Helena Deland shares the soaring, stomping, double tracked new acoustic single 'Spring Bug' accompanied by an atmospheric visualizer. 'Spring Bug' follows 'Deceiver', an intimate, evocative song released earlier this month in collaboration with claire rousay via Mexican Summer’s Looking Glass series to positive reception from the likes of New York Times, Pitchfork, The FADER, NYLON, Brooklyn Vegan, Gorilla Vs. Bear, Stereogum and many more. 'Spring Bug' is her second single released with Montreal label and longtime collaborators Chivi Chivi, following 2022's acclaimed 'Swimmer'.
Helena Deland shares the following about 'Spring Bug': "Spring sun and spring rain make past selves sprout out of the ground. The question of whether or not to leave this town becomes the background on which they wreak havoc. But it's like Joan Didion says, ’we are well-advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4am on a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.' ‘Spring Bug’ is the wave of a hand trying to shoo off a noisy flying creature, and the creature is me! Thank you for listening.”
Helena Deland is a Montreal-based musician interested in how songs can hold what eludes everyday language. Her music draws on reading and walking around. She released her first album, 'Someone New', in 2020 on Luminelle Records, garnering global press acclaim from Pitchfork to i-D and Dazed, The AV Club and NPR to The Line of Best Fit, Loud & Quiet, CLASH and The Quietus. It was followed by the release of 'Hildegard', a collaborative album with fellow Montreal musician Ouri on section1.
Helena is also announcing her first ever North American headline tour. She has extensively toured North America and Europe opening for the likes of Weyes Blood, Andy Shauf, Connan Mockasin, Soccer Mommy and Iggy Pop. Full details are below.
Helena Deland - North American Headline Tour Dates
11/02/2023 - Vancouver - Fox Cabaret
11/03/2023 - Seattle - Madame Lou’s
11/04/2023 - Portland - Mississippi Studios
11/06/2023 - San Francisco - Cafe du Nord
11/07/2023 - Los Angeles - Lodge Room
11/08/2023 - San Diego - Casbah
11/09/2023 - Phoenix - Valley Bar
11/11/2023 - Denver - Lost Lake
11/13/2023 - Minneapolis - 7th st
11/14/2023 - Chicago - Lincoln Hall
11/15/2023 - Detroit - El club
11/16/2023 - Toronto - Horseshoe
11/18/2023 - Brooklyn - Music Hall of Williamsburg
11/19/2023 - DC - Songbyrd
11/24/2023 - Montréal - La Tulipe
