The Weather Station has released a new music video for “Parking Lot,” a single from their upcoming studio album Ignorance, out February 5 via Fat Possum. This latest music video was directed by The Weather Station mastermind Tama Lindeman and Adam Crosby.
“Parking Lot” sees Lindeman venturing through a vast and open wilderness, which gives the feeling of death with its decaying vegetation and gloomy weather. Despite the video’s subdued tone, “Parking Lot” hosts a catchy instrumental, with a disco-inspired beat, sweet indie guitar, piano and string melodies and Lindeman’s soothing voice. The lyrics reflect a sense of melancholy, especially when Lindeman sings the refrain “And it kills me when I/you know it just kills me when I see some bird fly.”
“‘Parking Lot’ is my strange gentle disco song about a humble encounter with a bird and being tired and being in love, and being heartbroken in ways I didn’t quite yet understand,” Lindeman said in a press release. “I don’t fully know how everything connects in this song other than it obviously does. I wanted to make the recording very passionate and beautiful while also being very muscular while also being very gentle, and so I did.”
This latest single follows The Weather Station’s previous two music videos for “Tried To Tell You” and “Atlantic,” which both share similar tone and visual style. Both of these videos take place in a forest setting, while utilizing similar costumes and props. The Weather Station also released “Robber” in 2020, their first track in three years.
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