New Young Widows Video - "Old Skin" (Stereogum Premiere)

Young Widows' dramatically-lit J.J. Johnstone-directed video for "Old Skin" turns a fairly straightforward performance of the track into subtly ominous theater. The song's from the Louisville trio's second album Old Wounds. The repetition of "old''s -- countering the "young" in the band's name -- makes sense. Young Widows aren't necessarily reinventing the wheel, but for folks who enjoy the muscularity of Jesus Lizard or Fugazi's post-hardcore starts and stops, this ought to do the trick ... in ...

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