A hundred years ago back in October, Vera Sola stirred up a stylish spectrum of folk-noir emotion with “The Line”, a haunting track that had the ability to stick with the listener long after it ended. Now, the American-Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and recording artist, who studied poetry under Jorie Graham at Harvard University, returns today (December 6) with another hypnotic twirl of Americana campfire allure and vivid grayscale color titled “I’m Lying,” a cinematic single that hovers overhead like a specter from both the past and the future.
“I’m Lying” will be featured on Sola’s forthcoming second album, her first in five years. Dubbed Peacemaker, it’s out February 2 via City Slang. And these tempting singles certainly set a mood for a longer storyline to emerge.
“At some point, nearly every person close to me has speculated about who or what this song is about,” Sola admits. “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.”
She adds: “I wrote it during a thunderstorm, while spending the night in the studio where I was recording [previous album] 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.”
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