The Weather Station (Tamara Lindeman)

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i was wondering, seemed like they'd been investing in weather station a bit in the run-up

lmao this is such ILM catnip

it's nice but feels a bit too polite/anaesthetized or something for my liking

it falls off for me a little bit in the second half which is generally slower and less propulsive

i have had the chorus of "tried to tell you" in my head for months now though, i love that little keyboard lick

yeah the more upbeat songs were the standouts for me

is the last song a rush cover y/n

"heart" is what I want out of this sort of thing

Album sounds really warm and full, but not heavy or overly fussy in the least. Really nice arrangements.

This is an album whose bone-deep grief sits inside music that’s very easy to tap a toe to.

Fantastic review by Kitty Empire: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/06/the-weather-station-ignorance-review-tamara-lindeman-hope-heartbroken-masterpiece

I don't even know if I've reached bone-deep levels of listening to this - I'm not sure if I like this a lot or love it - but I do know it's definitely there for me to listen to if I so choose and open myself up to it. (and for Lindeman, this is well deserved and overdue praise imo)

at the risk of being canadianist, her voice is not unlike that of sarah mclachlan

(which is fine because sarah mclachlan rules)

I've listened to Ignorance a few times today, and I'm definitely into it. (Hadn't heard of them before "Robber" showed up on 2020 year-end lists.) This is probably reductive, but it reminds me of Wye Oak meets This Is the Kit.

I've seen a few reviews making Kate Bush comparisons and Lindeman herself has mentioned Kate Bush as an influence, which, obviously, a lot of people have been influenced by Kate Bush, but what's cool about Ignorance is that the Kate Bush album it reminds me of most is Aerial -- tonally, melodically, lyrically. Which is great because I love Aerial I can't think of anything else I've heard where it really felt like that album specifically was a big influence.

There was a point earlier in the year when YouTube's algorithms really wanted me to listen to the Weather Station every time I played Cassandra Jenkins.

Is there a "best track" that might convince me?

I love this album. I don't hear Kate Bush's influence.

@djh "Robber"

“Loss” is my fave.

I'm of the minority opinion that her previous stuff was better, particularly the s/t but the new one is good and is so relentlessly ILX oriented (sophistipop, mid period Joni, Ricki Lee Jones etc) and is a good album as well

it's a good album but i'm still a little disappointed it didn't end up being a great one

that's pretty much where I'm at

It's not great, nor does it particularly sound like RLJ or Mitchell, but it's a smart album as exactly as long as it needs to be. Good albums are fine.

to me this is so obviously Fumbling Towards Ecstacy more than anything

I hear Spirit of Eden-era Talk Talk.

I also hear War On Drugs on a couple of the more motorik-pop mid-to-uptempo tunes ("Tried To Tell You", "Parking Lot")

it reminds me of most is Aerial -- tonally, melodically, lyrically.

I see that. I hear Spirit Of Eden more.

I'm of the minority opinion that her previous stuff was better

I had a conversation with a friend (and a friend of the band) a couple days ago who good-naturedly expressed the same feeling, an appreciation for the new one but a preference for the previous, so you're not alone!

yeah my fave is Loyalty (2015) by a mile

love it all though and will listen to anything she writes

"Tried to Tell You - Piano Version"

https://open.spotify.com/track/28JduSa5YuHJMvubBBe6VU?si=0e2d76196323416e

https://theweatherstation.bandcamp.com/album/deluxe-edition-of-ignorance

deluxe edition with some live cuts, solo piano versions, & most importantly two outtakes

The slightly dissonant keyboard flourishes on last track "Look" makes me suspect that Ryan Driver is playing on that track--am a sucker for how Tamara makes use of Kieran Adams' breakbeat drum style, so that track's nicely jumping out at me at first flip-through

Great album, but I hate when we get "deluxe versions" of an album 7-8 months after the original release.

100% agree. Jessie Ware doing this for her last few, when I've bought cds on original release, has been frustrating. Prefer what beabadoobee did, releasing the Our Extended Play EP to follow her last album.

Seems a bit weird in the streaming age... I mean, the deluxe version will supposedly be available for "free" on Spotify?

At least that was the case with Waxahatchee

new album out tomorrow! 'how is it that i should look at the stars'

https://theweatherstation.bandcamp.com/album/how-is-it-that-i-should-look-at-the-stars

video for the first single:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKj6riuag5M

wow a whole album so soon, awesome

guess it's more sparse, but sounds great on first listen

think it was written/recorded around the same time as ignorance, just it's a set of much more stripped down material