Juanita Stein - UK Tour in March - New album 'The Weightless Hour' out now
“Haunted, folk-infused indie-rock” Pitchfork
“Stripped down and minimalist” The Wall Street Journal
“Spellbinding” Rolling Stone France
“Former Howling Bells singer/guitarist returns with a radically different, stripped-back sound… it’s a marvel how big she can make her voice and guitar sound. She is allowing herself to take up that space” The Quietus
“A mature record that sounds completely at peace with its place in life” DIY Mag
"Stein steers these heavy songs with admirably light touch” Mojo
"I got my sound", Juanita Stein insists on "Ceremony" accompanied by distorted guitars and a hint of a twang, but nowadays it's sparser, as these semi-acoustic songs confirm” Uncut
“Accompanied only by her electric guitar, she sings soulful songs about broken hearts, America and the climate crisis” Louder Than War
“A carefree, whistle-it-on-the-porch Americana-ish tune with a lovely melody” The New Cue
“Juanita Stein is poetically drifting forward into her own creative world on every song off her wittingly beautiful new album” Northern Transmissions
"Juanita Stein’s evolution as a solo artist is becoming a fascinating journey to witness" Music OMH
Juanita Stein's critically acclaimed fourth solo album ‘The Weightless Hour’ is out now via Agricultural Audio. Having recently toured with Evan Dando, and with a handful of shows remaining for the Travis support dates, the Howling Bells frontwoman has just announced her UK headline tour in March, which includes a performance at London's Lower Third on the 25h.
Juanita Stein Live Dates 2024:
DECEMBER
Fri 13th - LONDON, o2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire (with Travis)
Sat 14th - LONDON, o2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire (with Travis)
Sun 15th - BRISTOL, Beacon (with Travis)
Tue 17th - EASTBOURNE, Winter Gardens (with Travis)
Wed 18th - SHEFFIELD, Octagon (with Travis)
Thu 19th - NEWCASTLE, City Hall (with Travis)
Sat 21st - GLASGOW, OVO Hydro (with Travis)
Juanita Stein Live Dates 2025:
MARCH
Mon 14th - SHEFFIELD, Hallamshire Hotel
Tue 15th - MANCHESTER, Soup
Thu 17th - NEWCASTLE, Cluny 1
Fri 18th - GLASGOW, Nice'n'Sleazy
Sat 19th - EDINBURGH, Sneaky Pete's
Mon 21st - LEEDS, Headrow House
Tue 22nd - CARDIFF, Clwb Ifor Bach
Thu 24th - BIRMINGHAM, Hare & Hounds
Fri 25th - LONDON, Lower Third
Sat 26th - SOUTHAMPTON, The Joiners
Sun 27th - BRIGHTON, Hope & Ruin
Tickets are available here.
’The Weightless Hour’ sees Stein join forces once more with long-time collaborator, the producer Ben Hillier (see also: Depeche Mode, Doves, Blur, Elbow). After originally teaming up for 2020’s Snapshot, Stein’s third record, which was built from collected fragments of grief following the loss of her father, it was Hillier’s penchant for minimalism – his instinct for risk-taking while stripping sounds back to their gleaming bones – that aligned with her vision for her fourth project.
LISTEN TO NEW ALBUM 'THE WEIGHTLESS HOUR' HERE
In removing most instrumental additions beyond the guitar (and you will notice there are no drums on the LP), with ‘The Weightless Hour’, Stein made a subconscious choice to make the project entirely her own. In the space freed by the stripped-back instrumentation, her storytelling bleeds freely like watercolours across a blank page. The album is an intensely human document with a profound sense of dignity. A record on which Stein has found that exploring a more restrained side can yield work that is armed with experience and yet is all the lighter for it, where your attention isn’t demanded and yet is effortlessly claimed. Every sound, every choice, has earned its place.
“I think making records is a really powerful way of letting go of experiences,” Stein notes. “I’m allowing myself to kiss things goodbye.” Through these converging chapters of her life, ‘The Weightless Hour’ feels like an arrival for Juanita Stein: “I’ve finally learned to be okay in space and be loud in my experiences.”
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