Today, The Weather Station — the project of Toronto-based singer-songwriter Tamara Lindeman — dropped two new tracks, “Airport” and “Only The Truth.”
Both songs were left off her upcoming album Humanhood, out via Fat Possum Records (outside Canada) and Next Door Records (Canada).
“Airport” is an upbeat pop tune that feels like a spiritual follow-up to “Parking Lot,” while “Only The Truth” offers a tender, emotional pop ballad that showcases Lindeman’s introspective songwriting.
About the tracks by Tamara:
“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.’”
Airport gets: 📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷/10.
Only The Truth gets: 📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷/10.
The Weather Station – Airport / Only The Truth [Listen]
