Widows & Orphans
Widows & Orphans
Genres: emocore, post-hardcore, rock, experimental
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About Widows & Orphans
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 & Orphans put out their album Everything Is Gold. Having secured their place in the local Austin music scene, Widows & Orphans has also taken on the rest of the United States, Playing an endless array of shows from coast to coast. Touring endlessly with acts such as Horse The Band, Showbread, Please Mr. Gravedigger, Society's Finest, Thumbscrew and playing alongside Daughters, The Blood Brothers, Recover, Knockout Kings, Vendetta Red and many more, Widows & Orphans has relentlessly ingrained their name throughout the nation. The band was on Dollhouse Records. The band disbanded in 2008. From their Myspace: Widows & Orphans has disbanded. So here's the story, after our last tour we decided to go on a long hiatus just to get our heads together and make some money. After a while that hiatus became a real break and we decided to move on to new things. Sorry to everyone who was looking forward to another record. Everyone will be working on other projects or school in the coming years so you may hear from us again. Currently Scrubs and Scott are working on a project called THE BIRTH. I'm (Micheal) working on a project called MT.HOPE. Both new projects have Myspaces so feel free to check them out they're two very different styles and much different from widows. There are no hard feelings between members at all, i think everyone was just burnt out. We put in 4 good years and wanted to try new things. A lot of us hadn't had the chance to go to school yet and wanted to get that out of the way. Thank you to everyone who has helped us and came to see us or ever gave us a place to stay. We'll miss you guys. We love you too. This time of our lives will always be important to us. -Micheal Foulk widows&orphans. Members: Michael Foulk - Vocals Scott Dunbar - Guitar Colin Hobbs - Guitar Boi Miller - Keyboard Anthony Kroeker - Bass Eric Flores - Drums myspace.com/widowsandorphans widows-and-orphans.com
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