Vera Sola – I’m Lying
Vera Sola recently announced that she will be releasing her second album, her first in five years, Peacemaker, on 2 February 2024 via City Slang.
Following previous singles “Desire Path” and “The Line” she has today shared “I’m Lying”. Of the many cinematic perspectives that frame Peacemaker’s landscape, ‘I’m Lying’ is among the most intimate. Peering through the distortion made by raindrops on glass, she recites lyrics both tender and vividly surreal (“I feel safe with you on Pillow street”), and offers, at the end, a twist more befitting something on a film screen than is often found in song.
Along with the single, Vera Sola has also announced she’ll be performing some headline US, UK and European tour dates – on sale today, Dec 6th. Vera Sola will also be supporting El Perro Del Mar on some of her select US Tour dates – on sale Dec 9th at 9am EST.
Speaking of the track Vera Sola says:
“At some point, nearly every person close to me has speculated about who or what this song is about. All of them have been wrong. However—it’s an emotionally complex song. Whatever you might feel in it—sadness, humor, honesty, deception—it’s all in there.
I wrote it during a thunderstorm, while spending the night in the studio where I was recording Shades, and discarded it promptly. Years later, I was in some unthinking state, playing the main lick while hanging around waiting for band practice to start, when my friend and drummer Wyatt Bertz flagged it as worthwhile, thus rescuing it from the trash heap. That’s Wyatt and his drum part you hear on the recording.”
14 Feb – Brooklyn, NYC @ Public Records
22 Feb – Los Angeles, CA @ Gold Diggers
19 Mar – Seattle, WA @ Barboza^
22 Mar – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill^
25 Mar – Chicago, IL @ Old Town School Of Folk Music^
27 Mar – Philadelphia, PA @ The Lounge at World Cafe Live^
08 Apr – Dublin, IR @ The Workman’s Cellar
09 Apr – Glasgow, UK @ The Hug & Pint
10 Apr – Manchester, UK @ YES Basement
12 Apr – London, UK @ Chats Palace
13 Apr – Bristol, UK @ Louisiana
16 Apr – Berlin, DE @ LARK
18 Apr – Hamburg, DE @ Aalhaus
21 Apr – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Upstairs
23 Apr – Antwerp, BE @ Rock Lobster
25 Apr – Paris, FR @ Pop Up
27 Apr – Nyon, CH @ La Parenthèse
29 Apr – Vienna, AT @ B72
^ = supporting El Perro Del Mar
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