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Smashville

2011-12-08T11:21:00.000-05:00

Young Widows is opening for The Sword this coming Monday 12/12 in Nashville, TN at 12th and Porter.

Russian Widows

2011-11-28T12:13:00.003-05:00

Once again, Russian Circles have been so kind to invite Young Widows to join them for the celebration of their album release in Chicago at the lovely Lincoln Hall.

12/02 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
12/03 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall

WHERE THE ROAD SHAKES US

2011-04-29T12:12:00.000-04:00

YOUNG WIDOWS

NORTH AMERICAN PERFORMANCES

w/ SPECIAL GUEST: MY DISCO

EAST

April 29 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
April 30 - Gainesville, FL - The Atlantic
May 1 - Tampa, FL - The Orpheum
May 2 - Orlando, FL - Will's Pub
May 3 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
May 4 - Charlotte, NC - The Milestone
May 5 - Richmond, VA - Strange Matter
May 6 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny brenda's
May 7 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool
May 8 - Boston, MA - Great Scott
May 9 - Burlington, VT - The Monkey Bar
May 10 - Montreal, QC - Casa Del Popolo
May 11 - Ottawa, ON - Mavericks
May 12 - Toronto, ON - The Garrison
May 13 - Detroit, MI - Small's
May 14 - Chicago - Beat Kitchen
May 15 - Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club
May 16 - Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock
May 17 - Madison, WI - The Project Lodge

WEST

June 2 - Kansas City, MO - Riot Room
June 3 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theater
June 4 - Salt Lake City, UT - Burt's Tiki Lounge
June 5 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
June 7 - Seattle, WA - Comet Tavern
June 8 - Portland, OR - Rotture
June 10 - San Francisco, CA - Thee Parkside
June 11 - Los Angeles, CA - The Satellite
June 12 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
June 13 - Phoenix, AZ - Rhythm Room
June 15 - Austin, TX - Red 7
June 16 - Oklahoma City, OK - The Conservatory

Future Heart Video

2011-04-14T16:07:00.001-04:00

Check out the Future Heart video here: http://vimeo.com/22248209

In and Out of Youth and Lightness, is... out!

2011-04-12T15:50:00.001-04:00

The new album is finally available. A limited edition colored vinyl version of the 2xLP is available with purchase of The Rose shirt design at Shirtkiller. Visit:
http://www.shirtkiller.com/LiteCommerce/cart.php?target=product&sns_mode=featured_product&product_id=16775&category_id=293

Tour is just around the corner.

Songs for the birds and album release celebration

2011-03-15T10:37:00.002-04:00

The limited edition 7" single featuring the face-melting standout "Future Heart," as well as an exclusive, non-album b-side, "Rose Window"is out now. This is a darker, moodier and more inspired Young Widows. Limited to 1,000 copies and housed in 1 of 3 different screenprinted cover variants, this morsel of what's to come will be gone before you're finishing reading this.

The hometown album release celebration of In and Out of Youth and Lightness is Thursday April 28, 2011 at Headliners Music Hall. Special guest My Disco (Australia/new album on Temporary Residence) and Sapat (Louisville, KY rockerstra) will be opening. The first 300 advance tickets purchased at Ear X-tacy and Wild and Woolly receive a limited 2 song CD version of the Future Heart single.

Advance tickets are also available here:

https://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=1444435

Young Widows are In and Out of Youth and Lightness on April 12th 2011

2011-01-28T14:57:00.007-05:00

Oh, how they've come a long way. Formed in 2006, Young Widows originally drew favorable comparisons to the 90s heyday of cacophonous noise-rock. Five years and three albums later, In and Out of Youth and Lightness finds the band digging much deeper and further back for inspiration. With their sprawling post-punk blasts shining cracks of lights through pitch black neo-noir fever dreams, Young Widows have clearly become a more sinister and thought-provoking beast.

Youth and Lightness was produced by the band and Kevin Ratterman (My Morning Jacket) at The Funeral Home in their hometown of Louisville, KY. The musical palette remains fundamentally the same – singer-guitarist Evan Patterson's cavernous, warped blues riffs weighted by Nick Thieneman's earth-shaking bass and drummer Jeremy McMonigle's sturdy, shifting rhythms – but the augmented instrumentation and choral vocals lifts them to incredible new heights. With lyrical themes of emotional despair and domestic dissolution leading to inevitable catharsis, Youth and Lightness finds Patterson rising from his personal hell with a level of wisdom and maturity that most aggressive bands will never know.

WIth a depth and ambition well beyond their years, Young Widows have stepped out of the shadows of their influences to become one of America's more interesting and spirited underground rock bands. In and Out of Youth and Lightness is an unquestionable breakthrough for the band and an inspiring force in the canon of heavy music.

The seven inch single Future Heart will be released March 8th. This release is a limited edition pressing of 1000 with three different screen printed covers printed by, singer-guitarist, Evan Patterson. Pre-order now at www.temporaryresidence.com.

North American tour dates coming soon.