Blog: Critical Acclaim

via LEO Weekly Old Wounds is only the second album from Louisville three-piece Young Widows, but this incredibly well-produced, well-written record makes them sound like they've been together for years. Young Widows are about as close to metal as you can get without being metal, but this album shows them wearing more hats than before. Rooted but not buried in late '90s hardcore bands like Refused and indie darlings like Hoover, Young Widows exhibit a wide range of influences on Old Wounds, drawing upon metal, punk and even a deviant kind of blues [...]