The Lemonheads Return With First New Material In 19 Years

US power pop legends The Lemonheads have announced details of new album Love Chant their first album of new material in almost twenty years.

Due for release in Autumn through Fire Records, the LP is preceded by new single Deep End available as a limited edition 12” on 13th June. Featuring former band member and solo artist Juliana Hatfield on backing vocals and Dinosaur Jr mainman J Mascis on lead guitar, the cut comes backed with the first video by the group since the 1990s.

The album is the first set of original material by the group since 2006s eponymous 'Red' LP, which was followed by covers collections, Varshons (2009) and Varshons 2 (2019).

Love Chant sees Lemonheads mainman Evan Dando collborating with songwriter Tom Morgan from Australian band Sneeze, a partnership that resulted in several tracks on the Lemonheads’ run of classic 1990s albums.

In support of the record, the Bostonians have announced UK and EU dates running from mid-August to late September (see below for details).



The Lemonheads UK / EU Tour

14 Aug: Roadmender, Northampton
15 Aug: Rock N’ Roll Circus, Norwich
16 Aug: O2 Ritz, Manchester
17 Aug: Garage, Glasgow
19 Aug: Limelight, Belfast
2 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
27 Aug: Electric Ballroom, London
29 Aug: Debaser Strand, Stockholm, Sweden
3 Aug: John Dee, Oslo, Norway
1 Sep: Byscenen, Trondheim, Norway
4 Sep: Loppen, Copenhagen, Denmark
5 Sep: Molotow Club, Hamburg, Germany
8 Sep: Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
9 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

Tickets here

The Deep End b/w Sad Cinderella is released through Fire on 13th June