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 True Widow wraps up recording session

Posted by Loren on February 3, 2016

True Widow wraps up recording session
Jen Shu

Texas trio True Widow have finished recording their upcoming fourth full-length with Matt Pence.

The album is their first since Circumambulation (2013) and is planned for a release this summer on Relapse Records.

The band will be on tour this April.

 

True Widow Tour Dates:

March 19 Dallas, TX Spillover Fest
Apr 16 Austin, TX The Mohawk
Apr 17 Houston, TX The Satellite
Apr 19 New Orleans, LA Sisters in Christ Records
Apr 20 Atlanta, GA The Earl
Apr 21 Raleigh, NC Kings
Apr 22 Richmond, VA Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
Apr 23 Washington, DC DC9
Apr 24 Philadelphia, PA Boot & Saddle
Apr 26 Allston, MA Great Scott
Apr 27 Brooklyn, NY Saint Vitus
Apr 28 Pittsburgh, PA Smiling Moose
Apr 29 Columbus, OH Double Happiness
Apr 30 Chicago, IL Subterranean
May 1 St. Louis, MO Firebird

4/16-4/23 Slimy Member support
4/24-5/1 Drab Majesty support

True Widow wraps up recording session
Jen Shu

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