Widemouth have released the lead single and title track, “No Gasoline“, from their forthcoming debut album which is due out on May 29th via Urban Scandal Records.
This introspective folk rock of vocalists, and guitarists Makena lei Carnahan (she/her) and Jamie Eder (he/him), alongside drummer Lily Mitchell (they/them) and bassist Pat Pilch (he/him). For the recording and writing of “No Gasoline” the group was joined by now former bassists Levi Saltzman.
The album’s 13 songs are steeped in family, memory, love, loss, and warmth. Its cover art is a photo of Carnahan’s great grandmother Norma Trumbly, who was Osage and lived on a reservation, with her horse and pet raccoon. And the project is dedicated to one of her closest loved ones, Moon Blauner, whom she lost to cancer during the making of No Gasoline. “There’s a lot of anger and fear in these songs…a lot of heartbreak, grief, and stories from childhood; the patient exploration of old pain that’s a cornerstone of sobriety. But at the core of it all is friendship,” the band explains. “Not just writing about friendship, although there is a lot of that. But more so that the album itself is an act of friendship, empathy, and community. We write these songs together, so all of the pain we’re expressing is shared.”
You can catch Widemouth at the Hideout on April 3rd with Little Giver and Oyeme.
Photo by Bella Peterson