’80s Alternative Rock Legends Share Exciting News and Fans Are Thrilled originally appeared on Parade.
From humble beginnings as a Boston punk band in the mid-1980s to becoming college radio mainstays, The Lemonheads have left a lasting impact on alternative rock. With their major label debut, 1992’s It’s a Shame About Ray, frontman Evan Dando became a grunge-era heartthrob, bearing his heart on songs like the album’s title track, a cover of Simon and Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson,” and the chart-topping “Into Your Arms.”
The Lemonheads went on hiatus in the late ‘90s, reforming nearly a decade later to release The Lemonheads (their eighth album) in 2006. Since then, the band has only released two volumes of cover songs, but the drought of new music from Dando and friends will soon end.
On June 23, the band announced they will release Love Chant on October 24.
For this album, Dando recruited friends and collaborators like J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr), Juliana Hatfield, Tom Morgan (as co-writer for “Deep End”), producer Bryce Goggin, Nashville’s Erin Rae, John Strohm of the Blake Babies, Nick Saloman of The Bevis Frond and Adam Green of cult New York favorites The Moldy Peaches.
The band also shared “In The Margin” as another taste of Love Chant. The band previously released “Deep End.”
“I wanted to have a riffy song, so I wrote riffs all over it,” says Dando of the new single. “The body of the song was 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.’”
After the announcement, fans shared their excitement on the band’s Instagram. “Real music from the heart,” wrote one. “Lemonheads are back!!” added another.
The Lemonheads will also embark on a world tour starting in August. The group will start in the UK and Europe in August, before making their way over to the United States in November. They’ll wrap the tour up in December in Nashville, Tennessee.
On top of all this, Dando will release his memoir, Rumors of My Demise, via Gallery Books on October 7.
Love Chant is available for pre-order/presave.
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’80s Alternative Rock Legends Share Exciting News and Fans Are Thrilled first appeared on Parade on Jun 23, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 23, 2025, where it first appeared.
