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Lonely People with Power
2025 studio album by Deafheaven From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lonely People with Power is the sixth studio album by American metal band Deafheaven, released on March 28, 2025, through Roadrunner Records.[2] It was the band's first album since joining the label in 2024.[3][4]
Following a departure into shoegaze on the band's previous album, Infinite Granite (2021), Lonely People with Power saw Deafheaven return to a sound rooted in black metal.[5]
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Recording
Like its predecessor Infinite Granite, the album was produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen.[6] It was recorded at EastWest Studios in Hollywood, California. It features additional vocal contributions from Boy Harsher's Jae Matthews and Interpol's Paul Banks.[7]
Release
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On January 27, 2025, Deafheaven announced Lonely People with Power, simultaneously releasing its lead single, "Magnolia".[8][9] In an interview, Sam Law of Kerrang! noted the song's more aggressive sound compared to most of Deafheaven's other material, with vocalist George Clarke replying "Yes, Magnolia is quite musically aggressive. And there are parts throughout the record that sound similar. There is definitely a degree of ferocity to Lonely People With Power, but it has always been an aim for Deafheaven to maintain an emotional core and not to see things through any singular lens."[10] The music video for "Magnolia", directed by Sean Stout and Chelsea Jade, was released on the same day.[11]
On January 29, 2025, the band announced their 2025 North American tour, supported by Gatecreeper and Trauma Ray. The tour begins at The Belasco in Los Angeles on April 19 and concludes in Arizona in May, before moving to Europe for a string of music festival performances throughout the summer, including England's Outbreak Fest and Germany's Rock am Ring.[12] A second single, "Heathen", was released on February 25, 2025.[13] Lonely People with Power was released by Roadrunner Records on March 28, 2025, alongside the short film Winona.[14]
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Critical reception
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At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, Lonely People With Power received an average score of 85 based on 15 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[16]
In a 9/10 review, Greg Hyde of The Line of Best Fit dubbed it an "artistic triumph" and Deafheaven's finest album to date, praising the band as having honed their "musicianship and songwriting abilities" and writing that the album "blends the strongest elements of a 'metal' album like New Bermuda with the strongest elements of a 'shoegaze' album like Infinite Granite, and features the band playing both metal and shoegaze better than they did on either album".[20] Brenna Ehrlich of Rolling Stone similary wrote that the band "mixes painterly lyrics, raw aggression, and earworm melodies on their best album yet".[25] Kerrang!'s Nick Russell wrote, "Six albums in, Deafheaven have made both their heaviest and most balanced, rounded record, perhaps ever."[19]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Deafheaven.
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Lonely People with Power,[27] except where noted
Deafheaven
- George Clarke – vocals[28]
- Kerry McCoy – guitar[28]
- Shiv Mehra – guitar[28]
- Chris Johnson – bass[23]
- Daniel Tracy – drums[28]
Additional personnel
- Justin Meldal-Johnsen – production (at Chez JMJ), engineering (at EastWest), additional synthesizers (at Chez JMJ), sound design (at Chez JMJ)
- Darrell Thorp – engineering (at EastWest)
- Mike Schuppan – engineering (at EastWest)
- Chaz Sexton – assistant engineering (at EastWest)
- Zach Weeks – mixing and mastering (at God City Studio)
- Jae Matthews – vocals (on "Incidental II")
- Paul Banks – spoken word (on "Incidental III")
- Winona Choir – vocals (track 11)
- Chelsea Jade Metcalf
- Trayer de la Torre
- Georgia Nott
- Spencer Zahn
- Katrina Urton
- James Kelly
- Carly Bond
- Lukas Frank
- Emily Fehler
- Leon Mosburg
- Nick Steinhardt – creative direction (for 23in)
- Foie Graphics – additional design
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