THE
WANDERING HEARTS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM DÉJÀ VU (WE HAVE ALL BEEN HERE BEFORE)
& RELEASE LEAD SINGLE “OUR HOUSE”
PREORDERnowDéjà Vu (We Have All Been
Here Before) drops 20th June 2025
+ DÉJÀ
VU TOUR THROUGHOUT JUNE
Acclaimed
British folk-Americana band The Wandering Hearts today announce their new
album Déjà Vu(We Have All Been Here Before).
A
reimagining of the 1970 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young classic Déjà
Vu, the album will be released June 20th through Chrysalis Records
on LP, CD & digital formats and available to pre-order.
The
lead single “Our House” is available now, listen here. (preferred music
platform) or watch the video below:
The
Wandering Hearts will be performing the album in full on the accompanying Déjà
VuTour, which opens at London Union Chapel on June 12th.
By stripping back “Our House” and bringing Tara Wilcox and Chess
Whiffen’s stunning vocals to the fore, The Wandering Hearts bring something
fresh to a very familiar song – everybody has heard “Our House” before, but not
played and sung like this.
“As soon as we figured out who to sing what on ‘Our House’, it sounded like a
different song, so that it became a Wandering Hearts take on it,” says AJ Dean.
“We didn’t have to work too hard to put our own spin on this, because we just
aren’t four men from 1970,” adds Tara. “Having two female voices gives this a
new spin straight away.”
The
Wandering Hearts knew the original Déjà Vu intimately before
covering it: Tara’s American father even saw CSN&Y play at Woodstock. “It
was a record that was always on at home,” she recalls. “Those songs feel like
they’ve always been there.” “That’s so true,” agrees Chess. “Growing up, Déjà
Vu was a constant at home. And the album just hasn’t aged, it still
sounds so fresh.”
Déjà Vu (We Have All Been Here Before) was recorded with
singer/producer Michael Rault (US Girls, July Talk) and eclectic singer-songwriter
Pearl Charles at their Taurus Rising studio in Joshua Tree in the Californian
desert. With a band as distinctive and inventive as The Wandering Hearts, a
note-for-note facsimile of Déjà Vu was never an option. This
isn’t an album out to besmirch the original, but to become a loving companion
without being an overly reverential copy.
“We knew we could do something new with Déjà Vu, but it’s such a
classic record that everyone loves that actually doing it felt a little
daunting,” admits Tara. “Meeting Pearl and Michael, we knew that we’d have fun
trying to make it a reality. We could go to the desert, hang out with our mates
and jam out these songs that we all already adored.”
“Taking on Déjà Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – a
huge inspiration to us – has been surreal,” continues AJ. “It’s a record we
love, that we’ve done our own thing with, without carbon copying it.”
Indeed it’s a contemporary reimagining that deserves to bring a whole new
generation to Déjà Vu, 55 years after the release of the original.
As Chess says: “It isn’t why we’ve made our record, but there is a new
generation finding old music, who go: ‘Woah, what’s this?’ Hopefully we can
shine a light on the original. But we’ve done it because we know deep down we
sing well enough together that we can do it justice.”
Déjà Vu (We Have All Been Here Before) marks The Wandering Hearts’
fourth studio album, following the success of their 2024 release MOTHER, an album that
showcased their evolution as artists with deeply personal storytelling and
lush, intricate harmonies. The trio introduced themselves in 2019 with their
acclaimed debut WILD SILENCE, following up in 2022 with self-titled
sophomore album The Wandering Hearts, and have established a
fanbase not only in the UK but throughout the US and beyond.
In support of the release, The Wandering Hearts will be performing the new
album in its entirety on an accompanying tour. “It’s a record with so many
different emotions,” concludes Tara. “It’s going to be so powerful to play
these to people.”
Thursday 26 June 2025 - Pocklington Arts Centre, York (Market Place,
Pocklington YO42 2AR) EVENT
Saturday 6 September
2025 - Northern Star Country Music Festival, Inverness (Northern Meeting
Park, IV3 5NN) 11:30am till 10:30pm) EVENT w/ Raintown, The Shires, Katee Kross,
Chris Andreucc
COUNTRY AND AMERICANA
TRIO THE WANDERING HEARTS SPRING TOUR
Christmas Headline in
December , UK Tour in March/ April 2024
** See Dates Below **
Check out their latest tracks “About America” and “Not Misunderstood”
Following a huge tour
with Jack Savoretti, renowned Americana trio The Wandering Hearts are
set to treat us to a set of folk-tinged acoustic wonder in March and April 2024.
The Wandering Hearts achieved
their second consecutive #1 on the UK official Americana Chart as they built on
the breakthrough success of their WILD SILENCE debut with 2021’s
self-titled second album, recorded between Woodstock and Omaha with producers
Simone Felice, David Baron and Mike Mogis.
Arriving to a second
wave of critical acclaim and again championed by Bob Harris at BBC
Radio 2 (who previously awarded them his Breakthrough Artist at the
UK Americana Awards), the album cemented the trio’s reputation as one of the
leading lights in British Folk-Americana– as underlined by their further nomination for Album Of The Year at the
UK Americana Awards 2022, alongside Yola and The Staves.
The only British act to
debut at both the iconic Ryman Theatre and The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville in the same week, The Wandering
Hearts have shared stages and tours across the UK and US with artists such as
the late greats Tom Petty, John Prine and Justin Townes Earle, and Margo Price,
Lukas Nelson, Robert Plant and Eagles.
Signed to Chrysalis
Records for their third album, the band have had a busy 2023 with standout
performances at SXSW in Austin, Black Deer Festival, and a Americanafest
show in Nashville, as well as extensively supporting and performing on stage
alongside Jack Savoretti on his summer tour.
The release of their EP HESPERUS
in May, followed by their addition of ‘Voices’ to the much-lauded
Nick Drake anthology ‘The Endless Coloured Ways’ in July (alongside Bombay
Bicycle Club, Feist, Aurora, Emile Sande, Self Esteem and more), all hint at a
flavour of their forthcoming album (due 2024). The new material puts sharp
focus on their world-renowned three-part harmonies to explore their Folk-Rock
influences, blending flavours that bring to mind Simon & Garfunkel,
Fleetwood Mac and contemporaries like Milk Carton Kids and First Aid Kit.
The Wandering Hearts
Live Dates
Friday 15 December 2023
- Christmas Special Headline Show at Sage Gateshead @ 7:00pm (The
Glasshouse, St Mary's Square, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, NE8 2JR) £20 EventWe were Sage Gateshead
UK TOUR 2024
Tuesday 26 March
2024 - Queens Hall, Edinburgh (85-89 Clerk St, Edinburgh EH8 9JG WEBSITE Capacity:
900) £18 Ticketmaster UK
Wednesday 27 March 2024
- The Deer's Head, Belfast (1-3, Lower Garfield Street, Belfast BT1 1FP WEBSITE) £17.50 Ticketmaster IE
Thursday 28 March 2024 -
The Workman's Cellar, Dublin, Ireland (The Workman's Cellar, Dublin)
€20.00 Ticketmaster IE
Sunday 31 March 2024 -
XOYO Birmingham, Birmingham (Formerly known as The Mill 29, Lower
Trinity Street, Birmingham B9 4AG) £20 ticketweb.uk
Tuesday 2 April
2024 - Gorilla, Manchester (54-56 Whitworth Street, Manchester M1 5WW)
£19.90 Ticketmaster UK
Wednesday 3 April 2024 -
Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (Queens Road, Leeds LS6 1NY WEBSITE Capacity: 400) £17 Ticketmaster UK
Thursday 4 April 2024 -
Rescue Rooms, Nottingham (Masonic Place, Goldsmith Street, Nottingham
NG1 5GG WEBSITECapacity: 450) £19 Ticketmaster UK
Friday 5 April 2024 -
The Leadmill, Sheffield (6-7 Leadmill Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Sheffield
S1 4SE) WEBSITE) £19.15 Ticketmaster UK
Sunday 7 April 2024 -
The Fleece, Bristol (12 Thomas Ln, Bristol BS1 6JJ WEBSITE Capacity: 400) £20 ticketweb.uk
In September the trio excitedly
share TWO new tracks “About America” and “Not Misunderstood”
The Wandering Hearts -
About America (Official Music Video)
written by Alexander John Dean-Revington, Emily Phillips, Francesca Whiffin,
Tara Wilcox 37,306 views, published Sept 13, 2023 | 8,784 Spotify Streams
The Wandering Hearts -
Not Misunderstood (Official Video)
written by Francesca Whiffin, Rose Cousins, Tara Wilcox 8,841 views published Sept 13, 2023 | 7,730 Spotify
Streams.
ABOUTThe Wandering Hearts:
At
the start of 2017 Decca hosted a London showcase for several of their
impressive new signings and the then British folk-Americana quartet (Chess Whiffin, AJ
Dean, Tara Wilcox and Tim Prottey-Jones who left the band) immediately
stood out for them. They were discovered
within half-an-hour of uploading their first demo online, then signed up
shortly afterwards by the label. It’s easy to understand why on their glorious
debut single,Wish
I Could
(released May 5, 2017).
Their
music has been described as a British twist on everything you love about the
classic Fleetwood Mac sound, with folk and country influences from the likes of
First Aid Kit, The Lumineers and Chris Stapleton in their too, plus some of the
finest harmonies of any emerging act that you’ll have heard in years.
With their blissful three-part harmonies and blend of folk, country, and
Americana influences, The Wandering Hearts are breathing new life into roots
music. The UK trio of Chess Whiffin, AJ Dean, and Tara Wilcox emerged in 2017
with their acclaimed debut album WILD SILENCE, which hit #1 on the UK
Americana chart, debuted at No.1 on the Official
UK Country Album Top 20 (Week Ending 22 Feb 2018) and made a debut at No.85 on
the Official UK Top 100 Albums Chart with estimated sales of 1,000 copies.
As they
worked on their second album, the group -- reduced to a trio with the departure
of Prottey-Jones -- continued performing, including the C2C Country to Country
festival at the O2 in London, CMA Fest in Nashville.
Their self-titled 2021 follow-up continued their success, earning more
praise from critics and another Americana #1.
The band has toured
extensively, supporting legends like Tom Petty and Robert Plant while making
history as the only British act to debut at the Ryman Auditorium and Grand Ole
Opry in the same week.
Their soulful take on the folk-rock trio earned The
Wandering Hearts nominations for UK Americana Awards Album of the Year.
At the UK Americana Awards
2018
they snagged the Bob Harris Emerging Artist Award.
At the British
Country Music Awards for 2018 they won UK Album of the Year for WILD
SILENCE and a year later won Group of
the Year at the BCMA 2019 Awards.
After signing to Chrysalis Records, 2023 brought more milestones like
standout SXSW and Black Deer Festival sets as they gear up for their eagerly
awaited third album.
ANNOUNCE
C2C SPOTLIGHT STAGE PERFORMANCE SUNDAY 10 MARCH
NOMINATED
FOR ‘ARTIST OF THE YEAR’ AT UK AMERICANA AWARDS 2019
DEBUT
ALBUM WILD SILENCE OUT NOW ON DECCA RECORDS
“They evoke
the poignancy of early 1970’s alternative country” – Times
“Within 30
minutes of uploading their first demo online, the London band were discovered.
When you hear them perform, it’s easy to see why” – Telegraph
The band are back with a deluxe edition of their debut album
(released Jan 25, 2019) with live versions of favourites and brand new tracks,
including the beautiful song “Run”. Featured on Spotify's New Music Friday, Run
effortlessly blends softly strummed acoustic verses with a hooky chorus to
create a scrumptious earworm that will leave you singing "run and run and
run" in your head all day.
Following their UK headline tour,
including a sell-out show at Islington Assembly Hall, Folk-Americana band The
Wandering Hearts have announced the release of a Deluxe Edition
of Wild Silence, out on 25 January 2018.
The deluxe album includes three brand new tracks: ‘Til The Day I
Die, Run and Heart Stops Beating, acoustic versions of
album tracks Wild Silence and Fire and Water,
plus live recordings of Burning Bridges and The
Wonder Of You from the band’s show in Memphis earlier this
year.
Release Date: 25 Jan. 2019
Label: Decca (UMO)
Total Length: 1:10:07
Genres: Indie & Alternative
The album WILD SILENCE re-entered at No.2 (44 weeks; #1 peak) on the Official
UK Country Album Top 20 (chart
week Ending 7 February 2019). Additionally it rocketed 28-1 in their 28th frame on Official Americana Albums Chart Top 40 (chart
week Ending 7 February 2019).
Originally the standard version of WILD SILENCE
made a debut at No.85 the Official
UK Top 100 Albums Chart (Week
Ending 22 Feb 2018) with estimated sales of 1,000 copies.
* NEWS UPDATE *
Tim
Prottey-Jones
has left the band and Tara Wilcox, Chess Whiffin and AJ Dean will continue as a
trio.
The band have also announced they
will be performing on the Spotlight
Stage in the main arena at Country
to Country Festival this year, sharing the bill with Ashley McBryde and
Chris Stapleton. They have also been nominated for ‘Artist of the Year’ at
this years UK Americana Awards, the awards will take place on 31January.
* TICKETS * C2C Country To
Country Festival 2019(March Click Here)
The Wandering Hearts recently
returned from Americanafest in Nashville, where they led the UK charge of talent,
playing multiple shows at this year’s celebration of the best of Americana and roots
music. Over summer, the band performed at a string of UK festivals, including
BST Hyde Park headlined by Eric Clapton, Latitude, Black Deer and Standon
Calling.
In June, The Wandering Hearts
became the first UK band ever to debut at Nashville’s iconic venues, the Ryman
Auditorium and Grand Ole Opry, in the same week. They received a standing
ovation for their performance at Marty Stuart’s infamous Late
Night Jam at the Ryman where they shared the stage with Marty Stuart
And His Fabulous Superlatives, Margo Price, John Prine and Chris
Stapleton, as well as country-rock legends Chris Hillman and Roger
McGuinn of The Byrds.
After a brilliant Opry debut, The
Wandering Hearts were invited back to the iconic venue to perform for a second
time a week later. In addition, the band added slots at CMAFest, The
Basement and The Bluebird Café to their whirlwind
tour, earning a rapturous welcome at each show. The band travelled to the US
after receiving a personal invitation from legend Marty Stuart to join him on
the Nashville and Memphis dates of his tour after they supported him in the UK.
The Wandering Hearts were
discovered in the UK within half an hour of uploading their first demo online,
and shortly after were signed to Decca Records. Over the past 18 months,
The Wandering Hearts have built a loyal fan base with their signature sound
that transcends genres: this is what makes them so special. With their seamless
vocal harmonies, The Wandering Hearts are reminiscent of First Aid
Kit and Of Monsters and Men, whilst channelling Fleetwood Mac’s
pop sensibility and the storytelling of Chris Stapleton, all the
while keeping their British roots at heart.
In February, the band released
their debut album Wild Silence and picked up the
coveted Bob Harris Emerging Artist award at the UK
Americana Awards 2018, a prize hand-picked by the legendary broadcaster
himself. Bob Harris stated, “I was just blown away by them, by their harmonies,
their energy, their enthusiasm and of course the fantastic quality of their
music. I am truly thrilled for them and their new album is everything I hoped
it would be.”
“Harmonies that hark back to Fleetwood Mac” – Sunday Times Culture
“They
evoke the poignancy of early 1970’s alternative country” – Times
“Within
30 minutes of uploading their first demo online, the London band were
discovered. When you hear them perform, it’s easy to see why” – Telegraph
Following the announcement of their
UK headline tour, Folk-Americana four-piece The Wandering Hearts have
sold out London’s Islington Assembly Hall on 28
November. Having already sold out their three previous London headline dates,
most recently Bush Hall, this will be their biggest headline
performance yet.
The band have also announced the release of a Deluxe edition
of Wild Silence, out on 25 January 2019.
The deluxe album includes three brand new tracks: ‘Til
The Day I Die, Run and Heart Stops Beating, acoustic
versions of album tracks Wild Silence and Fire
and Water, plus live recordings of Burning Bridges and The
Wonder Of You from the band’s show in Memphis earlier this
year.
The Wandering Hearts recently
returned from Americanafest in Nashville, where they led the UK charge of
talent, playing multiple shows at this year’s celebration of the best of
Americana and roots music. Over summer, the band performed at a string of UK
festivals, including BST Hyde Park headlined by Eric Clapton, Latitude, Black
Deer and Standon Calling.
In June, The Wandering Hearts
became the first UK band ever to debut at Nashville’s iconic venues, the Ryman
Auditorium and Grand Ole Opry, in the same week. They received a standing
ovation for their performance at Marty Stuart’s infamous Late
Night Jam at the Ryman where they shared the stage with Marty Stuart
And His Fabulous Superlatives, Margo Price, John Prine and Chris
Stapleton, as well as country-rock legends Chris Hillman and Roger
McGuinn of The Byrds.
After a brilliant Opry debut, The
Wandering Hearts were invited back to the iconic venue to perform for a second
time a week later. In addition, the band added slots at CMAFest, The
Basement and The Bluebird Café to their whirlwind
tour, earning a rapturous welcome at each show. The band travelled to the US
after receiving a personal invitation from legend Marty Stuart to join him on
the Nashville and Memphis dates of his tour after they supported him in the UK.
The Wandering Hearts were
discovered in the UK within half an hour of uploading their first demo online,
and shortly after were signed to Decca Records. Over the past 18 months,
The Wandering Hearts have built a loyal fan base with their signature sound
that transcends genres: this is what makes them so special. With their seamless
vocal harmonies, The Wandering Hearts are reminiscent of First Aid
Kit and Of Monsters and Men, whilst channelling Fleetwood Mac’s
pop sensibility and the storytelling of Chris Stapleton, all the
while keeping their British roots at heart.
In February, the band released
their debut album Wild Silence and picked up the
coveted Bob Harris Emerging Artist award at the UK
Americana Awards 2018, a prize hand-picked by the legendary broadcaster
himself. Bob Harris stated, “I was just blown away by them, by their
harmonies, their energy, their enthusiasm and of course the fantastic quality
of their music. I am truly thrilled for them and their new album is everything
I hoped it would be.”
The Wandering Hearts
Win Big At 2018 BCMA Awards
This years’ British Country Music
Association Awards (BCMA Awards 2018 | Website: bcmawards.co.uk) took place at the Harrogate Convention Centre on Saturday
24th November.
It
was good night for the 4-piece Tara (Tara Wilcox), Chess (Francesca Whiffin),
AJ (Alexander John Dean-Revington) and Tim (Timothy Prottey-Jones) who were not
present, playing in Exeter on their current UK Tour which kicked off on Nov 21)
on winning 3 of the 5 categories they were nominated in.
They
snagged UK Album of the Year forWILD SILENCE (4
STARS Country Music Issue 09 “a dozen uniformly impressive pieces”; 1 STAR
Country Music People) and with some fine festival appearances bagged both Group
of the Year and the highly coveted Entertainer of the Year.
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