The Lemonheads’ new album Love Chant is officially out today via Fire Records — the first studio album in nearly two decades. Long in the works and shaped by shifting geographies and a cast of trusted collaborators, it’s a bold, melodic reaffirmation of one of alternative rock’s most distinctive voices.
Love Chant is a record that sounds both fresh and familiar: rooted in the hallmarks of The Lemonheads’ best work, yet expanded by years of lived experience and new surroundings.
Love Chant is produced by Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Apollo Nove, draws together old friends and new allies. J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr), Juliana Hatfield, and Tom Morgan (as co-writer for ‘Deep End’) rejoin the fold, alongside producer Bryce Goggin (Pavement, Antony and the Johnsons), Nashville’s Erin Rae, John Strohm of the Blake Babies co-wrote and played guitar on ‘Togetherness’ and Nick Saloman of The Bevis Frond — a songwriter and performer on the swirling psych-folk gem ‘Roky.’ Adam Green of cult New York favourites The Moldy Peaches also contributes as co-writer on the loose-limbed country detour ‘Wild Thing.’
Also out this Autumn, is Dando’s memoir, Rumours Of My Demise (out via Faber & Simon and Schuster).
‘Love Chant’ is out now. Available in Classic Black Vinyl, White Vinyl, Yellow Vinyl, Blue Vinyl (Rough Trade Exclusive), Picture Disc (Fire Webshop + Bandcamp exclusive – pictured) and CD.
LIVE DATES
11 Nov: Workplay, Birmingham, AL, US
12 Nov: The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA, US
14 Nov: The Annex, Norfolk, VA, US
15 Nov: Ottobar, Baltimore, MD, US
16 Nov: The Broadberry, Richmond, VA, US
18 Nov: Mickey’s Black Box, Lititz, PA, US
19 Nov: Racket, New York, NY, US
21 Nov: Bearsville Theater, Woodstock, NY, US
22 Nov: White Eagle Hall, Jersey City, NJ, US
23 Nov: 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH, US
25 Nov: The Drake, Amherst, MA, US
26 Nov: The Wilbur, Boston, MA, US
29 Nov: Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY, US
30 Nov: Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, ON, Canada
02 Dec: Mr. Smalls Theatre, Millvale, PA, US
04 Dec: Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo, MI, US
05 Dec: Majestic, Madison, WI, US
06 Dec: Fine Line, Minneapolis, MN, US
10 Dec: Echo, Dallas, TX, US
12 Dec: Mohawk, Austin, TX, US
13 Dec: Paper Tiger, San Antonio, TX, US
14 Dec: Tannahill’s, Fort Worth, TX, US
16 Dec: Delmar Hall, St Louis, MO, US
17 Dec: Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL, US
18 Dec: Hi-Fi, Indianapolis, IN, US
20 Dec: Basement East, Nashville, TN, US
