
Last month, Deafheaven released their monstrous, soul-stirring new album Lonely People With Power, and our friend Michael Nelson went deep into the motherfucking zone while describing all the reasons why he thinks it’s their best. On Saturday night, Deafheaven kicked off a beast of a North American tour with Gatecreeper and Trauma Ray, and they pulled the unusual move of starting a tour with one of its biggest shows — in Los Angeles, at the Belasco. They pulled a few more unusual moves, too.