{"id":61801,"date":"2017-09-07T11:45:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T16:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=61801"},"modified":"2017-09-07T11:45:36","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T16:45:36","slug":"widowspeak-expect-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2017\/09\/07\/widowspeak-expect-the-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Widowspeak: Expect the Best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignright wp-image-61802\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/widowspeak-album-art_opt.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/widowspeak-album-art_opt.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/widowspeak-album-art_opt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/widowspeak-album-art_opt-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>It is hard not to have high hopes for an album when the first thing you see is a purple lava lamp underneath the title, <em>Expect the Best<\/em>. Luckily Widowspeak, an indie rock band from Brooklyn, did not disappoint. While a bit more haunting than their previous releases, you can still expect Hamilton\u2019s misty vocals on their fourth full length release.<\/p>\n<p>The band is composed of Molly Hamilton with vocals and rhythm guitar, Robert Earl Thomas playing lead guitar, Willy Muse with bass, and James Jano on drums. The band is currently signed with Captured Tracks along with Mac Demarco, Wild Nothing, and DIIV to name a few. Hamilton pushed herself out of her comfort zone lyrically with this album and the result is raw and beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton told NPR. \u201cSometimes, I get caught up in \u2018the grass is always greener\u2019 mentalities, or cling to an idea that \u2018I\u2019d be happy if\u2026\u2019 and then make a drastic change. Then, inevitably, I feel restless a few months later and it starts again.\u201d This concept of trying to act more optimistic than is realistically possible shows there is more to the title, Expect the Best, then ego about the music itself.<\/p>\n<p>On \u201cGood Sport\u201d, Hamilton shows the urge to \u201cjust walk away\u201d and \u201cWhen I Tried\u2019 reveals her struggle to stay motivated. She taps into personal detachment and comes to the conclusion that emotional clarity is not a simple concept. This album gives us a brief yet intimate look into her clouded thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>This late-summer release is just in time for Widowspeak\u2019s 2017 tour beginning on September 8th in Boston and ending just over a month later with one final show in their hometown.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: Beach House, Youth Lagoon, Wye Oak<br \/>\nRecommended Tracks: 1 (The Dream), 3 (Dog), 6 (Let Me)<br \/>\nDo Not Play: None<br \/>\nWritten by Miranda Roberts on 09\/07\/2017 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is hard not to have high hopes for an album when the first thing you see is a purple lava lamp underneath the title, Expect the Best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4332,"featured_media":61802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3235,181],"tags":[7639,7260,300],"class_list":["post-61801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-music-reviews","category-rock-rotation","tag-expect-the-best","tag-miranda-roberts","tag-widowspeak"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/widowspeak-album-art_opt.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}