London’s The Widows have been lurking in the city’s darker corners since 2015, and they’ve never been interested in playing nice. This is a band that draws from The Stooges, Bowie, The Cramps, and Television. They create post-punk that actually feels dangerous, psych-rock that doesn’t drift into self-indulgence, and grooves that hit hard enough to remember the next morning. After losing their drummer to international flight schedules, the band has regrouped and come back swinging with their most ambitious release yet.
“When identity dissolves and direction disappears, all that’s left is the blues of the bardo.”
Their latest single, “Bardo Blues,” tackles the Tibetan concept of bardo, that weird liminal space between dying and being reborn. The track captures the disorientation of a soul stripped bare, floating without identity or direction. Kim’s vocals shift from seductive to ferocious. The Mary Celeste reference, that famous ghost ship found empty and adrift, drives home the feeling of being lost between worlds, with nowhere to anchor.
After years of playing sweaty shows at Camden Rocks and other London venues where the beer’s cheap and the crowds are honest, they’ve figured out how to bottle that energy without losing what makes them compelling in the first place. “Bardo Blues” proves The Widows are ready to step beyond the underground circuit into something bigger. Stream it loud, preferably after dark, and prepare to get pulled into their world.
Muse Chronicle 
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