And they are: Sleater-Kinney, with a new, yet-to-be-named drummer, will go on tour as scheduled this fall. Some dates overlap with a freshly announced mini-tour by Quasi, Weiss’s other long-running band.

“It’s been a surprising and sad turn of events,” Tucker said, in an interview alongside Brownstein. They had touched down briefly at a hotel restaurant in West Hollywood, Calif., from Portland, Ore., their longtime musical home, and were still bristling — tearful but determined — from Weiss’s departure weeks after it became public.

“I’m glad that there’s this record that has her immense drumming on it,” Brownstein said. “But now Corin and I have to kind of clean up the mess of someone leaving after we announced a tour.”

“We have a job to do,” she continued, “and we’re going to do it well, because I feel really lucky to get to do this — like, luckier than I’ve ever been.” Her eyes welled up. “I just realize that there’s nothing that feels like this band. I don’t know why you wouldn’t want to do it.”

Weiss, 53, declined to comment for this article. In the statement announcing her choice, she said, “The band is heading in a new direction and it is time for me to move on. I will never forget the heights we reached or the magnificent times Corin, Carrie and I shared. We were a force of nature.”

Brownstein said that, in a band get-together after she’d made her decision, Weiss said she hoped they’d remain friends. “Of course,” Brownstein replied. “She’s like my family member.” (Weiss also worked as a location manager on “Portlandia,” Brownstein’s comedy series, for several seasons, including the final one in 2018.)