Dead Soft (Arts & Crafts) releasing a new single tomorrow called “I Believe You”
Dead Soft Premiere “I Believe You” With StereogumAnnounce Debut LP Big Blue On Arts & Crafts
Based on a small inlet island off the coast of British Columbia, Dead Soft have been a source of excitement in North American underground scenes for longer than most bands yet to release their debut LP. At first generating interest in their native Pacific Northwest, where they shared stages with acts like Bully, The Courtneys and Great Grandpa, before releasing early 7 inches on the JEFF The Brotherhood-founded Nashville label Infinity Cat (Diarrhea Planet, Colleen Green, Ed Schrader’s Music Beat), and then signing to celebrated Toronto indie Arts & Crafts (Japandroids, Broken Social Scene, Andy Shauf), the band have remained an active presence on the DIY circuit despite their relatively scarce recorded output.
Today, Dead Soft are announcing their long awaited debut album, Big Blue, with the premiere of the album’s first single “I Believe You” on Stereogum.
Listen to Dead Soft’s “I Believe You” on Stereogum
At turns sonically bruising and lyrically vulnerable, “I Believe You” serves as a sort of thesis statement for one of the more forcefully cathartic guitar albums in recent memory. Written while the band’s primary songwriters, Nathaniel Epp and Keeley Rochon, were in the midst of removing themselves from a financially and psychologically unsustainable existence in one of North America’s least affordable cities, the track channels the energy of the band’s geographical predecessors like Dinosaur Jr, Mudhoney and The Melvins in a way that expresses a different kind of generational malaise than their forebearers, but manages to sound a surprisingly hopeful note.
As Epp explains to Stereogum, it’s a song about trusting yourself and the people you care about in the face of hardship, and believing that a better life is possible:
“This song is about trusting that you will get to where you’re going. It was written at a time when I knew I needed to make a change in my life. I didn’t know what that change would look like but I could feel it coming and braced myself with the fact that truth and love will prevail in the end.”
In support of the release, the band will be embarking on a North American tour in October and November. Initial details can be found below, with more dates announcing later in the fall.
Big Blue is out October 18th on Arts & Crafts. Listen to “I Believe You” here.
Tracklist1. I Believe You2. The Wind3. Step Out4. Porch5. The Static6. Whatever I Want7. Tulips8. Trimmer9. Snake10. Problems
Tour DatesOct 12 – Vancouver, BC – The AstoriaOct 17 – Calgary, AB – Palomino SmokehouseOct 18 – Edmonton, AB – Sewing Machine FactoryOct 20 – Winnipeg, MB – The Good WillOct 21 – Minneapolis. MN – 7th Street EntryOct 23 – Chicago, IL – The BurlingtonOct 24 – Port Huron, MI – SchwonkSoundSteadOct 25 – Toronto, ON – The BeguilingOct 26 – Montreal, QC – La SottereneaOct 28 – Ottawa, ON – Live on ElginOct 29 – Allston, MA – O’BriensNov 02 – Philadelphia, PA – Creep RecordsNov 06 – Nashville, TN – DrkmttrNov 11 – Phoenix, AZ – Trunk SpaceNov 12 – San Diego, CA – Bar PinkNov 15 – Los Angeles, CA – The SatelliteNov 16 – San Francisco, CA – El RioNov 19 – Portland, OR – The Fixin’ ToNov 20 – Olympia, WA – Rhythm and RyeNov 21 – Seattle, WA – Belltown Yacht Club
Press Pic (Ryan Walter Wagner)
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Here is a link to “I Believe You”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDKi6MYHHkU&feature=youtu.be
Here’s a press release if you want a bit more information: https://bit.ly/2kgXMka