Chicago indie pop/indie rock/trash pop trio Dehd have announced their fifth studio album ‘Poetry‘. The record’s lead single “Mood Ring” accompanies today’s announcement.
Co-produce by Ziyad Asrar of Whitney alongside Dehd’s own Jason Balla, the follow-up to 2022’s Blue Skies, will be out May 10 via Fat Possum Records. Pre-order your copy here.
According to the press release, Poetry is inspired by Charles Bukowski’s poem “The Laughing Heart” and its themes of urgency and spiritedness. Rather than a traditional writing session, band members Jason Balla, Emily Kempf and Eric McGrady took to the road to pen the tracklist for Poetry, traveling from Taos, New Mexico to Puget Sound and back to Chicago for further inspiration.
Lead track “Mood Ring,” is a love song written about an encounter with a seductive motorcyclist and comes. They have also announced more 2024 tour dates.
Check out the Glamhag-directed music video below. followed by the album’s artwork and tracklist.
Dehd Poetry Tracklist:
- Dog Days
- Hard To Love
- Mood Ring
- Necklace
- Alien
- Light On
- Pure Gold
- Dist B
- So Good
- Don’t Look Down
- Knife
- Shake
- Magician
- Forget
DEHD 2024 Tour Dates
February 29 – San Francisco, CA – Noise Pop Festival
March 3 – Seattle, WA – Freakout Weekender
March 24 – Boise, ID – Treefort Festival
April 28 – Austin, TX – Austin Psych Festival
May 26 – Napa Valley, CA – BottleRock Music Festival
June 1 – Northampton, MA – Field Day Music Festival
OCTOBER
17 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
18 – Montreal, QC – Les Foufounes Électriques
19 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
22 – Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry @ The Filmore
23 – Washington, DC – The Howard Theatre
25 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
26 – New Orleans, LA – Chickie Wah Wahs
27 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
31 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
NOVEMBER
1 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco
5 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
8 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
9 – Denver, CO – The Oriental Theatre
11 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
12 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
Photo by Atiba Jefferson
