Vera Sola shares new single, "I'm Lying"
Vera Sola has shared "I'm Lying" as the latest single from her second album – and first in five years – Peacemaker.
"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," Vera Sola says of the track.
"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."
Peacemaker follows Vera Sola's critically acclaimed 2018 debut Shades. Created in near-total isolation, when she finally decided to release it, it was the first time Vera Sola had ever let anyone hear her sing. For her forthcoming album, which was recorded predominantly in Nashville over the fall of 2019, Vera Sola opened herself up to the magic of collaboration, working alongside co-producer Kenneth Pattengale to bring in dozens of musicians to embellish the sound.
Peacemaker is set for release on 2 February 2024 via City Slang, and is available to pre-order now.
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