Jadu Heart is comprised of Diva-Sachy Jeffrey and Alex Headford. The UK duo recently announced their third album Derealised, that drops on January 20th, 2023 on VLF Records. In addition to this announcement they have also shared new track “I Shimmer” and its accompanying video.

The band also have announced new live dates, with shows in the UK, Europe and North America for January 2023. This is the band’s first appearance in North America. The tour replaces their 2020 booked run that was canceled due to Covid.

Derealised was worked out of their home in Stoke Newington having moved back from Bristol, burrowing down during lockdown to make their most interconnected body of work yet. “The studio environment we’re in really helps with the character of the album,” Diva says. “Cocoon”, the lead single the duo previewed earlier this summer centers around this idea of safety and being protected in a home.

“”I Shimmer” is about that mania you can feel after a low”, the band explain. “We can both go to dark places from time to time but there’s always a moment where you see a light and you’re like ‘fuck it, let’s go towards it’. It’s that journey from hopelessness to nihilism where you feel you can not be stopped. Where you follow a moment of clarity.”

Derealised was written as an antidote to – and growing acceptance of – a baffling and dispassionate world. It is a celebration of humanity despite all of its failings. The album capures the them accepting “that the world is a weird fucking place” rather than fighting against the feelings. One of the mental health issues the pair suffered from and then came to understand, derealisation, gives the new album its title.

Diva explains: “The first half of a lot of the songs were written in that time when we started reevaluating our own lives, and then in the second half, they turned from this hopelessness to hopefulness.” This juxtaposition defines the album, and tracks the pair’s personal journeys.

“There’s something so interesting in optimism,” Alex muses. “If you’re in a shit situation but can find optimism within it, it’s far more exciting to me than just straight nihilism. The worlds tough enough as it is and I think exploring positivity from that interests me more as an artist.”

Jadu Heart 2023 Tour Dates

1/24/2023 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
1/25/2023 – Oakland, CA – Starline Social Club
1/27/2023 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
1/28/2023 – Seattle, WA – Barboza
1/29/2023 – Vancouver, BC – Fortune Club
2/1/2023 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th St. Entry
2/3/2023 – Chicago, IL – Sleeping Village
2/4/2023 – Toronto, ON – The Velvet Underground
2/5/2023 – Montreal, QB – Petit Campus
2/7/2023 – Allston/Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
2/8/2023 – Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere
2/10/2023 – Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry
2/11/2023 – Washington DC – Songbyrd Record Café
3/24/2023 – Edinburgh, UK – Voodoo Rooms
3/25/2023 – Glasgow, UK – Audio
3/27/2023 – Manchester, UK – YES
3/28/2023 – Bristol, UK – Exchange
3/30/2023 – London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall
3/31/2023 – Brighton, UK – Patterns
4/2/2023 – Paris, FR – La Boule Noire
4/3/2023 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso (small hall)
4/4/2023 – Cologne, DE – Yuca
4/6/2023 – Berlin, DE – Lido
4/8/2023 – Copenhagen, DK – Vega (small hall)

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