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Deafheaven Announce New Album ‘Ordinary Corrupt Human Love’ Out July 13th

On July 13, Deafheaven will release their highly anticipated fourth album, Ordinary Corrupt Human Love. The band’s second full-length for Anti-, Ordinary Corrupt Human Love follows 2015’s critically acclaimed New Bermuda. Working again with producer Jack Shirley, Deafheaven have expanded their heavy, kinetic sound to…

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Posted on April 18, 2018

Photo: Corinne Shiavone

On July 13, Deafheaven will release their highly anticipated fourth album, Ordinary Corrupt Human Love. The band’s second full-length for Anti-, Ordinary Corrupt Human Love follows 2015’s critically acclaimed New Bermuda.

Working again with producer Jack Shirley, Deafheaven have expanded their heavy, kinetic sound to bring in layered psychedelic vocals, jazz-inspired percussion, and intricate piano melodies. Ordinary Corrupt Human Love takes its title from Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair, reflecting a theme of hazy, yearning romanticism threaded throughout the album.

Ordinary Corrupt Human Love’s lead single “Honeycomb” further reveals Deafheaven’s literary sensibilities. With its lyrics referencing Argentinian writer Julio Cortázar (author of the stream-of-consciousness novel Hopscotch), the endlessly captivating track is accompanied by a video that shows glimpses of Deafheaven in the studio and captures their wanderings around San Francisco.

Watch the video for “Honeycomb” Now:

Formed in San Francisco in 2010, Deafheaven (vocalist George Clarke, guitarists Kerry McCoy and Shiv Mehra, and drummer Dan Tracy) made their debut with 2011’s Roads To Judah and had an unexpected crossover hit with their 2013 sophomore effort Sunbather. Along with being praised as “one of the best albums of the year” by Stereogum, their third album New Bermuda was hailed as “a brilliant collision of beauty and despair” in Pitchfork’s Best New Music review.

Known for their transcendent live show, Deafheaven announce tour dates in support of Ordinary Corrupt Human Love. The 30-date run begins July 11 in Phoenix, AZ at Crescent Ballroom and goes through August 18 in Los Angeles, CA at The Wiltern. Tickets are on sale Friday, April 20th.

DEAFHEAVEN TOUR DATES:

JUL 11 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom

JUL 13 Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey

JUL 14 Austin, TX @ The Mohawk

JUL 15 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall

JUL 17 Orlando, FL @ The Social

JUL 18 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade

JUL 19 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle

JUL 20 Richmond, VA @ The Broadberry

JUL 21 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

JUL 22 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer

JUL 24 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel