Flower Of Devotion

by DEHD

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antoniyoo12 I love shouting out every lyric of Flying Favorite track: Flying.

Matthew Flores Emily, Jason and Eric all play with a ferocity not usually seen among too many indie rockers. Wails, yells, melodic voices and drumming intensity. Passionate record from a passionate Chicago band! Favorite track: No Time.

Jacqie Blue Flood is the best song! I listen to it all the time. 💜 Favorite track: Flood.

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1.	Desire 03:14	buy track
2.	Loner 03:12	buy track
3.	Haha 02:11	buy track
4.	Drip Drop 02:43	buy track
5.	Month 03:03	buy track
6.	Disappear 02:23	buy track
7.	Flood 02:57	buy track
8.	Letter 03:15	buy track
9.	Nobody 02:47	buy track
10.	No Time 03:03	buy track
11.	Moonlight 03:24	buy track
12.	Apart 02:26	buy track
13.	Flying 03:46	buy track

about

“I want nothing more than to be a loner,” Emily Kempf sings early on Flower of Devotion, the new album by Chicago trio Dehd. It’s a startling admission coming from a songwriter who, just a year ago on Dehd’s critically acclaimed Water, wrote eloquently about the joys and pains — more than anything, the necessity — of love, compassion, and companionship. But then, “admission” isn’t really the right word here, given the stridency of Kempf’s tone. “Loner” is a declaration.

The record ups the ante on Dehd’s sound & filters in just enough polish to bring out the shining and melancholy undertones in Jason Balla and Emily Kempf’s songwriting, even as it captures them at their most strident. Balla’s guitar lines at times flirt with ticklish cosmic country, while at others they reflect the dark marble sounds of Broadcast. Kempf, meanwhile, establishes herself as a singer of incredible expressive range, pinching into a high lonesome wail, letting loose a chirping “ooh!,” pushing her voice below its breaking point and letting it swing down there. When she and Balla bounce descending counter-melodies off one another over McGrady’s one-two thumps, or skitter off over a programmed drum pad, they sound like The B-52s shaking off heartache.

What makes Flower of Devotion so impressive is how its creation seems to have strengthened its creators, both as individuals and as a unit, even as they’ve stared down their own limitations. It’s also striking just how much fun they seem to be having in the process. “It’s okay to be lighthearted in the face of despair,” Kempf says. It’s a theme that runs through the album, from the opening back-and-forth build of “Desire” to the click-clacking chorus of “Haha,” which finds them deflating their own history. Flower of Devotion was recorded in April and August of 2019 in Chicago. It will be released on Fire Talk Records on July 17th 2020.

credits

released July 17, 2020

Recorded by Jason Balla & Dehd
Mixed by Dave Vettraino
Mastered by Greg Obis at Chicago Mastering

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DEHD Chicago, Illinois

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shows

Oct 27

Stubb's Barbeque

Austin, TX
Oct 28

Granada Theater

Dallas, TX
Oct 29

The Heights Theater

Houston, TX
Oct 30

Paper Tiger

San Antonio, TX
Nov 01

The Van Buren

Phoenix, AZ
Nov 02

The Observatory North Park

San Diego, CA
Nov 04

The Wiltern

Los Angeles (LA), CA
Nov 06

Fox Theater - Oakland

Oakland, CA
Nov 08

Aladdin Theater

Portland, OR
Nov 09

Hollywood Theatre

Vancouver, BC
Nov 10

Moore Theatre

Seattle, WA
Nov 12

The Complex

Salt Lake City, UT
Nov 15

Granada Theatre

Lawrence, KS
Nov 16

Delmar Hall

St Louis, MO

discography

Flower Of Devotion

Jul 2020
Letter

Oct 2019
Water

May 2019
Dying For

Nov 2018
FIRE OF LOVE

Mar 2017
DEHD

Aug 2016

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