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Feature by Tom Connick via NME

With ‘Ordinary Corrupt Human Love’, California’s Deafheaven have released one of the most acclaimed albums of the year, a record that makes non-metal fans sit back and think, ‘Wait, do I like metal?’ Tom Connick finds them – surfing, no less – on the day of the album’s release.

“The last two records were written in really dark places,” Deafheaven guitarist Kerry McCoy says in the first episode of our two-part tour doc with the band. “For me, it was a lot of drugs — and not fun ones. And that shit kills your creativity.” Enter Ordinary Corrupt Human Love, the band’s triumphant fourth album, which was born of new positivity, and behind which the group is touring now. Deafheaven invited us to hop on their bus for an exclusive inside look at life on the road, from the downtime — filled with dancing, swimming, sightseeing, soccer, backstage conversations — to the shows, sweaty, visceral and cathartic. Featuring openers and Deafheaven friends Drab Majesty and Uniform, the tour — like the record — represents a “message of togetherness and wholeness,” says singer George Clarke.

(via Revolver)

“Night People” (feat. Chelsea Wolfe) by Deafheaven from the album ‘Ordinary Corrupt Human Love,’ available now

Video by Ben Chisolm

Deafheaven + DIIV have announced co-headlining US tour dates:

OCT 20 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress

OCT 21 Albuquerque, NM @ Sister

OCT 22 El Paso, TX @ Low Brow Palace

OCT 23 San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger

OCT 25 Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall

OCT 26 Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club

OCT 27 Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall
OCT 28 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge

OCT 30 Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Sound Stage

OCT 31 Jersey City, NJ @ White Eagle Hall
NOV 01 Portsmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace

NOV 02 Providence, RI @ Fête Ballroom

NOV 03 Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt

NOV 04 Pittsburgh, PA @ Spirit

NOV 06 Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop
NOV 07 Cincinnati, OH @ The Ballroom at the Taft Theatre
NOV 09 Urbana, IL @ Canopy Club

NOV 10 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme

NOV 11 Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon

NOV 13 Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep
NOV 15 Reno, NV @ Jub Jub’s
NOV 16 Fresno, CA @ Strummer’s
NOV 17 Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst

TICKETS: deafheaven.com / diiv.net/shows

Full article with photo gallery via Consequence Of Sound

Setting The Stage: It takes a lot to get folks in New York City out to a concert, with the myriad of things to do any given night and dozens of competing shows across the city. So packing an 1,800 cap venue like Brooklyn Steel is a feat in and of itself, but that’s exactly what Deafheaven did on Tuesday night.