THE WEATHER STATION releases her new album at CSI Annex August 19. See listing Rating: NNN
There are often false starts when making an album, and folk musician Tamara Lindeman, aka the Weather Station, encountered a few when she set out to record her sophomore effort. In the end, she discovered simple was best, despite the fact that that approach is a far cry from her orchestrated debut’s.
Produced by Welland’s Daniel Romano, All Of It Was Mine is intimate and calm, with well-phrased lyrics, smart chord progressions and brief songs whose trailed-off endings leave behind an intriguing sense of incompleteness. Mostly, they feature just fingerpicked guitars, occasional harmonies and banjo, and Lindeman’s drifting, pretty, sometimes listless vocals.
Things start strong with the title track and Came So Easy but begin to sag and slow in the face of such austerity. However the Joni Mitchelly Know It To See It has welcome curveballs that’ll make you glance up at your iTunes to see if you’ve accidentally jumped to a different artist. More of that, please!
Top track: Know It To See It
