this release, we will be heading down to NOLA to record a few tracks for a little somethin'-somethin'.

Until then, see you 11/1/11.