After releasing one of their heaviest songs in a very long time (or ever) with “Magnolia,” Deafheaven have now shown off another side of their upcoming album Lonely People With Power. Second single “Heathen” leans more overtly into the band’s cleaner shoegaze/post-rock side and opens with the clean-sung vocals that George Clarke prominently embraced on 2021’s Infinite Granite, but “Heathen” isn’t just a repeat of that album. George brings his scream in too, and the result is a genre-crossing fusion that sounds like Infinite Granite and earlier Deafheaven all at once. You couldn’t mistake this for any other band, but Deafheaven also don’t really have much else in their catalog like “Heathen.” Check out the song and its video (by Muted Windows) below.
Lonely People With Power comes out on March 28 via Deafheaven’s new label home of Roadrunner Records, and we’ve got an exclusive “honeyed heat” vinyl variant up for pre-order in the BV shop, limited to 500. Here’s a mock-up:
Deafheaven will support the new album with a headlining tour this spring and they’ll be joined by two great openers: Phoenix death metallers Gatecreeper and Texas heavy shoegazers Trauma Ray. That tour hits NYC on May 14 at Irving Plaza and May 15 at Warsaw. All dates are listed below.
Deafheaven — 2025 Tour Dates
all non-festival North American dates with Gatecreeper and Trauma Ray:
April 19 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco
April 20 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
April 21 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
April 23 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
April 24 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox
April 25 – Vancouver, BC – The Pearl
April 26 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
April 27 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
April 28 – Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall
April 30 – Englewood, CO – The Gothic Theatre
May 02 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown
May 03 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theatre
May 04 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theater
May 05 – Chicago, IL – Metro
May 06 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Pyramid Scheme
May 08 – Toronto, ON – The Opera House
May 09 – Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival 2025
May 10 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
May 12 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
May 13 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
May 14 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
May 15 – Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
May 17 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
May 18 – Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome to Rockville 2025
May 20 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
May 21 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
May 23 – Mesa, AZ – The Nile
June 08 – Nürburg, Germany – Rock am Ring 2025
June 12 – Nickelsdorf, Austria – Nova Rock 2025
June 14 – 15 – Manchester, United Kingdom – Outbreak Fest 2025
June 19 – 22 – Dessel, Belgium – Graspop Metal Meeting 2025
June 21 – Clisson, France – Hellfest 2025
June 25 – Oslo, Norway – Tons of Rock 2025
June 28 – Ysselsteyn, Netherlands – Jera On Air 2025