Sloppy Jane has shared a new cover of My Chemical Romance‘s The Black Parade track “Cancer.” It’s her first new music since 2021’s Madison, and Haley Dahl says, “My Chemical Romance is my biggest influence as far as being an insane band with an incredible amount of world building. I’ve loved them since I was a kid. I started playing this song live while opening for other bands on the Madison cycle, as kind of an access point. I chose ‘Cancer’ because it’s piano and strings driven, and its message is ‘I love you, and now I will die,’ which is basically what I’m saying on every single song on Madison. I don’t like joke-y covers- I love the song and thought it would fit in with mine.” Hear it below.
The “Cancer” cover is out via Haley’s onetime Sloppy Jane bandmate Phoebe Bridgers‘s Saddest Factory Records label, and Haley will open for Phoebe’s project with Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker, boygenius, tonight (10/31) at Hollywood Bowl, which is also with 100 gecs.
Speaking of boygenius, Lucy and Julien started celebrating Halloween early with an incredibly on point recreation of Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson‘s viral 2018 couple photo:
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After the show with boygenius, Sloppy Jane will be on tour supporting Pussy Riot and Deap Vally, including an NYC show at Le Poisson Rouge on February 17 (with Deap Vally). See all dates below.
SLOPPY JANE: 2023-2024 TOUR DATES
Oct 31 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl*
Nov 9 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre ^
Nov 12 – Seattle, WA – El Corazaon ^
Nov 13 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre ^
Nov 16 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo ^
Nov 18 – San Diego, CA – Music Box ^
Feb 8 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West #
Feb 9 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East #
Feb 10 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall #
Feb 11 – St. Paul, MN – Turf Club #
Feb 13 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom #
Feb 14 – Washington, D.C. – Black Cat
Feb 16 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts #
Feb 17 – New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge #
Feb 18 – Somerville, MA – Crystal Ballroom #
* With boygenius
^ With Pussy Riot
# With Deap Vally