The lead single is currently the most streamed track off their 2022 album, Fear Fear, described by Heavenly Recordings “made for agitating and dancing, for heart and soul, for here, now and tomorrow”, making the remix of Widow a perfect accompaniment to the record. The remix has been crafted by producer Gabe Gurnsey, “a close friend/collaborator and inspiration since the start of Working Men’s Club” according to the group’s Instagram. Moreover, the remix has been a fan favourite for a while with it featuring on the frontman Syd Minsky-Sargeant’s DJ sets for the past year. Finally, we’ve been treated to receive the remix as an official release. Gabe Gurnsey’s remix presents Widow in a fresh light, giving it a groovy new pulse and leaning into the original track’s dance elements whilst retaining its sentimental and vibrant spirit.

Exemplary of the atmosphere created on the record, one that feels both nostalgic and futuristic, restless but still self-assured, Widow explores the existence of contraries within one another as well as experiencing the space left when someone leaves you. These ideas are demonstrated through Widow’s lyrics like “Misery is bliss to me” and “I love you now you’re dead, you see”. The remix’s expertly engineered transitions between tension and release as well as the dreamy and sometimes distorted use of Widow’s lyrics mean this remix is anything but repetitive and make it an exciting new dimension to a much-loved track.

Encapsulating the beloved spirit of the UK’s new wave scene blended with techno, the collaboration between Working Men’s Club and Gabe Gurnsey feels effortless and inevitable on this remix. If there was ever a soundtrack to being in a dark room faced with too bright lights and feeling everything a little bit too much it would most certainly be this track.