The Lemonheads have formally introduced their first album of all-new unique materials in virtually 20 years, Love Chant, arriving through Hearth Information on Friday, October 24. Pre-orders/pre-saves can be found now.
Recorded at São Paulo’s A9 Áudio with producer Apollo Nove (Rita Lee, Bebel Gilberto, Seu Jorge), Love Chant marks the welcome return of a justifiably legendary rock ‘n’ roll band, with founding singer-songwriter-guitarist Evan Dando joined by a bevy of pricey buddies and collaborators together with J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr), Juliana Hatfield, Tom Morgan (as co-writer for “Deep Finish”), producer Bryce Goggin (Pavement, Antony and the Johnsons), Nashville’s Erin Rae, John Strohm of the Blake Infants co-wrote and performed guitar on “Togetherness,” and Nick Saloman of The Bevis Frond (a songwriter and performer on the swirling psych-folk gem “Roky”). Adam Inexperienced of cult New York favorites The Moldy Peaches additionally contributes as co-writer on the loose-limbed nation detour “Wild Factor.”
The album is heralded by at present’s premiere of the hard-hitting new single, “In The Margin,” out there in every single place alongside an official lyric video streaming now on YouTube. “In The Margin” is a traditional Dando composition: half-broken, half-beautiful, wrapped round a melody that disarms earlier than it detonates.
“I wished to have a riffy tune, so I wrote riffs throughout it,” says Dando. “The physique of the tune was Marciana’s (Marciana Jones). It’s like a full-on Eighth-grade woman revenge tune: ‘Stupidly I left the escape plans out so they may discover my approach.’”
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Love Chant additionally consists of the lately launched “Deep Finish,” out there in every single place now. Co-written by Dando with longtime collaborator Tom Morgan of Smudge, the churning, riff-powered observe – which options an immediately identifiable guitar solo from J Mascis and backing vocals from pricey buddy and frequent Lemonheads visitor Juliana Hatfield – was met by worldwide consideration upon its premiere final month by such high-profile publications as Rolling Stone, Billboard, Uncut, Stereogum, and Consequence, the latter of which praised its long-awaited reprise of the Lemonheads’ “scrappy, guitar-forward rock sound.” An official music video, filmed on location in São Paulo, Brazil by administrators Carlão Busato and Luigi Parisi, is streaming now on YouTube.
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Over the previous few years, The Lemonheads’ affect has solely deepened. Artists like MJ Lenderman, Courtney Barnett and Waxahatchee have all coated Dando’s songs, praising the emotional readability, melodic intuition, and wry intimacy that outline his writing. That resonance throughout generations makes Love Chant really feel like greater than a return — it’s a reminder of what made this band matter within the first place.
The Lemonheads with have a good time Love Chant with a marathon world tour, starting this summer time with a sequence of headline exhibits and top-billed competition appearances throughout the UK and Europe. North American dates get underway November 11 at Birmingham, AL’s WORKPLAY after which proceed by way of a December 20 tour finale at Nashville, TN’s famed Basement East. For full particulars, please go to www.thelemonheads.internet/tour.
Dando can be releasing his memoir, Rumors of My Demise, through Gallery Books, on October 7.
THE LEMONHEADS – LOVE CHANT WORLD TOUR 2025
AUGUST
- 13 – London, UK – Tough Commerce East -Solo Present
- 14 – Northampton, UK – Roadmender
- 15 – Norwich, UK – Rock N Roll Circus,
- 16 – Manchester, UK – O2 Ritz
- 17 – Glasgow, UK – Storage
- 19 – Belfast, UK – Limelight
- 20 – Limerick, Eire – Dolans Warehouse
- 21 – Cork, Eire – Cyprus Avenue
- 23 – Waterford, Eire – Financial institution Lane
- 24 – Dublin, Eire – Academy
- 26 – Sheffield, UK – Foundry
- 27 – London, UK – Electrical Ballroom
- 28 – London, UK – Electrical Ballroom
- 29 – Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser Strand
- 30 – Oslo, Norway – John Dee
SEPTEMBER
- 1 – Trondheim, Norway – Byscenen
- 4 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Loppen
- 5 – Hamburg, Germany – Molotow Membership
- 6 – Stekene, Belgium – Crammerock Competition †
- 8 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg Oz
- 9 – Cologne, Germany – Luxor
- 11 – Berlin, Germany – Frannz Membership
- 12 – Warsaw, Poland – Proxima
- 16 – Zagreb, Croatia – Classic Industrial Bar
- 23 – Madrid, Spain – Sala Wagon
- 24 – Lisbon, Portugal – LAV2
- 26 – Barcelona, Spain – Apolo 2
- 27 – Valencia, Spain – Visorfest †
NOVEMBER
- 11 – Birmingham, AL – WORKPLAY
- 12 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
- 13 – Asheville, NC – Gray Eagle
- 14 – Norfolk, VA – The Annex
- 15 –Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
- 16 – Richmond, VA – The Broadberry
- 18 – Lititz, PA – Mickey’s Black Field
- 19 – New York, NY – Racket
- 20 – Fairfield, CT – The Warehouse at FTC
- 21 – Woodstock, NY – Bearsville Theater
- 22 – Jersey Metropolis, NJ – White Eagle Corridor
- 23 – Portsmouth, NH – 3S Artspace
- 25 – Amherst, MA – The Drake
- 26 – Boston, MA – The Wilbur
- 28 – Syracuse, NY – Westcott Theater
- 29 – Buffalo, NY – City Ballroom
- 30 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Live performance Theatre
DECEMBER
- 2 – Millvale, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre
- 3 – Columbus, OH – Skully’s Music Diner
- 4 – Kalamazoo, MI – Bell’s Eccentric Cafe
- 5 – Madison, WI – Majestic
- 6 – Minneapolis, MN – Superb Line
- 8 – Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck
- 10 – Dallas, TX – Echo
- 11 – Houston, TX – Unhealthy Astronaut
- 12 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
- 13 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
- 14 – Fort Value, TX – Tannahill’s
- 16 – St Louis, MO – Delmar Corridor
- 17 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Corridor
- 18 – Indianapolis, IN – Hello-Fi
- 19 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Corridor
- 20 – Nashville, TN – Basement East
† FESTIVAL APPEARANCE