Widowspeak Confirms 1st Album In 4 Years ‘Roses’ & 2026 Tour Dates

New York City-based band Widowspeak detailed a new album, Roses, arriving on June 5 through Captured Tracks. The group led by Molly Hamilton and Robert Earl Thomas also shared the lead single, “If You Change,” along with 2026 Summer Tour dates around the new record.

Roses marks Widowspeak’s first studio album since 2022, following The Jacket. Hamilton and Thomas captured the new LP at the Old Carpet Factory studio on the Greek island of Hydra along with Widowspeak touring members Willy Muse, John Andrews and Noah Bond. The band then sent the album for mixing by Alex Farrar at Drop of Sun Studios and mastering by Greg Obis at Chicago Mastering.

Founded 16 years ago, Widowspeak’s Molly Hamilton and Robert Earl Thomas are now a married couple who, along with music, also work day jobs. Thomas is a carpenter while Hamilton is a waitress. Press materials described how the daily routines of life, including work, seeped into the new record:

Roses is populated not with dramatic overtures but with the backdrop of the minutiae and repetition of daily acts. Small observations before, during, and after work: the ritual of pouring water for customers, catching a cold on your day off. Daydreaming about winning the lottery, or maybe realizing you already won.

Lead single “If You Change” examines how human nature is often at odds with the universal law of entropy, where the molecules that make up everything naturally evolve from order to disorder.

Hamilton said she “thought about the fear of change, and when things (situations, objects) feel stuck in time because of a fear of ruining them. You always hear ‘mint condition’ as though it is as an asset, but it also means that thing hasn’t been used, lived with, loved. It never gets to fulfill its destiny.”

Watch the Otium-created music video for “If You Change” below inspired by one of Hamilton’s favorite books as a child, The Velveteen Rabbit:

Widowspeak are set to hit the road around Roses this summer. The tour begins on June 16 in the band’s hometown of New York City at the Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Among the North American stops are Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Nashville, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Denver. The trek ends at The District in Spokane, Washington on August 16.

Tickets go on sale this week. Click below for ticketing info.

Roses Tracklist:

1. The Hook
2. No Driver
3. Roses
4. If You Change
5. Wondering
6. Angel Number
7. Soft Cover
8. Heaven is Waiting
9. Actor
10. Hourglass