The Lemonheads return with 'Love Chant'

The group’s first album of all-new material in nearly two decades is due this fall

The Lemonheads have officially announced their first album of all-new original material in almost two decades, Love Chant, arriving on October 24th via Fire Records.

Recorded at São Paulo’s A9 Áudio with producer Apollo Nove (Rita Lee, Bebel Gilberto, Seu Jorge), Love Chant marks the welcome return of a justifiably legendary rock band, with founding singer-songwriter-guitarist Evan Dando joined by a bevy of dear friends and collaborators including Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis, Juliana Hatfield, Tom Morgan (as co-writer for “Deep End”), 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 favorites The Moldy Peaches also contributes as co-writer on the loose-limbed country detour “Wild Thing.”

The album is heralded by the premiere of the hard-hitting new single, “In The Margin,” available everywhere alongside an official lyric video streaming now on YouTube. “In The Margin” is a classic Dando composition: half-broken, half-beautiful, wrapped around a melody that disarms before it detonates.

“I wanted to have a riffy song, so I wrote riffs all over it,” says Dando. “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.’”

Love Chant also includes the recently released “Deep End,” available everywhere now. Co-written by Dando with longtime collaborator Tom Morgan of Smudge, the churning, riff-powered track, which features an instantly identifiable guitar solo from J Mascis and backing vocals from dear friend and frequent Lemonheads guest Juliana Hatfield. An official music video, filmed on location in São Paulo, Brazil by directors Carlão Busato and Luigi Parisi, is streaming now on YouTube.

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.

The Lemonheads with celebrate the album with a marathon world tour, beginning this summer with a series of headline shows and top-billed festival appearances across the UK and Europe. North American dates get underway November 11th at Birmingham, AL’s Workplay and then continue through a December 20th tour finale at Nashville’s famed Basement East.

Dando will be releasing his memoir, Rumors of My Demise, via Gallery Books, on October 7th.

The Lemonheads Love Chant World Tour 2025 Dates:

Aug 13 – London, UK – Rough Trade East -Solo Show
Aug 14 – Northampton, UK – Roadmender
Aug 15 – Norwich, UK – Rock N Roll Circus,
Aug 16 – Manchester, UK – O2 Ritz
Aug 17 – Glasgow, UK – Garage
Aug 19 – Belfast, UK – Limelight
Aug 20 – Limerick, Ireland – Dolans Warehouse
Aug 21 – Cork, Ireland – Cyprus Avenue
Aug 23 – Waterford, Ireland – Bank Lane
Aug 24 – Dublin, Ireland – Academy
Aug 26 – Sheffield, UK – Foundry
Aug 27 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom
Aug 28 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom
Aug 29 – Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser Strand
Aug 30 – Oslo, Norway – John Dee
Sept 1 – Trondheim, Norway – Byscenen
Sept 4 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Loppen
Sept 5 – Hamburg, Germany – Molotow Club
Sept 6 – Stekene, Belgium – Crammerock Festival †
Sept 8 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg Oz
Sept 9 – Cologne, Germany – Luxor
Sept 11 – Berlin, Germany – Frannz Club
Sept 12 – Warsaw, Poland – Proxima
Sept 16 – Zagreb, Croatia – Vintage Industrial Bar
Sept 23 – Madrid, Spain – Sala Wagon
Sept 24 – Lisbon, Portugal – LAV2
Sept 26 – Barcelona, Spain – Apolo 2
Sept 27 – Valencia, Spain – Visorfest
Nov 11 – Birmingham, AL – WORKPLAY
Nov 12 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
Nov 13 – Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle
Nov 14 – Norfolk, VA – The Annex
Nov 15 –Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
Nov 16 – Richmond, VA – The Broadberry
Nov 18 – Lititz, PA – Mickey’s Black Box
Nov 19 – New York, NY – Racket
Nov 20 – Fairfield, CT – The Warehouse at FTC
Nov 21 – Woodstock, NY – Bearsville Theater
Nov 22 – Jersey City, NJ – White Eagle Hall
Nov 23 – Portsmouth, NH – 3S Artspace
Nov 25 – Amherst, MA – The Drake
Nov 26 – Boston, MA – The Wilbur
Nov 28 – Syracuse, NY – Westcott Theater
Nov 29 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
Nov 30 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre
Dec 2 – Millvale, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre
Dec 3 – Columbus, OH – Skully’s Music Diner
Dec 4 – Kalamazoo, MI – Bell’s Eccentric Cafe
Dec 5 – Madison, WI – Majestic
Dec 6 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
Dec 8 – Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck
Dec 10 – Dallas, TX – Echo
Dec 11 – Houston, TX – Bad Astronaut
Dec 12 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
Dec 13 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
Dec 14 – Fort Worth, TX – Tannahill’s
Dec 16 – St Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
Dec 17 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
Dec 18 – Indianapolis, IN – Hi-Fi
Dec 19 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall
Dec 20 – Nashville, TN – Basement East