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Although it makes some sense to lump Grass Widow in with <a href="spotify:artist:0WkO9Px6qQCM7so8lYvaCv">the Vivians</a> and the <a href="spotify:artist:65ewrL6LvcNGMMRVlksNGS">Dum Dums</a>, the San Francisco-based trio is actually a slightly different animal. Formed in the late 2000s, the group is comprised of Hannah Lew, Raven Mahon, and Lillian Maring; the three utilize the same sort of egalitarian, D.I.Y. embrace of collective creative possibility embodied by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Rough+Trade%22">Rough Trade</a> heroes such as <a href="spotify:artist:4t7bXPFEPe0pu1ozhdDLOp">the Raincoats</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1hJWecjPWroTl28fARuPd9">Essential Logic</a>, and Kleenex/LiLiPUT. There's simply no denying the influence of the first wave of British D.I.Y. bands here -- whether it's deliberate or not -- yet while Grass Widow certainly work with the raw ore of a bygone era, the final product remains of their own time.
Like the aforementioned bands did with the more derivative, brutish aspects of England's Dreaming-era punk, Grass Widow subvert the laconic fuzzed-out punk wallop of their contemporaries by embracing a skittering, disarming approach to rhythm, one born equally out of innovation and necessity. The group's distinctive three-part vocal approach likewise creates an off-kilter moodiness that further complicates what are ultimately rudimentary post-punk tunes. The effect, when it works, can be quite impressive; when it doesn't, it still feels inspired. The band's debut, a self-titled full-length, appeared on the tiny <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Make+a+Mess%22">Make a Mess</a> label in 2009; it was followed shortly thereafter by an EP on the prodigious Brooklyn label <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Captured+Tracks%22">Captured Tracks</a>. After a move to the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Kill+Rock+Stars%22">Kill Rock Stars</a> label, the trio released their debut record, Past Time, in August of 2010. The more polished Internal Logic followed in 2012. ~ Nate Knaebel, Rovi
Like the aforementioned bands did with the more derivative, brutish aspects of England's Dreaming-era punk, Grass Widow subvert the laconic fuzzed-out punk wallop of their contemporaries by embracing a skittering, disarming approach to rhythm, one born equally out of innovation and necessity. The group's distinctive three-part vocal approach likewise creates an off-kilter moodiness that further complicates what are ultimately rudimentary post-punk tunes. The effect, when it works, can be quite impressive; when it doesn't, it still feels inspired. The band's debut, a self-titled full-length, appeared on the tiny <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Make+a+Mess%22">Make a Mess</a> label in 2009; it was followed shortly thereafter by an EP on the prodigious Brooklyn label <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Captured+Tracks%22">Captured Tracks</a>. After a move to the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Kill+Rock+Stars%22">Kill Rock Stars</a> label, the trio released their debut record, Past Time, in August of 2010. The more polished Internal Logic followed in 2012. ~ Nate Knaebel, Rovi
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