The Lemonheads will release their first collection of new original songs in almost 20 years, Love Chant, on October 24. The 10-track collection finds frontman Evan Dando collaborating with a variety of guest artists.
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Among those who contributed to the album are Dinosaur Jr frontman J Mascis, Juliana Hatfield, The Bevis Frond’s Nick Saloman, and Adam Green of The Moldy Peaches.
Coinciding with the album announcement, The Lemonheads have released the song “In the Margin” as an advance digital track. A companion music video also has debuted on the band’s official YouTube channel.
“I wanted to have a riffy song, so I wrote riffs all over it,” Dando said of “In the Margin.” “The body of the song was [written by Marciana Jones]. It’s like a full-on 8th-grade girl revenge song: ‘Stupidly I left the escape plans out so they could find my way.’”
“In the Margin” was preceded in May by the release of another advance track from Love Chant called “Deep End.” That song features a guitar solo by Mascis and Hatfield on backing vocals. A video for “Deep End” also premiered on The Lemonheads’ YouTube channel. “Deep End” was co-written by Tom Morgan, who has been a frequent collaborator with Dando since the 1990s.
Love Chant can be pre-ordered now. It will be released on CD, as a vinyl LP, and via digital formats. The LP will be available on standard black vinyl, as a picture disc, and in multiple colored-vinyl variants.
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Saloman co-wrote and played on a song titled “Roky.”
John Strohm, who was a member of The Lemonheads during the 1990s, co-wrote and played guitar on “Togetherness.” Strohm also was a co-founding member of Hatfield’s early band the Blake Babies.
Green co-wrote a country-influenced song from Love Chant titled “Wild Thing.”
Nashville folk-pop artist Erin Rae sang harmony on the song “The Key of Victory.”
Love Chant was produced by Brazilian composer/musician Apollo Nove in São Paulo, Brazil, where Dando moved in 2023.
Love Chant is The Lemonheads’ first studio album since the 2019 covers collection Varshons 2. The band’s last album of original tunes was a self-titled record that came out in 2006.
The Lemonheads’ 2025 Tour Plans
The Lemonheads will launch a world tour in support of Love Chant this summer. The band first will visit Ireland and the U.K., starting with an August 13 solo show in London, and running through an August 27-28 stand in London.
The group will then kick off a series of dates in mainland Europe plotted out from an August 29 in Stockholm, Sweden, through a September 27 performance at Visorfest in Valencia, Spain.
Later in the fall, The Lemonheads will mount a North American leg running from a November 11 show in Birmingham, Alabama, through a December 20 concert in Nashville.
Meanwhile, Dando has written a memoir titled Rumors of My Demise that will be published on October 7.
Love Chant Track List:
- “58 Second Song”
- “Deep End”
- “In the Margin”
- “Wild Thing”
- “Be-In”
- “Cell Phone Blues”
- “Togetherness Is All I’m After”
- “Marauders”
- “Love Chant”
- “The Key of Victory”
- “Roky”
(Photo by Gareth Jones)
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