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Widows & Orphans
12+ albums
emocorepost-hardcorerockexperimental
about
Widows & Orphans (formally known as The Kirby) was an experimental post-hardcore band from Austin/Round Rock, Texas, United States. How many bands have you seen in your lifetime that have made a lasting impression on you, one that you hold up to all others as the benchmark for how a band should play? Melding technical precision with an intense live performance, Widows & Orphans does this nightly. Fans all across the country have been coming to this conclusion after witnessing this bands unique blend of math pop that has the fire of hardcore and the sincerity of indie rock. Their sound evolved into a complex form of guitars intertwining and harmonizing with sporadic bass lines and calculated drums that framed frantic vocal melodies. Widows & Orphans cites their wide range of influences to include The Mars Volta, Dillinger Escape Plan, Twothirtyeight, Cursive, mewithoutYou and At The Drive-In. Formed in Austin, Texas in 2002, Widows & Orphans has steadily honed their musical style and proved themselves over and over again to a constantly growing fan base that is craving originality. Dedicated to their art, they have toured multiple times during their three year existence and recorded five times. Widows & Orphans expands their sound each time they record, as with The Lonely Year (2002), Three Steps To Failure (2003), The Serial Killings Of 1885 (2004), Such As Cancer Is This Life (2004) and the Split with Blueprint Car Crash (Listed as The Kirby) (2005). In 2007 Widows & Orph
top songs
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We Are All Exiles
1222Everything Is Gold
1013This Operation Will Remove Your Liar's Lungs
884Jenny's Got Some Backbone
785All Hail The Phantom Armada
676I Kiss My Sweetheart With My Fist
567These Steps Will Be Our Silent Waltz Dancing With The Ghost Of Marie Antoinette
378The Locusts Have No King
369The Locust Have No King
3410These Steps Will Be Our Silent Waltz
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