The Weather Station

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"Humanhood", follows 2021's Ignorance, which Stereogum called "an invigorating and poignant chapter in an already impressive career".

Written during one of the most difficult periods of Lindeman's life, the long-player was recorded with a rock band with improvisational skills as she was just starting to recover and reckoning with a complicated truth: sometimes life just tries to dismantle us, no matter how good everything seems to be, and we have to accept that in order to survive.

On the surface, 2022 was probably a glorious year for Lindeman. Ignorance, in which her "shape-shifting avant-folk reaches a kind of climax as she sings coolly about climate grief, love, lust, healing and the upheaval of self-discovery" (New Yorker), was one of the most lauded records of the year. It was a period of touring, traveling and activism alongside Ignorance's more austere companion, How Is It That I Should Look at the Stars. But during what was supposed to be a new peak, she also struggled with a mental health crisis. While experiencing a crisis of meaning, it was out of the confusion of that experience that she wrote the songs that eventually became Humanhood, a narrative album that, if you listen to it front to back, describes the journey from dissociation back to connection.

Much of Humanhood is a compelling and realistic document of what it means to be lost, to be paralyzed by confusion, discomfort and grief for such a long period of time that you begin to wonder if there is an end. As with Ignorance, the first-person lyrics hint at a broader resonance; we're all dealing with ourselves through climate catastrophe as the world teeters on the edge of the abyss, and none of it is easy or preordained. On previous albums, Lindeman has mostly written about her past, looking backwards to gain perspective. But for Humanhood, she wrote from the present while trying to come to terms with the situation. Humanhood therefore shines with a new urgency - and emerges as a kind of tether she offers here for anyone else who feels disconnected from the dizzying reality of the moment.

Price information:

VVK: 24€ plus fees