Dehd announces new album + shares lead single "Mood Ring"

DEHD ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM POETRY OUT 5/10 SHARES LEAD SINGLE AND VIDEO “MOOD RING” ANNOUNCES POETRY TOUR

Dehd by Atiba Jefferson “Mood Ring” LISTEN: https://dehd.ffm.to/moodring.OPR WATCH: https://youtu.be/A7DWwoAZgJ8 Poetry PRE-SAVE/ORDER: https://dehd.ffm.to/poetry.OPR (January 31, 2024) - Dehd kicks off 2024 by announcing their fifth studio album, Poetry, due this May via Fat Possum Records. Alongside the announcement, Dehd shares the lead single and accompanying music video for "Mood Ring," a fuzzy, crushed-out bop about falling for a boy on a motorcycle. It’s the tone-setter for all that Poetry is set to deliver as the band shows their ability to weld a variety of musical directions inside a concise and catchy sub-three-minute package.  Following the whirlwind success of Dehd’s fourth album, Blue Skies, and hit single “Bad Love," the band turned a writing session into a road trip. First stop, Kempf’s off-grid Earthship in Taos, New Mexico where they chopped wood to stay warm and worked until they ran out of daylight. They then travelled north to a borrowed cabin on the Puget Sound where surrounded by chilly waters, time was marked only by the movement of the tides. “Eating, Sleeping, Breathing, Living - our only purpose was to write,” Kempf recalled. This was the first time the band traveled to distinctly notable locations to write and be inspired. Leaving Chicago proved to be a watershed moment. They finalized the songs that became Poetry back in snowy Chicago in the warehouse space they’ve called home for nearly a decade. The band tapped Ziyad Asrar of Whitney to co-produce the album alongside Dehd’s own Jason Balla at Palisade Studio, marking the first time the trio has collaborated with anyone outside of the band during the recording process.  These experiences, coupled with a moment of inspiration from falling in love with Charles Bukowski’s self-affirming poem “The Laughing Heart,” gave birth to Dehd’s fifth album and a new direction—to live life like Poetry. The band is playing one-off US festivals throughout the winter and spring leading into the May 10th release date, followed by festivals in the UK, EU, and NA throughout the summer. Today the band reveals their headlining North American leg of the Poetry Tour. General tickets go on sale Friday, February 2nd, at 10AM ET at dehd.horse.

Upcoming Tour Dates 2/29 - San Francisco, CA @ Noise Pop Festival 3/3 - Seattle, WA @ Freakout Weekender 3/24 - Boise, ID @ Treefort Festival 4/28 - Austin, TX @ Austin Psych Festival 5/26 - Napa Valley, CA @ BottleRock Music Festival 6/1 - Northampton, MA @ Field Day Music Festival 10/17 - Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace 10/18 - Montreal, QC @ Les Foufounes Électriques 10/19 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall 10/22 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry @ The Filmore 10/23 - Washington, DC @ The Howard Theatre 10/25 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West 10/26 - New Orleans, LA @ Chickie Wah Wahs 10/27 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall 10/31 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom 11/1 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco 11/5 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre 11/8 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge 11/9 - Denver, CO @ The Oriental Theatre 11/11 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line  11/12 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall

album artwork Dehd Poetry May 10, 2024 Fat Possum Records 1. Dog Days  2. Hard To Love  3. Mood Ring  4. Necklace 5. Alien  6. Light On  7. Pure Gold  8. Dist B  9. So Good  10. Don’t Look Down  11. Knife  12. Shake  13. Magician  14. Forget

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