Neva Dinova have released a live version of “Edge of Something,” a track from their Love Drunk session. The track arrives ahead of their live album Canary arriving on September 27 via Saddle Creek. Neva Dinova’s Jake Bellows states that the song describes, A person that feels unappreciated and sad and angry, possibly having a psychotic break… commits to making some kind of unknown change. Thinking life could be better. The irony here is that it gets much worse. A very brave fool.

About Love Drunk:

Love Drunk is an independent, touring, live music video session project based in Omaha, Nebraska. The first session was produced by accident in 2010. A year later, a crew of six creatives traveled the eastern half of the country in a 15-passenger van, capturing, mixing, editing and releasing sessions in different cities every day. Love Drunk has since produced 150 sessions in 14 different states. For free.

– Django Greenblatt-Seay (filmographer, founder of Love Drunk)

About the session:

I was elated when Roger reached out about doing a Neva Dinova session while the band was recording at Make Believe Studios in Omaha. I was a fan of Neva long before I met Jake, and before I started Love Drunk. The timing just happened to land on this being our 150th session, so reaching this milestone with this band and crew made it pretty special. The only person I’ve known to be as big a fan of the group as I am is Ian Aeillo, so working with him on it was quite the treat!

– Django Greenblatt-Seay (filmographer, founder of Love Drunk)

Neva Dinova are beloved by many, they’ve never had the same name recognition as their Omaha-bred peers and collaborators like Bright Eyes and Cursive. However that’s likely to change with the band’s reinvigorating new full-length Canary, which features a new lineup, fresh perspective and a sound that’s more urgent than anything they’ve created in the past. Neva Dinova frontman Jake Bellows has been consistently making music since the band’s self-titled debut was released 22 years ago—and has released music under his own name, including 2013’s excellent New Ocean—but he’s always stayed out of the spotlight, largely eschewing television, cultural trends and social media. While there was talk of reactivating Neva Dinova pre-pandemic, the catalyst ended up being an offer from Cursive to support them on tour last year in support of the 20th anniversary of their landmark album Domestica.

“Initially I said no because we didn’t have a band at that point,” Bellows explains, adding that at the time the only members able to participate were him and longtime Neva Dinova drummer, Roger L. Lewis, who also plays in The Good Life. “[Cursive frontman] Tim [Kasher] asked what I needed and I said, ‘A bass player, two guitar players and a van,” Bellows explains. While this seemed like an unrealistic request for most bands, Kasher suggested that Cursive’s cello player Megan Siebe could play bass and volunteered himself and Ted Stevens to play guitar, both of whom had always been interested in playing in Neva Dinova. All of a sudden, they had a band. “Basically he removed all my barriers of entry and so I was like, ‘All right, let’s do it’ and immediately I wanted to play new songs,” Bellows explains.

“I was just struck by how much more effective I felt as a person [making this album],” Bellows says, reflecting on his musical career. “Maybe some of the things are a little bit of a sad story, but I think the point is that somebody else might not have to make all of my mistakes.” Canary is a raw and unfiltered glimpse of Bellows’s psyche at that time—and it also marks a second act for one of indie rock’s most underrated acts.

Neva Dinova
Canary
Saddle Creek
tracklisting

1. Edge of Something
2. Time to Shine
3. Outside
4. Lonely Heart
5. Love and Kindness
6. Your Funeral
7. God Damn
8.Never Let Go
9. Something to Lose
10. Near Me
11. One More Mile
12. I Can See Further

2024 Neva Dinova Live Dates

9/13 – Omaha @ Slowdown
9/17 – Brooklyn @ Baby’s All Right *early show*

Pre-Order Canary HERE