Widowspeak in Ojai

“Roses” is Widowspeak at its best, drawing on forever influences. There’s dream and power pop, a littleStones, maybe some Petty, open and languid ballads with the twang of a Lynchian roadhouse band...Perhaps you hear REM, Yo La Tengo or Cat Power. A little Neil Young in Hamilton’s references toworking at the diner. The magic of the band is, still and always, the interplay between Molly and Robert intheir two leading roles: her languid, textured voice and his visceral guitar playing. And as producer,Robert captures the ephemeral magic of a band finding a song in the studio: something that still bears