Every so often we are struck with something completely remarkable. A song, a voice, a moment that actually makes you stop whatever task at hand. This weekend the Sinclair is hosting two artists that did just that the first time I heard them. Typhoon and Lady Lamb the Beekeeper are powerhouses on their own. To see them sharing a bill promises nothing short of a spectacle (and an emotional one at that, making a mental note to stuff some tissues in my pocket).

Allston Pudding got the chance to chat with Lady Lamb the Beekeeper (the stage name of Aly Spaltro) before she embarked on this three-week tour with Typhoon. Originally from Maine, Spaltro now calls Brooklyn home and finds herself longing for those open (and wallet friendly) landscapes. We spoke with Spaltro about new material and how it’s a-ok to discover music far after the release date.

AP: You debut studio album, Ripley Pine, came out just over a year ago. How does it feel?

AS: It feels great, it’s a relief! It was a long, long time in the making. There was a few years where I just had these songs and they weren’t recorded properly and it was difficult to try to explain to people what I was all about. I’m very glad that I have something I am proud of to represent me now.

I imagine you still have a backlog of songs from your years of writing up until this point that didn’t make it onto Ripley Pine. Any chance we’ll see some of it resurface in future releases?

AS: That’s a good question, you know, it’s true – I do have a lot of songs that I wrote when I was a little younger that never got a proper recording. My plan is to sneak a couple of those in every record depending on what feels right. The next record that I’m working on it going to be primarily brand new ones with a couple of old ones mixed in. Fans of mine who have been following me for years will definitely recognize the older songs that I choose. I feel like I have to respect those songs by giving them a real release. I think I’ll be doing it for years and years to come.

When can we get a taste of the new album?

AS: I don’t know when it will come out but right now I’m home making demos and practicing. I’m hoping to start recording over the summer. I think I’m aiming for early next year, say between January and March of 2015 for a release.

Will you be recording in Brooklyn?

AS: Yeah! I’ll be making this one at the same studio as Ripley Pine. I’m going to co-produce it with the same producer this time around as well. We worked really well together.

Some artists try to get away from the city to record, but you did pretty much the opposite having grown up in Maine and moved to Brooklyn.

AS: In the future I’d actually like to go back to Maine to record. Ideally I would find someone who has a small studio in nature, in a cabin, or on a lake or something. I also just really like recording on my own. I just have a really good time recording all of these demos by myself, but it is a lot of work. It’s like I wrote the song, then I arranged it for all of the instruments, and then recorded all of the instruments in my computer. One of my big plans for the future it really to make a home studio for myself. Maybe one day I can do that, move back to Maine and you know even have a live room with drums and everything. That’s the real goal of mine because that’s the way I really started making music: by recording and producing on my own.

In the mini-documentary made about your record release, at the end of it, you mentioned your ultimate goal was to have homes in both Brooklyn and Maine to bounce back and forth. How has Brooklyn been treating you? Do you feel torn?

AS: Oh, I love it! The only, only thing that I don’t love is the cost. It’s incredibly alienating for self-employed people. I work really hard to be able to just pay my bills with my music. I’ve been doing it for three years now but you’re hearing more and more often, legendary artists saying, “New York is dead.” Like David Byrne and Patti Smith, there are two people who are saying, “New York is alienating artists and creative people. Move to Detroit! Move back to your home state! Make your art in a place where you can afford it.” And I get where they are coming from, it’s a struggle, but I really do love living [in Brooklyn]. We’ll see what happens.

Do you still get a chance to go out and see music?

AS: I do, living in New York, you feel like it’s a pretty small community of musicians. Often a friend will invite you to a show, so I do that often. Although lately I’ve been staying in to work on my own stuff. It can be overwhelming to have so much going on in the city that puts you either in the mindset to see all of it or the mindset to see none of it.

What’s the last really memorable show you saw?

AS: Hmm…the last really great thing that I saw. I caught David Byrne and St. Vincent on their tour together. A little while ago I also saw a duo called Shovels & Rope.

Okay, so I have to be honest. I’d heard about you for a long time before I actually sat down to take a listen. I’m a big believer in finding and listening to an artist when it’s right for you, and it’s going to be a different time for everyone.

AS: Yes! Totally! I completely agree.

You were one of those artists for me, I’d keep hearing about and hearing about until one day it just clicked. Can you tell me about a time that happened to you?

AS: I’m so glad you brought this up. I have to say it’s a really important thing for me that people get to my music on their own time. I’m the kind of person that discovers bands, you know, six years after a record came out – and that’s fine! I really don’t want to push people onto it when the record comes out.

I love thinking that people are going to find [Ripley Pine]  years later, that’s cool to me. That happened to me with Neutral Milk Hotel when I was in high school. That was a band for me that I fell in love with when I was really just falling in love with music. But more recently that happened to me with Kurt Vile. I know he’s been around for a really long time, and I had known his name for a long time, but I had never really looked into it, and now I’m obsessed with him! Now I get to do that fun thing where you kinda go back in time and get the rest of their catalog years later. It’s exciting!

I want to take a minute to talk about your upcoming shows here in Boston. How did the tour pairing with Typhoon come about?

AS: I actually toured with them a few years ago. We did a short run, maybe five or six shows together and really hit it off and about half of their band came to my last show in Portland, Oregon. They were kind enough to keep me in mind when they were putting together this headlining tour and invited me to come on board.

And you’ll be playing with a full band?

AS: Yep! It’ll be a trio with myself on guitar and banjo, one friend on keyboard and bass, and another on drums.

Very nice. I read somewhere you mentioning dreaming of performing with a full, big band behind you with horns and strings, the full shot one day. And you know, Typhoon has a lot of that in their lineup – is there potential for collaboration on this tour?

AS: I hadn’t even thought of that! That’s so funny you just said that! They do, they have two trumpet players in that band, and “Aubergine” absolutely has trumpets on it. I don’t think that’s something I could spring on them, you know, but maybe a couple shows into the tour I can bring it up.

That would be so great!

AS: Yeah! Oh, that would be so fun. Why didn’t I think of this?

You’ll be here for two back-to-back nights in Boston since the first one sold out so quickly. Were you surprised?

AS: I was, I was really excited about that. By the time we get there it will have been almost 11 months since the last time I played in Boston. I am, I’m very excited.

Fantastic, Boston is stoked to have you back. I just have one last thing to ask you, how do you feel about pudding?

AS: Oh, I am all about tapioca. In all honestly, I can’t stand chocolate pudding. It’s all about the tapioca.

Catch Lady Lamb the Beekeeper supporting Typhoon for back-to-back nights at The Sinclair on Saturday and Sunday. Heads up, as of this afternoon both shows are now sold out. Good luck, StubHubbin’.