“Brooklyn duo Widowspeak certainly seem to be trading in the understated smoke-folk they crafted on their self-titled debut for something a bit bigger and shinier, as we've heard on new album cuts "The Dark Age" and "Ballad of the Golden Hour". They're also hinting at theatricality on the new record: "Thick as Thieves" pivots around a noirish, almost kitschy accordian line that sounds like it was r”