Deb Never has released the new single “Crutches” with an accompanying visualizer. The track comes ahead of a string of tour dates with slowthai and Omar Apollo.
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“Crutches” follows Never‘s 2021 Where Have All The Flowers Gone? EP. It’s a song about being true to yourself and picking yourself up when you fall. Sonically, Never mixes punk, new wave, grunge and alt-pop to explore the thin line between self-sabotage and self-discovery.
Like many of Never‘s songs, “Crutches” deals with powerful personal emotions. Speaking to Alternative Press, Never explained how she uses songwriting as an outlet to express negative emotions. “It’s all generalized statements that I felt like I didn’t go too into detail about, but even just in those statements, I would never blatantly say that in real life because I’m so guarded with my emotions in that way. So even to say just a generalized statement like that, I felt like I was sticking out my neck, and it definitely made me self-conscious. In the future, I would want to write more in-depth about experiences [in my life] and dive into that.”
Never will perform with slowthai and Omar Apollo on upcoming tour dates. You can check out a full list of dates below and grab tickets here.
slowthai tour dates with Deb Never
03/17 – Manchester @ O2 Victoria Warehouse
03/18 – Leeds @ The Refectory
03/20 – Glasgow @ O2 Academy Glasgow
03/21 – Newcastle @ O2 City Hall
03/22 – Liverpool @ Mountford Hall
03/21 – Nottingham @ Rock City
03/25 – Norwich @ Nick Rayns LCR
03/26 – Birmingham @ Forum
03/27 – Cardiff @ Cardiff Student Union
03/30 – London @ O2 Academy Brixton
03/31 – London @ O2 Academy Brixton
Omar Apollo tour dates with Deb Never
04/05 – Portland @ Crystal Ballroom
04/06 – Vancouver @ Commodore Ballroom
04/09 – Eugene @ McDonald Theatre
04/30 – Phoenix @ The Van Buren
05/05 – Chicago @ Riviera Theatre
05/17 – Atlanta @ Variety Playhouse
05/19 – Austin @ Emo’s
05/22 – Dallas @ White Oak Music Hall
05/24 – New Orleans @ Republic
05/27 – Orlando @ House of Blues
