DECAYED: Ten Years of Cities, Wounds, Lightness, and Pain

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Cosmographer Young Widows have the X factor, a je ne sais quoi. The sound is brooding and sinister, evoking bleakness and alienation with ease. At the same time, the songwriting is super tight and thoughtful - compositionally this band is miles ahead of most other noise rock/alternative rock outfits. If you liked Deftones' Gore and would like to listen to it done right, check out this compilation. Amazing group. Favorite track: Swamped And Agitated (Original Version).

A.T.L Don't usually care much for B-side albums, with a couple of rare exceptions (Deftones, Colour Revolt). This album is one of those exceptions. Young Widows haven't had a single weak record, so hearing new songs from throughout their discography is great. Favorite track: In My Living Room.

figlin some great stuff here Favorite track: The Money.

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1.	The Money 04:30	buy track
2.	In My Living Room 03:44	buy track
3.	Checked In/Out 03:40	buy track
4.	Uptight And Tangled 03:10	buy track
5.	Prey For The Beast 03:24	buy track
6.	The Backroom 02:36	buy track
7.	Rolling As A Forgiver 04:04	buy track
8.	Rose Window 04:32	buy track
9.	Easy Acting 03:25	buy track
10.	Mid-Western 04:09	buy track
11.	Long Live The New Weight 01:53	buy track
12.	King Of The Back-Burners 03:01	buy track
13.	Swamped And Agitated (Original Version) 05:01	buy track
14.	Future Plans 03:51	buy track
15.	Baritone #3 02:20	buy track

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Since their inception in 2006, Young Widows have released four studio albums – each pushing their restless drive
towards the incomparable a little further. Those albums – Settle Down City (2006), Old Wounds (2008), In and Out of Youth and Lightness (2011), and Easy Pain (2014) – were as bruising as they were brilliant, as menacing as they were mysterious.

DECAYED: Ten Years of Cities, Wounds, Lightness, and Pain perfectly charts Young Widows' evolution from inspired post-hardcore trio to peerless entity crafting profound combinations of post-punk, noise rock, heavy psych, and gothic folk. The fifteen tracks in this collection originally appeared on stand-alone singles, b-side, splits with like- minded artists (including Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Pelican, Melt-Banana, and MY DISCO), and rare compilations. Four of them have never been released until now.

Of the many impressive aspects of Young Widows' decade-plus run as a band, perhaps most remarkable is the quality and breadth of music they made that didn't appear on their albums. Every song here is a standout track from the evolving eras of the band, and as with all things Young Widows, DECAYED pays respect to the past while planting roots for the future.

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