In typical DL fashion our show at House of Blues has been canceled. Our next performance will be at The Boston Music Awards.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Paradise on Friday night. It was fun to finally play all the new songs we have been working on for the past year.

Today “Stay Epic” is available at Newbury comics in case you didn’t pick one up at the show or live in places where lazy bands don’t tour.

Buy it here

We really enjoyed making this album and it’s probably the last physical CD the band will ever make. From this point forward Dear Leader will be releasing songs as we record them. Look for our Reggae influenced next single in a few months.

Thanks for supporting this band over the past six years. We hope to continue pushing ourselves musically in the future.

Rock a doodle doo,

Aaron

This song was an instrumental piece I recorded at my house and then redeveloped for the band. The refrain “You can’t hold back on love” was in my head for days, and became the basis of the song. I was inspired by Death Cab’s song “What Sarah Said” and The Smiths “Death of a Disco Dancer”. I liked the idea of a repeating refrain. Please pass this song along…Aaron

Here is another gem of a song from the next record “Stay Epic”. I wrote this song really fast at my house one night. The whole thing came together like magic.

I used this really creepy synth sample as I was trying to replicate that haunting Twin Peaks sound. I love how the finished product came out. Much credit to the fine editing skills of Adam Taylor who found the gold in this track.

Hope you enjoy and make sure to pass it along to all your friends,

AP of the DL

Thanks to all those who came out on a Wednesday night to Copperfields. We had a blast playing in the scorching heat…Thanks to FNX for putting the show on, and we’ll see you in October for a full set including lots of new material. Look for a new song to download next week too.

AP