Butch Walker& the Black Widows Offer Refined Rock & Roll In The Spade

Just because it’s the end of summer, don’t roll the windows up yet. Butch Walker & The Black Widows offer breezy rock and roll with a new album that promises to squeeze out some more fun before summer is all said and done!

Stream the full album at Spinner

In ten adrenaline-pumping tracks, Butch Walker & The Black Widows perform some of Walker’s best work. Spade showcases his peerless lyrical talent alongside hook-heavy chords that become that kind of songs you play over and over again until the neighbors start to complain.

While the album’s first single, “Summer of ’89,” tackles the nostalgia that comes with growing old, other tracks are less heady, and more straightforward rock and roll. “Synthesizers” has tremendous spirit that speaks to the realness Walker offers the technology laced music game: “(“I don’t have a synthesizer / I can still get down like Duran Duran in 1985″).

A switch to a bit of country-western flair in “Closest Thing to You” brings the project some layer and depth, while still creating a signature sound for Walker. While “Dublin Crow” makes a “folk-sy” departure from a bit of the norm.

No matter the song, no matter the musical genre, Spade is a continuously fun release that never gets boring… So listen with a sense of open-minded adventure and comfort because that is surely what Butch Walker & The Black Widows offer.
C.C. Mitchell

Butch Walker & The Black Widows‘ Spade is released on Dangerbird Records

Check out Tour Dates!
10/6 – Athens, GA @ 40 Watt
10/7 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
10/8 – Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
10/12 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fineline
10/13 – Chicago, IL @ Double Door
10/14 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Bag
10/15 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
10/16 – Columbus, OH @ The Basement
10/18 – Buffalo, NY @ Tralf Music Hall
10/19 – Toronto, ON @ Mod Club
10/20 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Club AE
10/21 – Asbury Park, NJ @ The Stone Pony
10/22 – Boston, MA @ Royal
10/24 – New York, NY @ Gramercy Theater
10/25 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
10/27 – Baltimore, MD @ Ramshead Live
10/28 – Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre
10/31 – Orlando, FL @ The Social
11/2 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ The Culture Room