MSPAINT vocalist Deedee, has announced their debut solo album as Him Horrison, their forthcoming LP Starting Not To Hurt will drop on February 4th. The project began to take form a decade ago, Not To Hurt finds Deedee drawing some songs from that vast yet largely unheard back catalog, as well as new material, and coalescing all of it into Him Horrison’s first proper album. The record is a statement of artistic intent that’s as original as you’d would expect from one of the most truly singular voices in modern punk music. Ahead of the album’s arrival, Him Horrison has shared “Crystalized”.

Not To Hurt was recorded at Deedee’s home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on a Tascam digital 8-track, then further produced and mixed by MSPAINT synth mastermind Nick Panella, and finally mastered by Mathew Thomasi. The result is an album of otherworldly music that fluidly merges the sci-fi soundscapes with psychedelic folk into something all together new. “I wanted to revisit Him Horrison after some years of not feeling attached to it,” Deedee explains. “The earlier version of the project was me recording everything on my own and then sometimes have ten-plus members on stage and we’d all party real hard. I don’t live that lifestyle anymore and it made me feel distant from the music, so I made this album as a way to reconnect with the songs and the singularity of making them. I felt like the project grew into the new person I’ve become”.

Him Horrison
Starting Not To Hurt
track list

1. Crystalized
2. Sound of Trees
3. If I Could
4. Boring
5. Fall Off
6. Heal Me
7. Fire In Your Head
8. Tell A Lie
9. Just Stay
10. Dies From Sadness

Him Horrison 2026 Tour Dates

02/07 Hattiesburg, MS @ Fatcat w/ Glitterer

Pre-order Starting Not To Hurt by Him Harrison HERE