
Juanita Stein announces new solo album, The Weightless Hour
The Howling Bells front-woman Juanita Stein has announced her fourth solo album, The Weightless Hour.
The new track "Mother Natures Scorn" arrives alongside a video directed by Orlando Cubitt.
“As the title suggests, 'Mother Natures Scorn' is a song about our scorching of the Earth. It’s about recognising that we are in a moment approaching irreversibility," Stein explains. "Even so, it feels as if the closer we ride into the storm, the more familiar we become with apathy, which is terribly frightening. I’m acknowledging the limitlessness of Mother Nature. It’s not self-righteous, I am not campaigning, I am merely recognising our intense vulnerability in this moment.”
The Weightless Hour sees Stein join forces once more with long-time collaborator, Ben Hillier. After originally teaming up for 2020’s Snapshot, Stein’s third record, which was built from collected fragments of grief following the loss of her father, it was Hillier’s penchant for minimalism that aligned with her vision for her fourth project.
“I think making records is a really powerful way of letting go of experiences,” Stein notes. “I’m allowing myself to kiss things goodbye. I’ve finally learned to be okay in space and be loud in my experiences.”
Stein will bookend the album's release with a series of live dates, including a UK tour with Evan Dando, and a series of in-store shows, before joining Travis on their UK dates in December.
Tracklist:
- The Weightless Hour
- Mother Natures Scorn
- The Game
- Old World
- Carry Me
- Motionless
- Daily Rituals
- Ceremony
- Driving Nowhere
- Delilah
The Weightless Hour will be released on 29 November via Agricultural Audio. For more information on the live dates, and to pre-order the album, visit juanitastein.com.
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