dehd

One of Dehd’s greatest strengths is their ability to write disarmingly simple songs. As a trio, they’re a band that embraces their limits to make the most of what they have: Emily Kempf’s powerful, shout-sung vocals and effortless basslines, Jason Balla’s reverb-heavy, single-string guitar melodies, and Eric McGrady’s insistent, pulsing percussion. The Chicago indie rockers don’t need anything more than that. “Really cool stuff can happen when you’re only given three tools, so figure it out,” Kempf tells SPIN over the phone. “You can only rely on your imagination when there are not a lot of tools.” On the group’s fourth album, Blue Skies, Dehd refused to second-guess themselves. After their 2020 breakthrough record, Flower of Devotion, catapulted them to new levels of success and critical ...