deary bring modern London dreampop to Birmingham’s Hare & Hounds

London dreampop project deary play Hare & Hounds in Kings Heath, Birmingham on 12 May, continuing a busy live run around their 2026 album Birding. deary have become one of the more compelling names in the current UK dreampop and shoegaze-adjacent wave, making music that feels soft without evaporating.

The project’s appeal lies in the balance between haze and edge: the guitars and vocals drift, but the songs still have emotional shape. The May tour schedule places the Birmingham date between Dublin and Manchester, with further shows in Edinburgh, Sheffield, Paris, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Düsseldorf and later festival appearances.

For indie readers, deary are worth tracking because they sit in a renewed dream-pop space that looks back to Slowdive and Lush without sounding like a tribute exercise. Their songs are atmospheric, but not passive; pretty, but not weightless. Event/source: https://deary.bandcamp.com/track/terra-fable