The Weather Station & Jennifer Castle’s Collaborative Split Single Is Out Now.

Longtime friends The Weather Station and Jennifer Castle, two of the greatest working songwriters and poetic voices in Canada—or anywhere on this blighted, beautiful planet—have recorded a miraculous, magical pair of songs together, available to stream and purchase today. The Weather Station’s “I Tried to Wear the World (featuring Jennifer Castle)” and Jennifer Castle’s “Midas Touch (featuring The Weather Station),” two sides of the same tarnished gold coin of sorrowfully sweet sentiments, were recorded in a single day at Sugar Shack studio in London, Ontario this past August. Captured by videographer Colin Medley, this represents their first-ever studio collaboration and the third edition of the Polaris Collaboration Sessions.

Outside Canada, this release inhabits the digital realm exclusively, but Polaris will release a very limited promotional 7″ for Record Store Day in Canada. Daniel Romano made the cover art.

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WATCH IN-STUDIO RECORDING OF “I TRIED TO WEAR THE WORLD”

“I’ve looked up to Jennifer for a long time and she’s been a songwriting and singing hero of mine for probably forever,” said The Weather Station’s Lindeman. “I thought it would be cool to see inside of her process and learn something. It’s actually been really cool as we’re more similar than I thought. I see her doing things, and it all makes sense to me, and I understand her music better.”

“I came to the project via Tam, and it seemed like a really rare opportunity to go into the studio and have that resource provided for us,” commented Castle. “So I think we both kind of jumped on it on that level. I feel grateful for a day in the studio today and an opportunity to do something we wouldn’t be able to ‘afford’ to try.”

WATCH INTERVIEW WITH THE WEATHER STATION & JENNIFER CASTLE

Jennifer Castle and The Weather Station are both two-time Polaris nominees: Castle for her Pink City (2015) and this year’s Angels Of Death and the The Weather Station for her Loyalty (2015) and last year’s self-titled album. The songs on this split single represent both artists’ first new recordings since their most recent full-length albums. Both artists are now on tour, including several dates together.

: Photo by Shervin Lainez.

: Photo by Cash Honey 2018.

: Photo by Cash Honey 2018.

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JENNIFER CASTLE TOUR DATES:

October 18 – Victoria, BC @ Lucky Bar *
October 19 – Seattle, WA @ Ballard Homestead *
October 20 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios *
October 23 – San Francisco, CA @ Swedish American Hall *
October 24 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place *
October 26 – Los Angeles, CA @ Moroccan Lounge *
October 29 – Glasgow City, UK @ Broadcast @
October 30 – Edinburgh, UK @ Sneaky Pete’s @
October 31 – West Yorkshire, UK @ Headrow House @
November 01 – Brighton, UK @ Hope & Ruin @
November 02 – Manchester, UK @ Castle Hotel #
November 04 – Utrecht, AQ @ Molen de Ster <
November 06 – London, UK @ St Matthias Church <
November 07 – Bristol, UK @ Hy Brasil &
November

08 – Paris, FR @ Eglise St. Eustache <
November 29 – London, ON @ Rum Runners ^
December 06 – Montreal, QC @ Le Ritz ^
December 07 – Kingston, ON @ The Grad Club ^
December 08 – Ottawa, ON @ 27 Club ^
December 13 – Waterloo, ON @ Starlight ^
December 14 – Hamilton, ON @ The Casbah ^
December 15 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall ^%

All shows solo unless noted with ^
^ = performing as a seven-piece band
* = with The Weather Station
@ = with Eleanor Friedberger
# = with Hater
< = with Andy Shauf
& = with Wende
% = with Jeremy Dutcher

THE WEATHER STATION TOUR DATES

* = with Jennifer Castle