News
Plus Jay Som, Ducks Ltd., Hinds, Bartees Strange, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 10, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 16th Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Matt the Raven, and Scott Dransfield helped me decide what should make the list. We seriously considered over 25 songs this week and narrowed it down to a Top 10. More
Poetry Due Out This Friday via Fat Possum
May 09, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Chicago trio Dehd are releasing a new album, Poetry, this Friday via Fat Possum. Now they have shared its fourth single, “Dog Days,” via a one-take video. More
Poetry Due Out May 10 via Fat Possum
Apr 10, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Chicago trio Dehd are releasing a new album, Poetry, on May 10 via Fat Possum. Now they have shared its third single, “Alien.” More
Poetry Due Out May 10 via Fat Possum
Mar 05, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Chicago trio Dehd are releasing a new album, Poetry, on May 10 via Fat Possum. Now they have shared its second single, “Light On.” They have also announced some new UK and EU tour dates. More
Plus Ducks Ltd., Holly Macve, Dehd, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 02, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the fourth Songs of the Week of 2024. This week a band’s first single in over a decade takes the top spot. More
Poetry Due Out May 10 via Fat Possum
Feb 01, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Chicago trio Dehd have announced a new album, Poetry, and shared its first single, “Mood Ring,” via a music video. They have also announced some tour dates. More
Blue Skies Out Now via Fat Possum
Sep 13, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Chicago trio Dehd have shared a video for their new single, “Eggshells.” It is out now via Fat Possum. More
Plus Shearwater, Chelsea Rose, Just Mustard, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 27, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone and Caleb Campbell)
Welcome to the 21st Songs of the Week of 2022. It was terrible week for those who follow the news, fueled by the truly awful mass shooting at the elementary school in Texas. And once again the usual gun control debates came up and once again nothing will probably happen. After all, it’s been 10 years since the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting and no progress has been made. Also Depeche Mode’s Andrew Fletcher and actor Ray Liotta (Goodfellas, Something Wild) both surprisingly died yesterday, even though they were both only in their 60s. More
Blue Skies Due Out May 27 via Fat Possum
May 24, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Chicago trio Dehd have shared a video for their new single, “Window.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album, Blue Skies, which will be out this Friday (May 27) via Fat Possum. They have also announced a world tour in support of the album. More
Blue Skies Due Out May 27 via Fat Possum
Apr 27, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Chicago trio Dehd have shared a new single, “Empty In My Mind.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming third studio album, Blue Skies, which will be out on May 27 via Fat Possum. More
Blue Skies Due Out May 27 via Fat Possum
Mar 23, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Chicago trio Dehd have shared a video for their new single, “Stars.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming third studio album, Blue Skies, which will be out on May 27 via Fat Possum. More
Blue Skies Due Out May 27 via Fat Possum
Feb 14, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Chicago trio Dehd have announced the release of their third studio album, Blue Skies, which will be out on May 27 via Fat Possum. In addition to sharing a video for the album’s lead single, “Bad Love,” they have also announced a tour. More
Flower of Devotion Remixed Due Out September 17 on Fire Talk
Aug 24, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Chicago trio Dehd have shared a Lala Lala remix of their song “Desire,” originally featured on their sophomore album Flower of Devotion. It is the latest offering from their forthcoming remix album, Flower of Devotion Remixed, which will be out on September 17 via Fire Talk. More
Tour Will Feature Supporting Performances by Katie Malco, Thao, Dehd, and Ratboys
Apr 06, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Julien Baker has just announced a string of tour dates for later this year. Yes, you read that right, new tour dates! Katie Malco will be the opening act for all North American tour dates, with Thao as support for the September 2021 dates and Dehd supporting the October/November 21 dates. Ratboys will be the opening act for all of the 2022 European dates. More
Flower of Devotion Out Now Via Fire Talk
Oct 15, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Chicago trio Dehd released a new album, Flower of Devotion, in July via Fire Talk. Now they have shared a video for the album’s “Haha.” The band’s Emily Kempf co-directed the video with Ryan Hart. More
Flower Of Devotion Due Out July 17 Via Fire Talk
Jul 08, 2020
By Julian Roberts-Grmela
Chicago trio Dehd have shared a new song, “Month,” from their anticipated new album via an accompanying video. Flower of Devotion is due out July 17th via Fire Talk. More
Flower of Devotion Due Out July 17 via Fire Talk
Jun 18, 2020
By Samantha Small
Dehd just keep getting better and better. Now the Chicago-based trio have shared “Flood,” the second single from their forthcoming sophomore album, Flower of Devotion, due out July 17th on Fire Talk. More
Flower of Devotion Due Out July 17 via Fire Talk
May 11, 2020
By Samantha Small
“How can I be utterly alone and chill?” asks Emily Kempf of the Chicago-based trio Dehd on their new song “Loner.” The melancholy track is the lead single off the band’s just-announced forthcoming sophomore album, Flower of Devotion. More
Interviews
Aug 09, 2022
By Jasper Willems
You can easily apply the popular Homelander-meme to Chicago jangle pop trio Dehd: every setback has somehow catapulted them further towards ballooning notoriety. More
Feb 04, 2021
By Samantha Small
According to Emily Kempf of the Chicago-based trio Dehd, emotions are like flowers. But like any living thing, they need to be nurtured in order to grow. More
The Mutt of the Genre World
Jul 16, 2020
By Samantha Small
Just a few years ago, Emily Kempf was roaming around the United States. She had just left her Atlanta home, and her band Back Pockets, and was looking to find a new scene. After an “insane” nine months of wandering, she wound up in the windy city of Chicago. It was originally on her lists of prospective locations, along with Oakland, California, and a small town in Northern Vermont. But, there was something about Chicago that just felt right. It fit like a glove—a clothing item she previously hadn’t needed while living under the sweltering Georgia heat. And soon enough, she met her future bandmate, Jason Balla at his gig at Animal Kingdom. More
Reviews
May 15, 2024
By Matt the Raven
Dehd’s excellent and playlist-worthy single “Bad Love” (from their 2022 album, Blue Skies) had a surf-punk vibe, but the band’s new album, Poetry, largely eliminates the punk in favor of the more relaxed breezy twang of surf. More
