widows & orphans

Widows&orphans (formally THE KIRBY) Michael Foulk - vocals Scott Dunbar - guitar Colin Hobbs - guitar Boi Miller - keyboard Anthony Kroeker - bass Eric Flores - drums http://www.myspace.com/widowsandorphans How many bands have you seen in your lifetime that have made a lasting impression on you, one that you hold up to all others as the benchmark for how a band should play? Melding technical precision with an intense live performance,

Michael Foulk - vocals
Scott Dunbar - guitar
Colin Hobbs - guitar
Boi Miller - keyboard
Anthony Kroeker - bass
Eric Flores - drums


http://www.myspace.com/widowsandorphans


How many bands have you seen in your lifetime that have made a lasting
impression on you, one that you hold up to all others as the benchmark for how a
band should play? Melding technical precision with an intense live performance,
WIDOWS&ORPHANS does this nightly. Fans all across the country have been coming
to this conclusion after witnessing this bands unique blend of math pop that has
the fire of hardcore and the sincerity of indie rock.

Their sound evolved into a complex form of guitars intertwining and harmonizing
with sporadic bass lines and calculated drums that framed frantic vocal
melodies. WIDOWS&ORPHANS cites their wide range of influences to include The
Mars Volta, Dillinger Escape Plan, twothirtyeight, Cursive, mewithouYou and At
The Drive In.

Formed in Austin, Texas in 2002, WIDOWS&ORPHANS has steadily honed their musical
style and proved themselves over and over again to a constantly growing fan base
that is craving originality. Dedicated to their art, they have toured multiple
times during their three year existence and recorded five times. WIDOWS&ORPHANS
expands their sound each time they record, as with The Lonely Year (2002), Three
Steps to Failure (2003), The Serial Killings of 1885 (2004), Such as Cancer is
this Life (2004) and the Split with Blueprint Car Crash (Listed as The Kirby)
(2005).

Having secured their place in the local Austin music scene, WIDOWS&ORPHANS has
also taken on the rest of the United States, Playing an endless array of shows
from coast to coast. Touring endlessly with acts such as Horse The Band,
Showbread, Please Mr. Gravedigger, Society's Finest, Thumbscrew and playing
alongside Daughters, The Blood Brothers, Recover, Knockout Kings, Vendetta Red
and many more, WIDOWS&ORPHANS has relentlessly ingrained their name throughout
the nation.