Chicago trio Dehd will release their third album, Blue Skies, on May 27 via Fat Possum. It's their first album for the label, and they produced it themselves, with Grammy-winning engineer Craig Silvey (Arcade Fire, Rolling Stones) mixing.
The first single from the album is "Bad Love," a real stormer that singer Emily Kempf says is about "recovering from love addiction and making a decision to stop choosing and aligning with people who aren’t your energetic match." She adds, "I wrote it for myself and for everyone who needed to hear a song about choosing new forms of love. it’s about chasing a relationship with oneself rather than an unhealthy one, one that just doesn’t quite fit, or a codependent one. everyone experiences loneliness and everyone needs connection. I wished to reclaim loneliness for myself and others as something not embarrassing or to be a kept dark secret. I wanted to embrace loneliness and being alone, alchemizing it with friendship and behaviors with self that don’t involve romance or sex.”
You can watch the video, co-directed by Kempf and Kevin Veselka, below.
Dehd have also announced a spring tour, which kicks off at Atlanta's Shaky Knees festival and includes a NYC show at Bowery Ballroom on May 24. Tickets for all headline dates go on sale Friday, February 18 at 10 AM local time. All dates are listed below.
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Blue Skies tracklist 1. Control 2. Bad Love 3. Bop 4. Clear 5. Hold 6. Memories 7. Window 8. Palomino 9. Waterfall 10. Dream On 11. Empty In My Mind 12. Stars 13. No Difference
Dehd - 2022 Tour Dates Sat. Apr. 30 - Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Festival Sat. Apr. 30 - Atlanta GA @ The Masquerade (Shaky Knees Aftershow) Mon. May 2 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater Tue. May 3 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall Thu. May 5 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos Fri. May 6 - Vancouver, BC @ The Imperial Sat. May 7 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom Mon. May 9 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel Tue. May 10 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater Wed. May 11 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress Fri. May 13 - Austin, TX - Antones Sat. May 14 - Dallas, TX @ Trees Sun. May 15 - Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live Studio Mon. May 16 - New Orleans, LA @ Toulouse Theatre Wed. May 18 - Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall Thu. May 19 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle Sun. May 22 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer Tue. May 24 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom Thu. May 26 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall Fri. May 27 - Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount Sat. May 28 - Toronto, ON @ Lee’sPalace Sat. Jun. 4 - Chicago, IL @ Metro Sat. Jun. 11 - Queens, NY @ The Governors Ball Music Festival