{"product_id":"roses-2","title":"Roses","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003eAn album called \u003cem\u003eRoses\u003c\/em\u003e would be concerned with romantic gestures. Across the ten\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003etracks that make up the seventh and newest \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SpellingErrorHighlight SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003eWidowspeak\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e record, intimate spaces\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003eand stages of love are captured with a nostalgic, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003evaseline\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e-coated lens. Candles burn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003einside red glass as lovers get close in a leather booth. Celebrity headshots gaze\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003edown like angels in a restaurant. Elsewhere, carnations are pressed in a black book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003eand dancers pull each other close. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003eWidowspeak\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e is a band that riffs on big emotions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003ewithout being too self-serious. The sweetness, even silliness, of an extended limerent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003ephase that becomes as all-consuming as a pulpy trade paperback. Cars and their drivers serve \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003eas a way to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e talk about \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003ecodependency\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e. If music can simultaneously be naturalistic and noir, saturated and lush, that is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003eWidowspeak\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003eThey’r\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003ea band that knows\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003ehow to set a scene.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW159438604 BCX4\" data-ccp-props='{\"335559685\":-993}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW159438604 BCX4\" data-ccp-props='{\"335559685\":-993}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-GB\" class=\"TextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003eThese songs use intimate moments to talk about deeper heartaches: the restlessness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003einherent in modern existence, waiting around for something to happen. Or, feeling at\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003eodds with playing a role in your own life. \u003cem\u003eRoses\u003c\/em\u003e might be the most romantic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003eWidowspeak\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e record, but \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003eit’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003ealso the most deeply realist: the stage is set not with dramatic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003eovertures but the backdrop of the minutiae and repetition of daily acts. Small observations before, during, and after work: the ritual of pouring water for customers,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003ecatching a cold on your day off. Daydreaming about winning the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003elottery, or\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003emaybe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003erealizing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e you already won. 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Molly Hamilton and Robert Earl Thomas are the core of the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003egroup and its songwriters, and they have honed their sound across sixteen years and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003ean impressively consistent \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003ecatalog\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW159438604 BCX4\"\u003e. 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