Temple Songs<\/em> is coming in August, and its lead single “Flying Into Darkness” is out now.<\/p>\nTemple Songs<\/em> is billed as the first album Veirs wrote, recorded, arranged, produced, and performed entirely on her own. “She plays guitars, bass, drums, tambourine, percussion, and sings vocals,” a press release explains. “The only outside contribution is saxophone by a secret special guest.” I am not hearing that sax on “Flying Into Darkness,” but I do hear a lyrical reference to “‘Once In A Lifetime’ on repeat.” She asks a lot of meaningful questions in this beautiful, minimal song, including “What are we doing? When can we rest?” <\/p>\nA word from Veirs:<\/p>\n
\nThis song comes from a feeling of being existentially unmoored in a dark, uncertain moment. I kept circling the same questions: how do I stay grounded? How do I feel like I\u2019m doing some real good, nudging things\u2013even slightly\u2013in a better direction? At its core, the song wrestles with restlessness\u2013how hard it is to find true rest when the world keeps us in a constant state of unease. There\u2019s also a thread of “No Masters” running through it, which shows up across the album. I\u2019m reaching for a world shaped more by freedom and love than by greed and fear, and all the ways those forces show up in daily life: hollow work, vast inequality, systems that feel too big to push against, and the steady backdrop of violence and conflict.<\/p>\n
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Watch the Veirs-made “Flying Into Darkness” video below.<\/p>\n