Photo credit: Coco Aramaki

Taken from his forthcoming new album, I Hope We Can Still Be Friends, out August 22nd, Dean Johnson has today shared the brilliant new effort Death of the Party. On the single, Johnson shares: "'Death of the Party’ is arguably the most prickly of the album’s handful of prickish songs and the main inspiration for the album title, I Hope We Can Still Be Friends. We all know people who can’t stop talking; as though every thought is wired to their tongue. People who drain the life out of you and ruin what would have otherwise been an enjoyable party. This song is dedicated to all the energy vampires I’ve ever known.” Take a listen for yourselves below. 

Tour dates:
July 16th | Manchester, VT - Billsville #
July 17th | Brattleboro, VT - The Stone Church #
July 18th | Portland, ME - SPACE #
July 19th | North Haven, ME - Crabtree Sessions #
July 20th | Exeter, NH - The Word Barn #
July 21st | Woodstock, NY - Bearsville Theater #
July 23rd | Nelsonville, OH - Creekside Stage #
July 24th | Kalamazoo, MI - Bell’s Eccentric Cafe #
July 25th | Berwyn, IL - Fitzgeralds #
July 26th | Spring Green, WI - The Shitty Barn (sold out)
July 27th | Madison, WI - The Bur Oak #
July 31st | Bellingham, WA - Structures Brewing (w. Vincent Neil Emerson)
Aug 2nd | Orcas Island, WA - Dylanfest
Aug 8th | Colorado Springs, CO - Lulu’s Downtown
Aug 9th | Lyons, CO - Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
Aug 22nd | Seattle, WA - Easy Street Records (in-store)
Sept 4th | Salt Lake City, UT - Red Butte Garden ^
Sept 5th | Boise, ID - Morrison Center (sold out) ^
Sept 6th | Carnation, WA - Remlinger Farms ^
Sept 7th | Troutdale, OR - Edgefield ^
Sept 8th | New York, NY - Central Park Summerstage *
Sept 10th | Washington, DC - Anthem *
Sept 11th | McKees Rock, PA - Roxian Theatre *
Sept 12th | Nashville, TN - AmericanaFest
Sept 14th | Grand Rapids, MI - Meijer Gardens Summer Series *
Sept 16th | St. Paul, MN - Palace Theatre *
Sept 17th | La Vista, NE - The Astro Amphitheater *
Sept 18th | St. Louis, MO - Old Rock House (solo)
Sept 20th | Washington, DC - Songbyrd Music House (solo)
Sept 21st | Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's (solo)
Sept 23rd | Cambridge, MA - Club Passim (solo)
Sept 26th | Boonton, NJ - Boonton Coffee Co. (solo)
Sept 27th | Northampton, MA - The Iron Horse (solo)
Sept 28th | Providence, RI - Alchemy (solo)
Sept 29th | Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right (solo)
Nov 6th | Salt Lake City, UT - The State Room
Nov 8th | Fort Collins, CO - The Armory
Nov 9th | Boulder, CO - Fox Theater
Nov 11th | Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
Nov 12th | Santa Fe, NM - Meow Wolf
Nov 14th | Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
Nov 15th | Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
Nov 16th | Jacumba Hot Springs, CA - The Old Bath House
Nov 17th | Los Angeles, CA - Lodge Room
Nov 18th | San Francisco, CA - The Chapel
Dec 5th | Austin, TX - 29th St. Ballroom @ (solo)
Dec 6th | Dallas, TX - The Kessler Theater @ (solo)
Dec 7th | Houston, TX - Heights Theater @ (solo)
Dec 9th | New Orleans, LA - Chickie Wah Wah @ (solo)
Dec 10th | Birmingham, AL - Woodlawn Theatre @ (solo)
Dec 11th | Atlanta, GA - Center Stage (Vinyl) @ (solo)
Dec 12th | Durham, NC - The Pinhook @ (solo)
Dec 13th | Asheville, NC - AyurPrana Listening Room @ (solo)
Dec 14th | Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre @ (solo)

# = w/ Erin Rae
^ = supporting Gregory Alan Isakov
* = supporting Rilo Kiley
@ = w/ Esther Rose

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