Dean Wareham will release his new album That’s The Price Of Loving Me on March 28th via Carpark Records (Ducks LTD., The Beths). The LP was produced by Kramer (Galaxie 500, Will Oldham, Low) as producer, marking their first collaboration in 34 years. The pair last worked together on Galaxie 500’s swan song This Is Our Music in 1990. The album is buoyed by Wareham’s signature electric guitar stylings. “Kramer insisted that I play all the guitars on this record,” says Dean. “And we worked quickly. Kramer believes that two takes yield more treasure than twenty, and he always seems to have the song mapped out in his head right away.”

Recently, Wareham shared the lead-track “You Were The Ones I Had To Betray.” He says, “I wrote this at the last minute, thinking about how love and friendship seem to actually invite betrayal. I didn’t really anticipate where the song would end up musically; it was transformed when Gabe Noel added the cello arrangement in the studio.”

The Mary Poppins inspired video for the track was directed by Sylvie Lake who notes, “There’s a gorgeous mural of the downtown L.A. freeway interchange with a long cartoon car painted on the side of Belmont High School. I dream of jumping into that mural myself, like that moment in Mary Poppins where Dick Van Dyke jumps into the magical land of chalk.”

Dean Wareham
That’s The Price Of Loving Me
Tracklist

1. You Were the Ones I Had to Betray
2. Dear Betty Baby
3. The Mystery Guest
4. New World Julie
5. We’re Not Finished Yet
6. Bourgeois Manqué
7. Yesterday’s Hero
8. That’s the Price of Loving Me
9. Reich der Träume
10. The Cloud is Coming

Dean Wareham 2025 Tour Dates

April 1 – Glasgow, UK @ The Garage
April 2 – Manchester, UK @ Band on the Wall
April 3 – Liverpool, UK @ Hangar 34
April 4 – Leamington, UK @ The Assembly
April 5 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
April 6 – Bristol, UK @ The Fleece
April 7 – London, UK @ 229
April 8 – Paris, FR @ Le Petit Bain
April 10 – Utrecht, NL @ DB’s
April 12 – Groningen, NL @ Aa Theater
April 13 – Hamburg, DE @ Nachtasyl Theater
April 15 – Berlin, DE @ Frannz Club
April 18 – San Sebastian, Spain @ Dabadaba
April 20 – Barcelona, Spain @ Sala Upload
April 21 – Valencia, Spain @ 16 Toneladas Rock Club
April 22 – Zaragoza, Spain @ La Lata De Bombillas
April 24 – Granada, Spain @ Caja Granada Cultural Center
April 25 – Madrid, Spain @ Sala Villanos
May 10 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriet’s
May 11 – Ojai, CA @ Deer Lodge
May 14 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
May 17 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
May 20 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
May 21 – Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern

Pre-order That’s The Price of Loving Me HERE