DIYET & THE LOVE SOLDIERS
ANNOUNCE ACOUSTIC EP ‘SEEDS OF DREAMING’
OUT NOW
NEW SINGLE ‘GIVE ME A REASON’
OUT 6TH MARCH, VIDEO HERE
UK TOUR THIS MAY
Canadian roots outfit Diyet & The Love Soldiers return with acoustic EP ‘Seeds Of Dreaming’, set for release on 17th April. The announcement arrives with a run of UK tour dates and latest single ‘Give Me A Reason’, out 6th March.
Drifting between Americana, alt-country and folk, the new EP draws deeply from Diyet’s upbringing in Kluane, Canada and her life as an Indigenous woman navigating two worlds. Sweeping landscapes, cultural tensions and hard-won hope all find their way into songs exploring wildness, truth, reconciliation and community. The EP features five reimagined tracks from their 2025 album with the same title and will release exclusively across the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands on all digital platforms this April ahead of the band’s Spring tour.
On gritty lead single ‘Give Me A Reason’, Diyet reflects: “There is a tension and a giddy rage that is barely contained, and it ebbs and flows in all communities and in all countries – we all feel it. How can we help each other to stand up, speak with good intentions, show compassion and build a wave so strong that we turn the tides? I’m open to suggestions.”
Watch the video for the single here: GIVE ME A REASON – Diyet & The Love Soldiers (Acoustic Edition) Feel like screaming? Marching?
Born and raised on the land in the Kluane region of Canada’s Yukon Territory, Diyet embodies her Indigenous, Japanese and European roots with a musical presence that is just as diverse. A singer-songwriter with over 25 years of professional experience, she writes and performs in both English and Southern Tutchone, her native language. Her songwriting explores modern Indigenous perspectives on ancestral philosophies, traditions, trauma and healing – a journey that began after trading a career in Vancouver publishing to return home to the Yukon, resulting in three albums: The Breaking Point (2010), When You Were King (2013) and Diyet & The Love Soldiers (2018). That last record earned nominations at the Indigenous Music Awards and Western Canadian Music Awards, and took home Indigenous Songwriter of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards.
Backed by multi-instrumentalist Robert van Lieshout and Juno Award-winning producer Bob Hamilton, the trio are equally at home on a festival mainstage as they are in a hushed, intimate room. The band have toured extensively across Canada and Europe – with highlights including Expo Osaka in Japan and Manchester Folk Festival. This Spring sees them tour the UK with further dates in Belgium and The Netherlands, full details here:
May 1 – TBC
May 2 – Bolton-Le-Sands Library, Lancashire
May 3 – The Community Hall at Grizebeck, Cumbria
May 6 – Appleby Public Hall, Cumbria
May 7 – Frosterley Village Hall, County Durham
May 8 – Wingates Village Institute, Northumberland
May 9 – Burnley Mechanics Theatre, Lancashire
May 10 – Thornton Library, Lancashire
May 13 – Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch, Shropshire
May 14 – Quatt Village Hall, Quatt, Shropshire
May 15 – Cranborne Memorial Hall, Dorset
May 16 – Broadwindsor Comrades Hall, Dorset
Belgium/The Netherlands:
May 22 Cowboy Up, Waardamme Oostkamp, Belgium
May 23, 24 Music Meeting Festival, Nijmegen NL
