LIVING HOUR / SOUR WIDOWS

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Sour Widows:

Bay Area trio Sour Widows already drew as equally on sharpness as they did tenderness, but the deliberately spare atmosphere of their new Crossing Over EP enhances both. Recorded remotely by the band while plans for getting into a studio were put on indefinite hold, these four songs dial back some of the volume that drove their self-titled 2020 debut, making space for themes of self-reflection and painful change that cut through with sharpened clarity.

Living Hour:

Living hour is Sam Sarty, Gilad Carroll, Adam Soloway, and Brett Ticzon. Someday is Today, the group's third full-legth effort, fetures contributions from three producers: Melina Duterte, Jonathan Schenke, and Samur Khouja.

The bands sound grows to warm and earthy new perimeters on Someday Is Today with lush and generous instrumentation. The album thrives by keeping enough connection across its sonic and thematic palettes to feel like one cohesive world.