NEWS : WED, FEB 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Deep Sea Diver Shares “What Do I Know” Official Video
Today, Deep Sea Diver is sharing “What Do I Know,” a new offering from Billboard Heart, the band’s triumphant new album, out this Friday, February 28th, 2025 worldwide on Sub Pop.
The tight, vibrant, jump-cut style official video for the single stars the band, and is directed by Eric Luck and Deep Sea Diver’s Peter Mansen.
Dobson says of the song and video, “‘What Do I Know’ holds a special place on the record. It is the first song that I engineered all of the instruments myself at my home studio. At the time, I thought I was recording a demo and most of the parts are first takes. We kept all of the imperfections, and nothing was overthought. For the music video, we wanted to lean into that same spirit and gave ourselves only a few hours to film in a very small space. The song is equally existential as it is tongue in cheek, and we wanted the video to reflect more of the raw elements of who we are as a band.”
Deep Sea Diver’s Billboard Heart immediately puts the band in the company of St. Vincent, TV on the Radio, and Flock of Dimes, bands that have found newly ornate and magnetic ways to make indie rock by discarding notions of how it must sound or what it must say. Dobson punches through her past here. As she howls during Billboard Heart’s rapturous title track, she is “welcoming the future by letting go of it.”
It is a coup, a triumph over self-doubt in which what first felt like failure became an opportunity to find new freedom, belief, and strength. You can hear it in each of these eleven songs, the beating heart that makes everything here feel like a new anthem for finding your own way forward.
Billboard Heart was written and performed by primary songwriter and guitar player Jessica Dobson, and her partner, drummer and band co-writer Peter Mansen, and synth player Elliot Jackson. Additional contributions include former The Shins’ bandmate Yuuki Matthews, Caroline Rose, and Greg Leisz. Billboard Heart was produced by Jessica Dobson and Andy D. Park, with additional production from Adam Schatz, mixed by Park, and mastered by Greg Calbi and Steve Fallone.
Deep Sea Diver’s fast-selling headlining North American tour in support of Billboard Heart begins Saturday, March 29th in Walla Walla, WA at The Motor Co. and runs through Saturday, May 17th, with a sold-out hometown show at The Showbox at The Market. Deep Sea Diver has added second nights in Chicago, IL, and Denver, CO, – Saturday, April 26th at Chicago’s Empty Bottle and Saturday, May 10th at Denver’s Globe Hall.
Deep Sea Diver has also scheduled a series of Billboard Heart release events in Seattle, including an album listening party and signing at brewery Cloud Burst Ballard on Thursday, February 27th (5 pm, All Ages), an in-store performance and signing at Easy Street (7 pm, All Ages), and a signing at Sub Pop’s retail store on 7th Ave on Sunday, March 2nd (1 pm, All Ages).
For more information on tickets, please visit Deep Sea Diver’s tour dates page. Please find a complete list of dates below.
The tight, vibrant, jump-cut style official video for the single stars the band, and is directed by Eric Luck and Deep Sea Diver’s Peter Mansen.
Dobson says of the song and video, “‘What Do I Know’ holds a special place on the record. It is the first song that I engineered all of the instruments myself at my home studio. At the time, I thought I was recording a demo and most of the parts are first takes. We kept all of the imperfections, and nothing was overthought. For the music video, we wanted to lean into that same spirit and gave ourselves only a few hours to film in a very small space. The song is equally existential as it is tongue in cheek, and we wanted the video to reflect more of the raw elements of who we are as a band.”
Deep Sea Diver’s Billboard Heart immediately puts the band in the company of St. Vincent, TV on the Radio, and Flock of Dimes, bands that have found newly ornate and magnetic ways to make indie rock by discarding notions of how it must sound or what it must say. Dobson punches through her past here. As she howls during Billboard Heart’s rapturous title track, she is “welcoming the future by letting go of it.”
It is a coup, a triumph over self-doubt in which what first felt like failure became an opportunity to find new freedom, belief, and strength. You can hear it in each of these eleven songs, the beating heart that makes everything here feel like a new anthem for finding your own way forward.
Billboard Heart was written and performed by primary songwriter and guitar player Jessica Dobson, and her partner, drummer and band co-writer Peter Mansen, and synth player Elliot Jackson. Additional contributions include former The Shins’ bandmate Yuuki Matthews, Caroline Rose, and Greg Leisz. Billboard Heart was produced by Jessica Dobson and Andy D. Park, with additional production from Adam Schatz, mixed by Park, and mastered by Greg Calbi and Steve Fallone.
Deep Sea Diver’s fast-selling headlining North American tour in support of Billboard Heart begins Saturday, March 29th in Walla Walla, WA at The Motor Co. and runs through Saturday, May 17th, with a sold-out hometown show at The Showbox at The Market. Deep Sea Diver has added second nights in Chicago, IL, and Denver, CO, – Saturday, April 26th at Chicago’s Empty Bottle and Saturday, May 10th at Denver’s Globe Hall.
Deep Sea Diver has also scheduled a series of Billboard Heart release events in Seattle, including an album listening party and signing at brewery Cloud Burst Ballard on Thursday, February 27th (5 pm, All Ages), an in-store performance and signing at Easy Street (7 pm, All Ages), and a signing at Sub Pop’s retail store on 7th Ave on Sunday, March 2nd (1 pm, All Ages).
For more information on tickets, please visit Deep Sea Diver’s tour dates page. Please find a complete list of dates below.
Thu. Feb. 27 - Seattle, WA - Cloud Burst Ballard (Listening Party+Signing; 5 pm | AA)
Fri. Feb. 28 - Seattle, WA - Easy Street Records (Instore; 7 pm | AA)
Sun. Mar. 02 - Seattle, WA - Sub Pop on 7th (Signing; 1 pm | AA)
Sat. Mar. 29 - Walla Walla, WA - The Motor Co
Sun. Mar. 30 - Boise, ID - Treefort Music Fest
Tue. Apr. 01 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow’s
Thu. Apr. 03 - Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom
Sat. Apr. 05 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriets Indoors
Sun. Apr. 06 - San Diego, CA - Belly Up
Tue. Apr. 08 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
Fri. Apr.11 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
Sat. Apr. 12 - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Club
Thu. Apr. 24 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
Fri. Apr. 25 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
Sat. Apr. 26 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
Mon. Apr. 28 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
Wed. Apr. 30 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground Lounge
Thu. May 01 - Allston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
Fri. May 02 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
Sat. May 03 - Washington, DC - The Atlantis
Sun. May 04 - Pittsburgh, PA - Thunderbird Music Hall
Tue. May 06 - Indianapolis, IN - Hi-Fi
Wed. May 07 - St. Louis, MO - Off-Broadway
Fri. May 09 - Denver, CO - Globe Hall
Sat. May 10 - Denver, CO - Globe Hall
Mon. May 12 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Urban Lounge
Sat. May 17 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox at the Market [Sold Out]
Fri. Feb. 28 - Seattle, WA - Easy Street Records (Instore; 7 pm | AA)
Sun. Mar. 02 - Seattle, WA - Sub Pop on 7th (Signing; 1 pm | AA)
Sat. Mar. 29 - Walla Walla, WA - The Motor Co
Sun. Mar. 30 - Boise, ID - Treefort Music Fest
Tue. Apr. 01 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow’s
Thu. Apr. 03 - Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom
Sat. Apr. 05 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriets Indoors
Sun. Apr. 06 - San Diego, CA - Belly Up
Tue. Apr. 08 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
Fri. Apr.11 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
Sat. Apr. 12 - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Club
Thu. Apr. 24 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
Fri. Apr. 25 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
Sat. Apr. 26 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
Mon. Apr. 28 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
Wed. Apr. 30 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground Lounge
Thu. May 01 - Allston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
Fri. May 02 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
Sat. May 03 - Washington, DC - The Atlantis
Sun. May 04 - Pittsburgh, PA - Thunderbird Music Hall
Tue. May 06 - Indianapolis, IN - Hi-Fi
Wed. May 07 - St. Louis, MO - Off-Broadway
Fri. May 09 - Denver, CO - Globe Hall
Sat. May 10 - Denver, CO - Globe Hall
Mon. May 12 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Urban Lounge
Sat. May 17 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox at the Market [Sold Out]
Billboard Heart, which also features the official videos for the title track and “Shovel,”, will be available on CD/LP/DSPs from Sub Pop. LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com (US), Mega Mart 2 (UK/EU), Deep Sea Diver’s Official Website, Bandcamp, and your local record store will receive the limited Loser edition vinyl on Transparent Pink (North America), Glacial Blue (Bandcamp North America), and Opaque Pink (UK/Europe) (All limited edition vinyl colors available while stock lasts!). The Billboard Heart cover image is shot by photographer Neil Krug and from his “Spirit II” photo series.
What People Are Saying About Deep Sea Diver’s Billboard Heart
“Dobson’s slightly wounded vocals and scuzzy guitar; a slick, keyboard-festooned backdrop and, even on the straightforward hushed ‘Loose Change’ and the relatively spartan ‘Always Waving Goodbye,’ a sense of galloping ur-gency. Madison Cunningham drops in to add guitar and Pierces-style harmonies on ‘Let Me Go,’ but Dobson is the star of her own show, from the cascading choruses of ‘See In The Dark’ to the title track’s stylish chimes, and in ‘What Do I Know’ she may have found Deep Sea Diver’s key to crossover.” ★★★★ MOJO
“…Earmarked by crunchier guitars, soaring synths, and the occasional heavy drum fill (often explosion-like, as on ‘What Do I Know’). What results is a record of vast diversity and glittering dream pop, the unifying feature being Dobson’s excellent solo playing on guitar.” 8/10, Under the Radar
“Pop grandeur, gnarly fundamentalist hardcore, iridescent psych, gothic elegance, electro-rock drama and anthemic tunes with a cathedral-like grandeur - Jessica Dobson’s band serve up all of them here, so you wonder why DSD aren’t as big as Florence + The Machine…songs such as ‘Shovel,’ ‘See In The Dark’ and ‘Emergency’ punch and swagger with a defiant dose of rock’n’roll pomp and circumstance.” UNCUT
“…Earmarked by crunchier guitars, soaring synths, and the occasional heavy drum fill (often explosion-like, as on ‘What Do I Know’). What results is a record of vast diversity and glittering dream pop, the unifying feature being Dobson’s excellent solo playing on guitar.” 8/10, Under the Radar
“Pop grandeur, gnarly fundamentalist hardcore, iridescent psych, gothic elegance, electro-rock drama and anthemic tunes with a cathedral-like grandeur - Jessica Dobson’s band serve up all of them here, so you wonder why DSD aren’t as big as Florence + The Machine…songs such as ‘Shovel,’ ‘See In The Dark’ and ‘Emergency’ punch and swagger with a defiant dose of rock’n’roll pomp and circumstance.” UNCUT
Deep Sea Diver
Billboard Heart
Tracklisting:
1. Billboard Heart
2. What Do I Know
3. Emergency
4. Shovel
5. Tiny Threads
6. Loose Change
7. Always Waving Goodbye
8. Let Me Go (feat. Madison Cunningham)
9. Be Sweet
10. See in the Dark
11. Happiness Is Not a Given
Billboard Heart
Tracklisting:
1. Billboard Heart
2. What Do I Know
3. Emergency
4. Shovel
5. Tiny Threads
6. Loose Change
7. Always Waving Goodbye
8. Let Me Go (feat. Madison Cunningham)
9. Be Sweet
10. See in the Dark
11. Happiness Is Not a Given