Flower Of Devotion

by DEHD

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CoughCool Excellent pop infused post-punk. A chilled out lounger Favorite track: Haha.

nofatclips 1st listen: pretty darn good from start to end. Also, I always wanted to know how it would sound like if The Smashing Pumpkins covered The Cranberries! Favorite track: Loner.

YAKOP When an album has no skips in the first four songs I'm usually a fan by then but to go throughout and have that same feeling until the end of an album it doesn't happen often for me, this was one of them. Top 5 of 2020 for sure. Favorite track: Haha.

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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.

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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

May 27

Théâtre Fairmount

Montreal, QC
May 28

Lee's Palace

Toronto, ON
Jun 04

Metro

Chicago, IL
Jun 10

Citi Field Complex

Queens, NY
Jul 08

Square Roots Festival

Chicago, IL
Aug 18

Pukkelpop

Kiewit-Hasselt, Belgium
Aug 22

Rotown

Rotterdam, Netherlands
Aug 26

Royal Highland Centre

Edinburgh, UK
Aug 26

Future Yard

Birkenhead, UK
Aug 30

The Castle and Falcon

Birmingham, UK
Aug 31

J2, Cambridge Junction

Cambridge, UK
Sep 01

Larmer Tree Gardens

Sixpenny Handley, UK
Sep 22

Slowdown

Omaha, NE
Sep 23

Summit Music Hall

Denver, CO
Sep 24

The Depot

Salt Lake City, UT
Sep 30

Showbox at the Market

Seattle, WA
Oct 02

August Hall

San Francisco, CA
Oct 05

The Belasco

Los Angeles (LA), CA
Oct 06

The Observatory North Park

San Diego, CA
Oct 07

Rialto Theatre

Tucson, AZ
Oct 13

The Van Buren

Phoenix, AZ
Oct 21

Brooklyn Steel

Brooklyn, NY
Oct 22

The Fillmore Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA
Oct 25

Royale Boston

Boston, MA
Oct 26

Théâtre Corona

Montreal, QC
Nov 02

Circolo Magnolia

Segrate, Italy
Nov 03

KiFF

Aarau, Switzerland
Nov 09

John Dee

Oslo, Norway
Nov 12

Botanique - Rotonde

Brussels, Belgium
Nov 16

The Lanes

Bristol, UK
Nov 17

Brudenell Social Club

Leeds, UK
Nov 18

Pop Recs Ltd

Sunderland, UK
Nov 19

Oran Mor

Glasgow, UK
Nov 20

The Button Factory

Dublin, Ireland

discography

Blue Skies

May 2022
Flower of Devotion Remixed

Sep 2021
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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