Lav's Music Corner

Review by Lavender: The Weather Station is the project of singer-songwriter Tamara Lindeman and she's been releasing albums since the late 2000s. She had her breakthrough of sorts in 2021 when she signed to Fat Possum and released Ignorance,  an album that achieved both more popularity and more acclaim than anything she had done before. I thought that record was fine, just okay, and I didn't really understand all the hype. Which is why I was even more surprised to find her quieter and far less acclaimed follow-up a year later completely irresistible. With subtle performances and infectious songwriting her 6th album How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars  was by FAR my favorite so far and in conjunction with a few good singles leading into Humanhood , I was excited to see her build on her sound.  Humanhood led off with the single "Neon Signs" which I absolutely loved at the time and still do. It has the uptempo pep of tracks on Ignorance  but the songwriting and pe...

I was on vacation last week so this is actyually the best new tracks of the past TWO weeks. *kisses* 5.  Neon Signs  - The Weather Station I loved The Weather Stations last album in 2022, even though many fans seemed to overlook it in the wake of its more instrumentally verbose predecessor. That's why I was nervous that when the project left its gentle acoustic meditation behind I may not enjoy it as much. Thankfully with one single under her belt for the 2025 follow-up, The Weather Station seems fully committed to taking the songwriting I loved about her last record and expanding it with a more versatile sound palette and I like it so far.  Listen 4.  Funny Man  - Chat Pile While I wasn't crazy the previous lighter Chat Pile single, this one sees the band digging directly back down into the depths of their harrowing metal instincts. That includes everything from grinding circular guitar riffs to booming drums to an excellent vocal performance that's captivating...

The Weather Station is a Canadian indie folk project headed by singer-songwriter Tamara Lindeman. In 2021 the project released their breakout album Ignorance  which became their most acclaimed and highest selling yet. How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars  features songs that were conceptualized around the same time but shifts the instrumental palette to largely just Tamara's vocals and piano. Review By Lav: I wasn't really aware of The Weather Station until their breakout album last year. Tamara and company exist in an extremely saturated singer-songwriter genre that I tend to enjoy less than your average indie listener. That was the case last year when I had a pretty mild response to their record Ignorance , which numerous critics were quick to absolutely shell out praise for. Because of that this follow-up album wasn't even really on my radar for something that I could potentially really enjoy until hearing the lead single and reading about the records minimal sonic ...

Given the obvious fact that my tastes in indie run on the more experimental side, I usually miss some of the more acclaimed releases in the genre from artists that have never really interested me before or artists whose early songs never stood out much or even showed up on my radar at all. So I decided to catch up on some indie darlings from the first few months of the year each of which remind me of music my old roommate Sofia really loved so shoutout to her, I'm sure she would give all these records higher scores than I did.  Ignorance - The Weather Station The Weather Station is a folk project fronted by Tamara Lindeman who have been going strong for over a decade now. I heard the self-titled project she dropped a few years ago but never got around to reviewing it since it sounded so much like all the other folk inspired singer-songwriter music out there. While that is definitely the case once again on Ignorance  there are quite a few improvements from a songwriting and per...