Lightheaded & Jeanines both announce new albums, share new singles & announce UK tour

Lightheaded & Jeanines both announce new albums, share new singles & announce UK tour

Both albums will be released June 27 via Slumberland (US) / Skep Wax (UK)

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Today, like minded Slumberland recording artists Lightheaded and Jeanines both announce new albums, share the first singles from those very same albums and announce a joint UK tour this July. The albums will both be released on June 27 via Slumberland Records (in North America) and on Skep Wax (in the UK & EU). Full details below! 

JEANINES & LIGHTHEADED UK TOUR DATES:

Jul 17 - London - Skep Wax Weekender
Jul 19 - London - Skep Wax Weekender @ The Lexington
Jul 20 - Brighton - The Albert
Jul 21 - Exeter - The Cavern
Jul 22 - Bristol - The Exchange
Jul 23 - Oxford - Common Ground
Jul 24 - Coventry - Just Dropped In
Jul 25 - Manchester - Gullivers
Jul 27 - Glasgow - Mono

 

Over the course of nearly a decade making music as Jeanines, Alicia Jeanine and Jed Smith have charted a distinctive course through the history of pop, evoking influences as varied as the 60s folk of early Fairport Convention and Vashti Bunyan, the sunshine pop of Margo Guryan and Laura Nyro, and indiepop touchstones like Dear Nora, Marine Girls, Dolly Mixture, and the post-Black Tambourine projects of Pam Berry.

Their new album, How Long Can It Last, finds Jeanines grappling with themes of personal upheaval and self-excavation, adding weight to their finest set of songs yet. With Alicia’s lyrics incisively interrogating connections, ruptures, and time and its reverberations, songs like "Coaxed a Storm," "What's Done Is Done," and "On and On" combine richly melodic tunes with multi-instrumental producer and co-composer Jed’s crisp arrangements (featuring contributions from longtime live show bassist Maggie Gaster) to stellar effect.

Where How Long Can It Last really shines is, as always, in the songs. While the themes might be heavy, the melodies and harmonies are simply heavenly, elevating these economical songs to give each the feeling of a lost classic. From the first notes of opener "To Fail" to jaunty closer "Wrong Direction," this album announces itself as the work of a band in full command of their art (and craft).