The Lemonheads reveal new single and video for ‘Deep End’ ft. J Mascis & Juliana Hatfield

The Lemonheads return with their first new album in almost two decades this Autumn. Rekindling the near-perfect pop for which they’re famed, they reveal a brand new single focussing on the light and dark of their impending new album ‘Love Chant’ that will be released on Fire Records this Fall. Ahead of their upcoming tour, The Lemonheads tease new material with new single ‘Deep End’ out 14th May alongside a new music video that was produced by Surreal Hotel Arts. The digital single release will be followed by a super-limited (500 copies only) 12” single available 13th June.

Beautifully ill-balanced, ‘Deep End’ and ‘Sad Cinderella’ traverse the highs and lows of life, perfectly illustrating Evan Dando’s esoteric musical taste.

‘Deep End’ (out May 14th) is a churning riff monster with light-the-blue-touch-paper guitar breaks by J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr, a compulsive fist-in-the-air piece of timeless punk pop, the perfect soundtrack for bumming a cigarette. Co-written with Australian sparring partner Tom Morgan of Smudge and featuring Juliana Hatfield, it signals a return down under for the band with several antipodean live dates scheduled this May.

“I’m beyond stoked to be heading back to Australia, just in time for the release of new music that I’ve been working on, including a single co-written with the incredibly talented Tom Morgan. Australia has always been a massive source of inspiration for my music, and with new music coming soon this feels like a dream come true. It’s also a special moment for me, as we wrap up celebrating the 30th anniversary of ‘It’s a Shame About Ray’ and ‘Come On Feel The Lemonheads’. To be able to mark the end of that era in Australia, a place that’s always felt like a second home, is almost like being blessed to move on to a new moment.” adds Evan

Meanwhile, the flipside is straight out of the Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris songbook; a cover of the late, great Townes Van Zandt’s ‘Sad Cinderella’, it’s a song for the romantics, a tearjerker that could have made its way onto Neil Young’s ‘Harvest’, or any aching George Jones opus; filled with regret and remorse, it’s a beautifully brittle duet between Evan and Erin Rae.

So, two slices of the born-again Lemonheads; a mature phoenix rising from the ashes of this legendary band who’ve been away way too long.

Photos by Gareth Jones.

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LIVE DATES
AUS / NZ
14 May: Croxton Ballroom, Melbourne, Australia
16 May: Croxton Ballroom, Melbourne, Australia
17 May: Croxton Ballroom, Melbourne, Australia
18 May: Princess Theatre, Brisbane, Australia
20 May: Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia
22 May: The Gov, Adelaide, Australia
23 May: Freo Social, Perth, Australia
24 May: Metropolis, Fremantle, Australia
28 May: Double Whammy, Auckland, New Zealand
29 May: Meow, Wellington, New Zealand

UK & IRE
14 Aug: Roadmender, Northampton, UK
15 Aug: Rock N’Roll Circus, Norwich, UK
16 Aug: O2 Ritz , Manchester, UK
17 Aug: Garage, Glasgow, UK
19 Aug: Limelight, Belfast, Ireland
20 Aug: Dolans Warehouse, Limerick, Ireland
21 Aug: Cyprus Avenue, Cork, Ireland
23 Aug: Bank Lane , Waterford, Ireland
24 Aug: Academy, Dublin, Ireland
26 Aug: Foundry, Sheffield, UK
27 Aug: Electric Ballroom, London, UK

EU
29 Aug: Debaser Strand, Stockholm, Sweden
30 Aug: John Dee, Oslo, Norway
01 Sep: Byscenen, Trondheim, Norway
04 Sep: Loppen, Copenhagen, Denmark
05 Sep: Molotow Club, Hamburg, Germany
08 Sep: Melkweg OZ, Amsterdam, Netherlands
09 Sep: Luxor, Cologne, Germany
11 Sep: Frannz Club, Berlin, Germany
12 Sep: Proxima, Warsaw, Poland
16 Sep: Vintage Industrial Bar, Zagreb, Croatia
23 Sep: Sala Wagon, Madrid, Spain
24 Sep: LAV2, Lisbon, Portugal
26 Sep: Apolo 2, Barcelona, Spain
27 Sep: Visor Festival, Valencia, Spain

“One of the most influential bands of the last few decades”  Bandcamp

“This was a band that deftly matched pop sensibility with grunge directness.”  BBC

A band that was impossible to box in and effortlessly more eclectic than any other rockers of their time

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The Lemonheads ‘Deep End / Sad Cinderella’

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A band that was impossible to box in and effortlessly more eclectic than any other rockers of their time.

Rough Trade

This was a band that deftly matched pop sensibility with grunge directness

BBC

One of the most influential bands of the last few decades

Bandcamp