Helena Deland
December U.S. Tour Dates
Watch the video for “Claudion”
From The Series of Songs “Altogether Unaccompanied” Vol. III & IV
out now on Luminelle Recordings
Helena Deland is about to embark on the first U.S. Tour Dates in support of her latest release. Montreal’s enigmatic singer and songwriter to watch will play Chicago before hitting Cleveland and Pittsburgh for the first time, along with select dates on the East Coast, before wrapping things up with a couple of co-headline dates with Buzzy Lee in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Helena recently finished a run of dates in Europe, including an appearance at Pitchfork Music Festival Paris:
“on Halloween, Helena Deland, the Montreal-based synth-pop artist who just released her debut project across four small volumes, wore a bit of skull makeup, playing in the corner of the jazzy looking Chapelle des Lombards on a bustling side street in the Bastille. She sounded great, humble, her songs textured, small, yet full of mass and romance.” – Pitchfork
12/01 • Chicago, IL • Schubas Tavern
12/02 • Cleveland, OH • Beachland Tavern
12/04 • Pittsburgh, PA • Club Café
12/05 • Philadelphia, PA • Johnny Brenda’s
12/06 • Washington, DC • DC9
12/07 • Brooklyn, NY • Elsewhere (Zone One)
12/13 • San Francisco, CA • Swedish American Hall *
12/15 • Los Angeles, CA • The Echo *
A beautiful, affectionately choreographed video for the song premiered in late October via Pitchfork TV.
Watch the video for “Claudion” over at Pitchfork TV HERE.
Helena’s new collection of songs, From The Series of Songs “Altogether Unaccompanied” Vol III. and IV. was released on October 19th via Luminelle Recordings, and also features the intimate acoustic guitar-laden “Rise” which saw Helena fall “into a gentle, dreamier state” according to Stereogum, wherein Helena plaintively expresses a desire for intimacy with an avoidant person, along with the single “Lean On You” which ended up on Pitchfork’s What’s Good This Week playlist, and deemed one of Under The Radar’s Best Songs of the Week.
Praise for Helena Deland and From The Series of Songs “Altogether Unaccompanied” Vol III. and IV. out now on Luminelle Recordings:
“‘Think of something you’ve seen breaking down,’ Helena Deland sings in “A Stone Is a Stone,” from the not-quite-an-album, “Altogether Unaccompanied,” that she has called a “series of songs” and began releasing bit by bit in the spring. The songs are by no means a cappella; this one starts as a lo-fi waltz and gathers a full folk-rock band. She sings about knowledge and disorientation, discord and reconciliation; the music tells the same story.” – The New York Times
“Across four short volumes, the Montreal singer-songwriter introduces a lonely and diverse set of songs written with an exceptional eye for melody and texture.” – Pitchfork
“a sleek affair with soft, pulsating synths, and her smokey voice builds up to a hook that dazzles like a handful of glitter in the air. If you have not been fully converted to the lures of synth-pop yet, this will do it for you.” – The FADER
“The beat of this song mimics a heart’s, making you feel even more physically connected to the soulful lyrics Helena Deland croons than you’d thought possible.” – NYLON
“It begins with a bouncy dance-oriented keyboard riff and eventually expands into chamber-pop house music of a sort — or at least a dream choreographed in time with a heartbeat.” – Stereogum
(photo: Chris Almeida)
* co-headline with Buzzy Lee
11/23 • Trois-Rivières, QC • Église St. James
11/24 • Quebec, QC • La Meduse
11/29 • Toronto, ON • Monarch Tavern
12/01 • Chicago, IL • Schubas Tavern
12/02 • Cleveland, OH • Beachland Tavern
12/04 • Pittsburgh, PA • Club Café
12/05 • Philadelphia, PA • Johnny Brenda’s
12/06 • Washington, DC • DC9
12/07 • Brooklyn, NY • Elsewhere (Zone One)
12/13 • San Francisco, CA • Swedish American Hall *
12/15 • Los Angeles, CA • The Echo *
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