The Lemonheads return with Love Chant , their first studio album in almost two decades. The album will be released on October 24th by Fire Records. The album is a bold and melodic reaffirmation from one of the most distinctive voices in alternative rock.
The lead single, “In The Margin,” released this Monday, the 23rd, is a typical Evan Dando composition: “I wanted a song full of riffs, so I put riffs everywhere. The body of the song is from Marciana Jones . It’s kind of like an eighth-grade girl’s revenge song: ‘Stupidly I left the escape plans out so they could find my way.’”
Now based in Brazil, where he recorded much of the album, Dando's move in recent years has offered a fresh perspective—a chance to start over, reconnect, and finally shape these songs. The result is an album that sounds both fresh and familiar: rooted in the classic elements of The Lemonheads, but expanded by years of experience and new landscapes.
Arriving in October alongside Dando's highly anticipated memoir, Rumours Of My Demise , Love Chant is produced by Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Apollo Nove and brings together old friends and new allies.
J Mascis ( Dinosaur Jr ), Juliana Hatfield , and Tom Morgan (co-writer of “Deep End”) return to the lineup, along with names like producer Bryce Goggin ( Pavement, Antony and the Johnsons ). Additionally, Nashville singer Erin Rae, John Strohm (Blake Babies, co-writer and guitarist on “Togetherness”), and Nick Saloman ( The Bevis Frond , composer and performer on the psychedelic “Roky”) join the band. Adam Green , of the cult band The Moldy Peaches , also participates as a co-writer on the country track “Wild Thing”.
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