Montreal-based songwriter Helena Deland has announced her first headlining tour of North America, and she's marking the occasion with a new single titled "Spring Bug."
The fall outing runs for most of November and includes 16 shows. Many of them are in the US, but four of them are at home in Canada: Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Quebec City.
See the schedule below, along with a visualizer for "Spring Bug." The song is a jaunty folk-pop tune that adds a hint of moody atmosphere to its pastoral instrumentation.
Deland said in a statement:
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 4 a.m. 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.
The single follows "Deceiver," a claire rousay collaboration that Deland released earlier this month. Her most recent album was 2020's Someone New, followed by 2021's Ouri collaboration Hildegard.
Helena Deland 2023 Tour Dates:
11/02 Vancouver, BC - Fox Cabaret
11/03 Seattle, WA - Madame Lou's
11/04 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
11/06 San Francisco, CA - Cafe du Nord
11/07 Los Angeles, CA - Lodge Room
11/08 San Diego, CA - Casbah
11/09 Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
11/11 Denver, CO - Lost Lake
11/13 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry
11/14 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
11/15 Detroit, MI - El Club
11/16 Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
11/18 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
11/19 Washington, DC - Songbyrd
11/24 Montreal, QC - La Tulipe
11/25 Quebec City, QC - Le Pantoum
The fall outing runs for most of November and includes 16 shows. Many of them are in the US, but four of them are at home in Canada: Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Quebec City.
See the schedule below, along with a visualizer for "Spring Bug." The song is a jaunty folk-pop tune that adds a hint of moody atmosphere to its pastoral instrumentation.
Deland said in a statement:
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 4 a.m. 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.
The single follows "Deceiver," a claire rousay collaboration that Deland released earlier this month. Her most recent album was 2020's Someone New, followed by 2021's Ouri collaboration Hildegard.
Helena Deland 2023 Tour Dates:
11/02 Vancouver, BC - Fox Cabaret
11/03 Seattle, WA - Madame Lou's
11/04 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
11/06 San Francisco, CA - Cafe du Nord
11/07 Los Angeles, CA - Lodge Room
11/08 San Diego, CA - Casbah
11/09 Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
11/11 Denver, CO - Lost Lake
11/13 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry
11/14 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
11/15 Detroit, MI - El Club
11/16 Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
11/18 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
11/19 Washington, DC - Songbyrd
11/24 Montreal, QC - La Tulipe
11/25 Quebec City, QC - Le Pantoum
