Sour Windows Debut “Witness”
Bay area trio Sour Widows are back with new single “Witness.” The track was produced by Maryam Qudus (Toro y Moi, SASAMI), that cycles the listener through various shades of grief.
“This is the first song we finished since I lost my mom in June 2021,” says Susanna Thomson of the song’s origins. “When we started playing together again last fall after being on hiatus for several months because of my mom’s illness, I was feeling easily overwhelmed by most things, and playing and writing were very difficult. Returning to this existing instrumental we had written together before everything in my life changed felt comforting and supportive. Monumental loss creates a very clear divide between those in your life who can understand the depth of that kind of pain and those who can’t. ‘Witness’ speaks to that experience.”
Sour Widows was formed in 2017 by Maia Sinaiko, Susanna Thomson and Max Edelman. All three had been close since meeting in various phases of childhood, and when they found themselves living in the same area, making music together came naturally. Maia and Susanna initially performed as a guitar/vocal duo, with Max joining on as drummer in 2018 to add a rhythmic element that completed the band, grounding the songs and opening them to a new range of possibilities. With a musical connection that was an extension of their longtime friendship, the band began fine-tuning a sound that swung from gently glowing harmonizing to energetic bursts of feedback-laced catharsis.
Sour Widows discovered a new intensity by turning inward. The record dialed back some of the volume that drove their self-titled 2020 debut to make space for themes of self-reflection and painful change that cut through with sharpened clarity. The luminous vocal harmonies, complex guitar interplay, and understated drumming that have been at the core of the band’s sound remained foundational; but these four songs reached deeper, all the more stirring in their subtlety.
Sour Windows 2022 Tour Dates:
07/29 – Oakland, CA @ Eli’s Mile High Club ^
08/05 – Los Angeles, CA @ Silver Lake Lounge ~
9/8 – Burlington, VT @ Radio Bean
9/10 – Providence, RI @ Holiday Inn
09/13 – Boston, MA @ O’Briens *
09/14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Trans-Pecos *
09/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Ukie Club *
09/17 – Richmond, VA @ Gallery5 *
09/18 – Baltimore, MD @ Joe Squared *
^ w/ Olivia Kaplan & Diners
~ w/ Olivia Kaplan & Fime
* w/ Living Hour
Purchase “Witness” by Sour Windows HERE
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