Widowspeak is gearing up for the release of their sixth studio album, The Jacket, which will be released on March 11th via Captured Tracks. They previously shared lead single “Everything is Simple” and have since followed-up up with the title track, “The Jacket.”
The track captures the essence and familiar spirit of Widowspeak, a hearty blend of warm folk-rock with a dreamy presence about it, that feels fully free from the confines of time and space. “The Jacket” is a slow burn that builds up towards a conclusion that awards your patience.
About the song the band adds:
“The Jacket” is about things we choose, dress up in and adopt as symbols of who we are. Things that become objects loaded with meaning until we eventually lose or discard them, grow out of them. It’s a literal jacket in the song, and in the context of the storyline represents all the cliches (imagined and real) of being in a band, rock and roll, youth, projecting “cool” (or thinking you do), and believing in the power of symbols and costume to help find and define your true self. Eventually you move on from the moment, and the sorts of places and experiences and relationships tied to that time, when the jacket was your favorite thing in the world and felt like a part of you. It’s hard to let go. But you notice you aren’t that person anymore. The jacket, and everything it represented, was left behind somewhere along the way.
Enjoy the music video, which is directed by OTIUM, which you can find now below.
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