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True Widow

As High As the Highest Heavens And From The Center To The Circumference Of The Earth

Second album from Dallas-based slow-core trio

ADM rating[?]

7.3

Label
Kemado
UK Release date
02/05/2011
US Release date
29/03/2011
  1. 10.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    There are a few moments on this album where they get it so right musically, you'll probably find yourself air-punching in simple appreciation. There's no shame in that
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  2. 9.0 |   BBC

    The Texan trio have crafted a nine-track opus which is as exquisite of elegant detail as it is exemplary of skull-rumbling riff
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  3. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    True Widow has a traditional rock band makeup and uses traditional rock sounds, but it does something different in its minimalist aesthetic
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  4. 8.0 |   Rave Magazine

    A Texas-sized halo of drone
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  5. 8.0 |   Prefix

    Jam-packed with hooks and an overall sound that should appease to fans of both the lightly melodic and relentlessly heavy
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  6. 7.4 |   Pitchfork

    The lyrics are wrung out with the same shaved-down discipline as the music, where nothing ever topples over into over-wrought emoting
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  7. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    From the opening bars of spaced kick to snare it’s obvious this is not a record that will rush to the finish, and that’s exactly where the beauty lies.
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  8. 7.0 |   A.V. Club

    These crypt dwelling Texans bring a Mogodon induced Best Coast vibe to the meloncholy hardened wastelands of judgement day rock
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  9. 6.0 |   Slant Magazine

    If it's "stonegaze" you're craving, who else are you going to get it from?
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  10. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    The material's resolutely sombre pace and swirling roominess is somewhat representative of the approach of darkness on a desert drive
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  11. 6.0 |   The Digital Fix

    A respectable release from a band that has still to find a real identity
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