Simple, droney guitar chords, bare-bones drums, and alluring siren vocals combine into a power trio called Widowspeak. This new Brooklyn based band sounds like Kim Deal doing lead vocals on some kind of twangy psych rock. If that’s not enticing enough, their slower numbers (see embedded song) sound like Deal doing a guest shot on The Velvet Underground. And – by the way – yes, we did have a crush on Kim when we were teenagers, didn’t you?
The band has a string of interesting shows coming up: they will be opening for Crystals Stilts and Beach Fossils at 285 Kent on 02.18 (tonight), play Mercury Lounge with Teenage Stride on February 20th, and Glasslands with Dirty Beaches, Yellow Fever on March 3rd. – Michele McManmon