Sour Widows

From Oakland, California, Sour Widows make American indie rock, and their catalogue reads as a deliberate climb. The band opened with a self-titled debut EP in 2020, then followed it with a second EP, Crossing Over, that extended the same run of releases. Their path is easy to trace through these records, each one a step toward the full-length statement that arrived later. Each record sits comfortably within the band's chosen style, and the sequence reads as one coherent story.

The story turns on April 2024, when the band announced their debut album, Revival of a Friend. It was released on June 28, 2024, and Paste named it a Best New Album, the clearest marker of their progress so far. The album stands as the group's first full-length, following the two EPs, and it is the release that most clearly shows where the band has got to.