2020’s debut studio album, Someone New, which was released by Luminelle Recordings introduced Montréal-based singer/songwriter and musician Helana Deland as a new and resonant voice to both the local and national indie scenes. She explored new soundscapes by teaming up with fellow Montréaler Ouri in the collaborative project Hildegard, which released two albums, 2021’s self-titled debut and 2024’s Jour 1596. And adding to a growing profile, Deland has collaborated with Men I Trust, JPEGMAFIA, Jonah Yano, Sam Evian, claire rousay and a lengthy list of others. During a remarkably busy period, Deland released her acclaimed sophomore solo album, 2024’s Goodnight Summerland through Chivi Chivi.
After opening for Weyes Blood, Andy Shauf, Connan Mockasin, Soccer Mommy and Iggy Pop, Deland supported her sophomore album with touring across North America and Europe.
Her highly anticipated third album, Eternity Shrugs is slated for a January 22, 2027 release through Chivi Chivi. Produced by Deland with longtime bandmates Francis Ledoux and Alexandre Larin, as well frequent collaborators Lysandre Ménard and Cedric Martel, Eternity Shrugs was recorded in rural Québec in bursts over four seasons. Piano, bass, organ, viola and woodwinds gather around her vocal and guitar in patient arrangements anchored by finely textured percussion. The result are songs that feel sparse one moment and subtly ornate the next. Deland imagines the album’s palette in browns — wood, leather, smoke. Warm and inhabited, the music never entirely settles.
Eternity Shrugs will include the previously released “How Do You Like Me Now,” and the album’s latest single “Tip of My Tongue.” “Tip of My Tongue” is a shimmering, dream pop-like tune featuring Deland’s breathy and expressive delivery floating over an vibey, autumnal arrangement of jangling acoustic guitar, bursts of shimmering synths, a gently chugging rhythm section driven by a simple yet propulsive drum pattern. But at its core is something left unsaid, an inner conversation between people with an intimate connection that has become a bit awkward yet still deeply familiar.
“I’m thinking of a long-awaited, momentous run-in, the kind that has kept a part of the mind alert,” Deland says. “Maybe you need to privately navigate how up-to-date on the other person’s life you’ve remained since the last time you spoke, or maybe you know a former version of them so well that the present-day one feels entirely, surprisingly familiar. The song was arranged with that feeling of familiarity in mind, like something that has been on the tip of my tongue for a long time.”
Directed by Jodi Heartz and Alex Blouin, the accompanying video for “Tip of My Tongue” is a dreamily surreal scenario that features Deland and her bandmates playing cards on a Montréal rooftop at a table set for 5. We see Deland as she delicately slides between both sides of the table, glancing at her hand of cards.
In September, Deland debuted the ne material with a shot and intimate slate of solo North American shows with Hana Stretton. She will be embarking on European Union, UK and North American headlining dates to support the new album after its release next January. The tour includes an April 2, 2027 stop at Le Poisson Rouge. Check out all the tour dates below.
WINTER 2027 – EUROPE + UK HEADLINE TOUR
February 24, 2027 – Silent Green • Berlin, DE – TICKETS
February 25, 2027 – Bitterzoet • Amsterdam, NL – TICKETS
February 26, 2027 – Petit Bain • Paris, FR – TICKETS
February 27, 2027 – Botanique • Brussels, BE – TICKETS
March 2, 2027 – YES Basement • Manchester, UK – TICKETS
March 3, 2027 – The Louisiana • Bristol, UK – TICKETS
March 4, 2027 – eartH Theatre • London, UK – TICKETS
SPRING 2027 – NA HEADLINE TOUR
Feb 11, 2027 – Pantoum • Québec, QC – TICKETS
March 16, 2027 – Lodge Room • Los Angeles, CA – TICKETS
March 18, 2027 – The Chapel • San Francisco, CA – TICKETS
March 20, 2027 – Holocene • Portland, OR – TICKETS
March 21, 2027 – Barboza • Seattle, WA – TICKETS
March 23, 2027 – Fox Cabaret • Vancouver, BC – TICKETS
April 1, 2027 – Songbyrd • Washington, DC – TICKETS
April 2, 2027 – LPR • New York, NY – TICKETS
April 12, 2027 – Longboat Hall • Toronto, ON – TICKETS
April 15, 2027 – Théâtre Outremont • Montréal, CA – TICKETS
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