'The Present Is A Foreign Land' standard black vinyl presented in a gatefold sleeve with imagery and lyrics printed in a spot uv finish

Despite the impressive legacy Deaf Havana have built for themselves over the past decade, they’ve not interest in trading on past glories. Why would you, when the future is so exciting? They’re aware of the cliché but the siblings believe the new album ‘The Present Is A Foreign Land’ is the best thing they’ve ever made. A record that isn’t afraid of what other people might think, or where it sits in the wider rock scene, the twelve tracks are confident, cathartic and celebratory. Dealing in the expected and the surprising, it’s the album they’ve always wanted to make.

Tracklist:

1. pocari sweat
2. 19dreams
3. i put you through hell
4. nevermind
5. on the wire
6. trying/falling
7. someone/somewhere (feat. ider)
8. help
9. the present is a foreign land
10. kids
11. going clear
12. remember me

'It's Called the Easy Life' EP by Deaf Havana, released in 2008

1. This Afternoon Was a Total Disaster
2. They Call It the Easy Life
3. Keepin' It Sunny Side Up
4. The Tune of ID (So She Doesn't Know It's About Her)
5. Love by the Riverside
6. Oh Howard, You Crack Me Up

Rituals is the result of throwing out the ‘Deaf Havana rulebook’: first; James picked the song titles, second; he wrote tracks that fit the theme of those titles, third; everything was written on the computer, then the band came in to play all the parts. Working like this felt like working backwards to James, who had previously only written songs on his acoustic guitar, with continuous input from the rest of the band. They set themselves a deadline of April to finish writing, and if any of it was any good, they would make it available by August. No more waiting half a decade for people to finally hear any music.

Album gift box design Contains 15 double-sided track cards Audio disc within a card wallet and includes 2 bonus tracks

1. Wake
2. Sinner
3. Ritual
4. Hell
5. Holy
6. Saviour
7. Fear
8. Pure
9. Evil
10. Heaven
11. Worship
12. Saint

13. Epiphany

14. Cr33pin (Bonus Track)

15. Narcissus (Bonus Track)

All These Countless Nights CD album

“We’re going to sing like we mean it, ‘cos I mean it this time,” sings James Veck-Gilodi on Deaf Havana’s earth-shakingly awesome new single, Sing. “I know I took you for granted but I hope I can change my mind…”

Sing is the sound of a band channelling three years of frustration into the biggest, boldest statement of their career so far. It takes all of Deaf Havana’s traditional qualities – soaring melodies, witty lyrics, an uncanny ability to make an emotional connection with rock’s heartland audience – and bolts on a riff so monstrous you can already hear this summer’s festival crowds going crazy for it.

That riff – which Veck-Gilodi says came from him subconsciously tapping into his inner Smashing Pumpkin – began as a fun doodle in rehearsals. Although the frontman initially thought it was too heavy to ever work in a DH song, he soon realised the band needed to expand its horizons.

2013’s brilliant Old Souls album had successfully catapulted the band into the UK rock big league. It crashed into the Top 10 of the Albums Chart, earned rave reviews for its bravura songwriting and saw the band sell out ever bigger venues, appear higher up the bill at festivals and even support Veck-Gilodi’s hero, Bruce Springsteen.

“It made us feel like a proper band,” says Veck-Gilodi, after Deaf Havana’s many years on the fringes of the scene. “It stepped away from that emo-y world; there were a lot more layers to it and the songwriting was much more mature.”

But, behind the scenes, the band were experiencing financial problems and a lack of internal communication that almost broke them.

“I was very close to quitting,” says Veck-Gilodi, who even launched an acoustic solo career in conjunction with multi-instrumentalist Deaf Havana bandmate Max Britton as a back-up plan. “Basically, I didn’t want to be in the band anymore.”

Veck-Gilodi planned to use the band’s 2014 Reading & Leeds performance to pay off the band’s debts and act as its swansong. But some sideshows reminded him of how much he – and Deaf Havana’s still-burgeoning fanbase – enjoyed his band. A sudden burst of inspired songwriting followed – “It’s probably the most creative I’ve ever been,” he says – but these weren’t just regular DH songs. Anthems such as Trigger and Seattle demanded that he and his bandmates – Britton, bassist Lee Wilson, drummer Tom Ogden and Veck-Gilodi’s guitarist brother, Matthew – strike out for new sonic territory.

The end result, Veck-Gilodi declares, will be Deaf Havana’s most eclectic and expansive album yet. They’re still putting the finishing touches to album No. 4 but they’ve already cleaned house, taking on new management and signing to a new record label (So Recordings), and they’re already benefitting from the “new energy” that brings. They’re communicating better with each other, they’re involved in every aspect of the band’s affairs, and they’re ready for whatever the world of rock wants to throw at them…

“This album needs to take us to a higher level,” asserts Veck-Gilodi. “Not necessarily in terms of chart positions, because I don’t care about that. I just can’t wait for people to hear the album. We appreciate the fact that everyone’s waited this out with us. It’s going to be great.”

Because, this time around, Deaf Havana don’t just mean it, they mean business too.

1. Ashes, Ashes
2. Trigger
3. L.O.V.E
4. Happiness
5. Fever
6. Like a Ghost
7. Pretty Low
8. England
9. Seattle
10. St. Paul's
11. Sing
12. Pensacola, 2013

“We’re going to sing like we mean it, ‘cos I mean it this time,” sings James Veck-Gilodi on Deaf Havana’s earth-shakingly awesome new single, Sing. “I know I took you for granted but I hope I can change my mind…”

Sing is the sound of a band channelling three years of frustration into the biggest, boldest statement of their career so far. It takes all of Deaf Havana’s traditional qualities – soaring melodies, witty lyrics, an uncanny ability to make an emotional connection with rock’s heartland audience – and bolts on a riff so monstrous you can already hear this summer’s festival crowds going crazy for it.

That riff – which Veck-Gilodi says came from him subconsciously tapping into his inner Smashing Pumpkin – began as a fun doodle in rehearsals. Although the frontman initially thought it was too heavy to ever work in a DH song, he soon realised the band needed to expand its horizons.

2013’s brilliant Old Souls album had successfully catapulted the band into the UK rock big league. It crashed into the Top 10 of the Albums Chart, earned rave reviews for its bravura songwriting and saw the band sell out ever bigger venues, appear higher up the bill at festivals and even support Veck-Gilodi’s hero, Bruce Springsteen.

“It made us feel like a proper band,” says Veck-Gilodi, after Deaf Havana’s many years on the fringes of the scene. “It stepped away from that emo-y world; there were a lot more layers to it and the songwriting was much more mature.”

But, behind the scenes, the band were experiencing financial problems and a lack of internal communication that almost broke them.

“I was very close to quitting,” says Veck-Gilodi, who even launched an acoustic solo career in conjunction with multi-instrumentalist Deaf Havana bandmate Max Britton as a back-up plan. “Basically, I didn’t want to be in the band anymore.”

Veck-Gilodi planned to use the band’s 2014 Reading & Leeds performance to pay off the band’s debts and act as its swansong. But some sideshows reminded him of how much he – and Deaf Havana’s still-burgeoning fanbase – enjoyed his band. A sudden burst of inspired songwriting followed – “It’s probably the most creative I’ve ever been,” he says – but these weren’t just regular DH songs. Anthems such as Trigger and Seattle demanded that he and his bandmates – Britton, bassist Lee Wilson, drummer Tom Ogden and Veck-Gilodi’s guitarist brother, Matthew – strike out for new sonic territory.

The end result, Veck-Gilodi declares, will be Deaf Havana’s most eclectic and expansive album yet. They’re still putting the finishing touches to album No. 4 but they’ve already cleaned house, taking on new management and signing to a new record label (So Recordings), and they’re already benefitting from the “new energy” that brings. They’re communicating better with each other, they’re involved in every aspect of the band’s affairs, and they’re ready for whatever the world of rock wants to throw at them…

“This album needs to take us to a higher level,” asserts Veck-Gilodi. “Not necessarily in terms of chart positions, because I don’t care about that. I just can’t wait for people to hear the album. We appreciate the fact that everyone’s waited this out with us. It’s going to be great.”

Because, this time around, Deaf Havana don’t just mean it, they mean business too.

1. Ashes, Ashes
2. Trigger
3. L.O.V.E
4. Happiness
5. Fever
6. Like a Ghost
7. Pretty Low
8. England
9. Seattle
10. St. Paul's
11. Sing
12. Pensacola, 2013

Rituals Vinyl (standard sleeve)

Rituals is the result of throwing out the ‘Deaf Havana rulebook’: first; James picked the song titles, second; he wrote tracks that fit the theme of those titles, third; everything was written on the computer, then the band came in to play all the parts. Working like this felt like working backwards to James, who had previously only written songs on his acoustic guitar, with continuous input from the rest of the band. They set themselves a deadline of April to finish writing, and if any of it was any good, they would make it available by August. No more waiting half a decade for people to finally hear any music.

1. Wake
2. Sinner
3. Ritual
4. Hell
5. Holy
6. Saviour
7. Fear
8. Pure
9. Evil
10. Heaven
11. Worship
12. Saint
13. Epiphany

cd within a six-panel digipak, includes two companion booklets containing lyrics and imagery

Despite the impressive legacy Deaf Havana have built for themselves over the past decade, they’ve not interest in trading on past glories. Why would you, when the future is so exciting? They’re aware of the cliché but the siblings believe the new album ‘The Present Is A Foreign Land’ is the best thing they’ve ever made. A record that isn’t afraid of what other people might think, or where it sits in the wider rock scene, the twelve tracks are confident, cathartic and celebratory. Dealing in the expected and the surprising, it’s the album they’ve always wanted to make.

Tracklist:

1. pocari sweat
2. 19dreams
3. i put you through hell
4. nevermind
5. on the wire
6. trying/falling
7. someone/somewhere (feat. ider)
8. help
9. the present is a foreign land
10. kids
11. going clear
12. remember me