NEW ALBUM LOVE CHANT RELEASED 24th OCTOBER 2025 ON FIRE RECORDS
LEAD SINGLE IN THE MARGIN OUT NOW
New Album released 24th October on Fire Records. The first album of original material in nearly two decades! New Single “In The Margin” + Tour Dates
After years of writing, wandering, and starting over, Evan Dando returns with Love Chant (out via Fire Records on October 24th) – the first Lemonheads studio album in nearly two decades. Long in the works and shaped by shifting geographies and a cast of trusted collaborators, it’s a bold, melodic reaffirmation of one of alternative rock’s most distinctive voices.
Now based in Brazil, where much of the album was recorded, Dando’s relocation in recent years has offered a quiet shift in perspective – a chance to reset, reconnect, and finally bring these songs into focus. The result is a record that sounds both fresh and familiar: rooted in the hallmarks of The Lemonheads’ best work yet expanded by years of lived experience and new surroundings.
Arriving this autumn alongside Dando’s memoir, Rumours Of My Demise (out via Allen & Unwin on October 28th, AU), Love Chant, produced by Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Apollo Nove, draws together old friends and new allies. J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr), Juliana Hatfield, and Tom Morgan (as co-writer for ‘Deep End’) rejoin the fold, alongside producer Bryce Goggin (Pavement, Antony and the Johnsons), Nashville’s Erin Rae, John Strohm of the Blake Babies co-wrote and played guitar on “Togetherness” and Nick Saloman of The Bevis Frond – a songwriter and performer on the swirling psych-folk gem “Roky.” Adam Green of cult New York favourites The Moldy Peaches also contributes as co-writer on the loose-limbed country detour “Wild
Thing.”
“One of the most influential bands of the last few decades” – BANDCAMP
“The Lemonheads’ ability to merge punk rock’s energetic simplicity with lush, melodic hooks is both timeless and influential” – PITCHFORK
Lead single “In The Margin” is a classic Dando composition: half-broken, half-beautiful, wrapped around a melody that disarms before it detonates.
Evan: “I wanted to have a riffy song, so I wrote riffs all over it. The body of the song was Marciana’s (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.’”
“The Key Of Victory” is all slow motion and soft shadows – a modal, meditative piece anchored by Apollo Nove’s winding guitar and Erin Rae’s spectral harmonies. Written with David Ashby (Rum Shebeen), its vocal was recorded at Abbey Road.
Evan: “It’s quiet, it’s bitchin’. It’s pretty and it’s modal. I was trying to do like a Street Hassle vibe, you know?”
“Cell Phone Blues” jolts with jittery energy and a deadpan smile, full of jangling riffs and quiet fury, while “58 Second Song” delivers western swing and barstool melancholy with classic Dando flair. “Deep End” – co-written with Tom Morgan – is pure propulsion, lit up by an explosive J Mascis solo.
The title track “Love Chant” pulses with Modern Lovers-like insistence, and “Togetherness Is All I’m After” opens with a wallop before dissolving into a final whispered plea: “Baby, don’t blow it.”
Over the past few years, The Lemonheads’ influence has only deepened. Artists like MJ Lenderman, Courtney Barnett and Waxahatchee have all covered Dando’s songs, praising the emotional clarity, melodic instinct, and wry intimacy that define his writing. That resonance across generations makes Love Chant feel like more than a return – it’s a reminder of what made this band matter in the first place.
“Few bands have been able to walk the line between the angst of grunge and the warmth of folk quite as elegantly as The Lemonheads.” – ROLLING STONE
“The Lemonheads have always been recognised as purveyors of grade-A pop punk” – RECORD COLLECTOR
TOUR DATES
Evan Dando Solo
13 Aug: Rough Trade East, London, UK
The Lemonheads
14 Aug: Roadmender, Northampton, UK
15 Aug: Rock N Roll Circus, Norwich, UK
16 Aug: O2 Ritz, Manchester, UK
17 Aug: Garage, Glasgow, UK
19 Aug: Limelight, Belfast, UK
20 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, UK
27 Aug: Electric Ballroom, London, UK
29 Aug: Debaser Strand, Stockholm, Sweden
30 Aug: John Dee, Oslo, Norway
01 Sep: Byscenen, Trondheim, Norway
04 Sep: Loppen, Copenhagen, Denmark
05 Sep: Molotow Club, Hamburg, Germany
06 Sep: Crammerock Festival, Stekene, Belgium
08 Sep: Melkweg Oz, Amsterdam, Netherlands
09 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: Visorfest, Valencia, Spain
11 Nov: Workplay, Birmingham, AL, US
12 Nov: The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA, US
13 Nov: Grey Eagle, Asheville, NC, US
14 Nov: The Annex, Norfolk, VA, US
15 Nov: Ottobar, Baltimore, MD, US
16 Nov: The Broadberry, Richmond, VA, US
18 Nov: Mickey’s Black Box, Lititz, PA, US
19 Nov: Racket, New York, NY, US
20 Nov: The Warehouse at FTC, Fairfield, CT, US
21 Nov: Bearsville Theater, Woodstock, NY, US
22 Nov: White Eagle Hall, Jersey City, NJ, US
23 Nov: 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH, US
25 Nov: The Drake, Amherst, MA, US
26 Nov: The Wilbur, Boston, MA, US
28 Nov: Westcott Theater, Syracuse, NY, US
29 Nov: Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY, US
30 Nov: Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, ON, Canada
02 Dec: Mr. Smalls Theatre, Millvale, PA, US
03 Dec: Skully’s Music Diner, Columbus, OH, US
04 Dec: Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo, MI, US
05 Dec: Majestic, Madison, WI, US
06 Dec: Fine Line, Minneapolis, MN, US
08 Dec: The Bottleneck, Lawrence, KS, US
10 Dec: Echo, Dallas, TX, US
11 Dec: Bad Astronaut, Houston, TX, US
12 Dec: Mohawk, Austin, TX, US
13 Dec: Paper Tiger, San Antonio, TX, US
14 Dec: Tannahill’s, Fort Worth, TX, US
16 Dec: Delmar Hall, St Louis, MO, US
17 Dec: Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL, US
18 Dec: Hi-Fi, Indianapolis, IN, US
19 Dec: Headliners Music Hall, Louisville, KY, US
20 Dec: Basement East, Nashville, TN, US
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