The Weather Station has released two new tracks, “Airport” and “Only Truth”. You can hear them below.
The two songs were originally recorded during the sessions for Tamara Lindeman’s seventh The Weather Station album, Humanhood.
“There were so many strong songs I left off Humanhood because the album had such a narrative arc to adhere to, “Lindeman says. “‘Airport’ was one of them that I’m glad to release now. I’ve always hated airports; I find them so dehumanizing. This song tells a story of a person trying to mirror what is around them; that sort of shutting down, not caring, acting like you don’t care even when you really do. At the heart of it though is, of course, an intense longing, and a hope for something alive that feels like it can’t be.”
Lindeman describes “Only The Truth” as “one of my favourite songs from Humanhood and just didn’t make the tracklist at the very last moment, but it feels so relevant and connected with the record. It intersects with ‘Neon Signs,’ it expands on the same idea; that the truth is this sort of lumpen, complicated, organic thing. Falsehoods and lies glimmer, reach towards you, need you; but the truth ‘doesn’t care if you care / all it ever is is there.’”
Meanwhile, the Weather Station’s European and UK tour begins on November 1. It includes multiple festival appearances, a co-headline date with Destroyer, and a London Jazz Festival performance in which the band will be accompanied by a string quartet.
The Weather Station Tour Dates Saturday November 1 – Groningen, NL @ Take Root Monday, November 3 – Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Tuesday, November 4 – Stockholm, SE @ Slaktkyrkan Wednesday, November 5 – Lund, SE @ Mejeriet Friday, November 7 – Den Haag, NL @ Crossing Border Festival Saturday, November 8 – Cologne, DE @ Luxor (w/ Destroyer) Sunday, November 9 – Antwerpen, BE @ Crossing Border Festival Tuesday, November 11 – Munich, DE @ Strom Wednesday, November 12 – Zürich, CH @ Bogen F Friday, November 14 – Barcelona, ES @ Feroe Festival Sunday, November. 16 – Clermont-Ferrand, FR @ La Cooperative de Mai Tuesday, November 18 – Tourcoing, FR @ Le Grand Mix Friday, November 21 – London, UK – EFG London Jazz Festival @ EartH Theatre Sunday, November 23 – Katowice, PL @ Ars Cameralis Festival
