It always feels like a small miracle when you hear a song that eschews the conventional verse-chorus structure, yet still sounds like it has a verse-chorus structure. The Weather Station's Tamara Lindeman is remarkably good at this, once again evident on "Body Moves", the latest preview off of forthcoming album Humanhood – out January 17th 2025 via Fat Possum.

Like twigs branching out slowly from the roots of a tree, the lyrics of "Body Moves" intersperse into questions cascading into more questions, with Lindeman's warm, easygoing lilt and the woozy soft jazz arrangements making them sound anything but burdensome. It all sounds so effortless, yet Lindeman says "Body Moves" was a pretty painstaking song to lay down:

“This song was the hardest song, we recorded it, changed everything, recorded it again, changed everything, recorded it again. It had to be tender and bruised and painful; like falling into a dream but also into reality. This was yet another song I rejected when I wrote it because I wasn’t sure how to stand behind it.  But then again, the song was simply presenting something that is real and that happens; the body fools you, the body moves you, sometimes in directions seemingly self destructive or painful or visceral. Bodies are biological and so is their language; chemical, pain, impulse, shut down, wake up. What matters is the interpretation, the response, whether or not you’re able to hear the signal at all.” 

The video for "Body Moves" – directed by Lindeman and Philipe Léonard – is an evocative extension of this very notion, depicting what Lindeman calls "the two hemispheres of the mind." Watch and listen below.

Lindeman on the video:

“One side is taking charge; moving with intention. The other side is sort of drifting in and out of dreams and is more abstract. At the centre is the actual self; in a state of confusion, being pulled by these two separate parts. At times, all three selves coordinate and move together. At other times, they don't. The song describes being misled by the body; a part of you pulling in a different direction than the other. The choreography reflects that; limbs moving with a mind of their own.”

"Body Moves" is the third single from Humanhood, following "Neon Signs" and "Window". Starting the week of the release of the album, The Weather Station will hit the road on an extensive world tour, starting with five record store performances in the UK. Check out the full list of dates here:

01-19 — Bristol, UK - RT Bristol - Q&A & record store performance
01-20 — Liverpool, UK - RT Liverpool - record store performance
01-21 — Leeds, UK - Jumbo Leeds - record store performance
01-22 — Nottingham, UK - RT Nottingham - record store performance
01-23 — London, UK - Rough Trade East - record store performance
02-26 — Hamburg, DE - Nochtspeicher
02-27 — Copenhagen, DK - DR Studie 2
02-28 — Berlin, DE - Silent Green
03-02 — Amsterdam, NL - Tolhuistuin
03-03 — Brussels, BE - Botanique / Museum
03-04 — Paris, FR - Point Ephemere
03-06 — Brighton, UK - CHALK
03-07 — Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
03-08 — Dublin, IE - Button Factory
03-10 — Glasgow, UK - Saint Luke’s
03-11 — Manchester, UK - Band On The Wall
03-12 — Bristol, UK - The Fleece
03-13 — London, UK - Islington Assembly Hall
03-27 — Montreal, QC - Beanfield Theatre
03-28 — Boston, MA - Sinclair
03-29 — Woodstock, NY - Levon Helm Studios
03-30 — Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall
04-01 — New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
04-02 — Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
04-04 — Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
04-05 — Washington, DC - The Atlantis
04-06 — Durham, NC - Motorco
04-07 — Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle
04-08 — Nashville, TN - The Basement East
04-10 — Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
04-11 — St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
04-12 — Iowa City, IA - Hancher
04-13 — Kalamazoo, MI - Bell’s Eccentric Cafe - Back Room
05-08 — Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom
05-10 — San Francisco, CA - The Independent
05-12 — Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
05-13 — Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
05-15 — Vancouver, BC - Hollywood Theatre
05-16 — Victoria, BC - Capital Ballroom
05-17 — Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
06-05 — Ottawa, ON - National Arts Centre
06-06 — Toronto, ON - Masonic Temple - The Concert Hall

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