Chicago trio Dehd have announced Poetry, their fifth album, which will be out May 10 via Fat Possum. The album was co-produced by Ziyad Asrar of Whitney and Dehd’s Jason Balla, marking the first time the band have used outside help, production-wise, in the recording process.
The first single is “Mood Ring,” a pop song about falling in love with a boy on a motorcycle, featuring sweet vocal interplay between Emily Kempf and Balla, and a fuzzed-out fake-out intro that will have you thinking it’s going a totally different direction than where it ends up. You can watch the video below.
Dehd have announced a fall tour that will have them out in October and November. There is currently no NYC show, but lots of room for one between Boston and Philadelphia dates. They also have a a few festival dates before that, including San Francisco’s Noise Pop, Boise’s Treefort, and Austin Psych Fest. All dates are listed below.
Poetry
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
Dehd – 2024 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