Lemonheads (The) - Deep End / Sad Cinderella

‘Deep End’ features J Mascis from Dinosaur Jr. on guitar and long-term collaborator Juliana Hatfield on vocals. It was co-written with Australian sparring partner Tom Morgan of Smudge.

This 12” single teases new material from The Lemonheads, with their first album of original songs in nearly two decades arriving later this year.

‘Sad Cinderella’ is a cover of the classic Townes Van Zandt song from ‘For the Sake of the Song’.

Evan Dando’s book release ‘Rumors Of My Demise: A Memoir’ is set for release in November via Faber.

Fans and artists influenced by the band include Phoebe Bridgers, MJ Lenderman, Courtney Barnett, Waxahatchee, Death Cab for Cutie, Julien Baker and many more.

The Lemonheads tease new material with this super limited 12” single.

Rekindling the near-perfect pop for which they’re famed, the single focusses on the light and dark balance of their impending new album ‘Love Chant’ that will be released on Fire Records this Fall. Beautifully ill-balanced, ‘Deep End’ and ‘Sad Cinderella’ traverse the highs and lows of life, perfectly illustrating Evan Dando’s esoteric musical taste.

‘Deep End’ is a churning riff monster with light-the-blue-touch-paper guitar breaks by J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr, a compulsive fist-in-the-air piece of timeless punk pop, the perfect soundtrack for bumming a cigarette. Cowritten with Australian sparring partner Tom Morgan of Smudge and featuring Juliana Hatfield, it signals a return down under for the band with several antipodean live dates scheduled this May.

Meanwhile, the flipside is straight out of the Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris songbook; a cover of the late, great Townes Van Zandt’s ‘Sad Cinderella’, it’s a song for the romantics, a tearjerker that could have made its way onto Neil Young’s ‘Harvest’, or any aching George Jones opus; filled with regret and remorse, it’s a beautifully brittle duet between Evan and Juliana Hatfield.

So, two slices of the born-again Lemonheads; a mature phoenix rising from the ashes of this legendary band who’ve been away way too long.

Tracks: A1 Deep End B1 Sad Cinderella (Townes Van Zandt Cover).

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