Phoenix’s favorite groove-laden noisemakers DED are back, and they’re not done with RESENT just yet. The quartet — Joe Cotela (vocals), Alex Adamcik (guitar), Kyle Koelsch (bass), and Matt Reinhard (drums) — have announced a Deluxe Edition of their September 2025 album, due July 3 via UNFD. To mark the occasion, the band has dropped a visualizer for the explosive new track “Weapon.”

Watch the “Weapon” visualizer here: https://youtu.be/ISh-i_7NuOc

RESENT: Deluxe Edition adds 11 new tracks to the original 12-song record, pulling fans deeper into the creative sessions that shaped the album. The first five additions are fully realized B-sides — songs that could have easily made the original cut — produced by the band over the past three years and mixed and mastered by Koelsch at the band’s own Trash Island Studios in Phoenix. From there, the tracklist dives even further into the vault, surfacing raw demos, experimental detours, and stylistic curveballs that map out the broader edges of DED’s creative identity.

“Weapon” itself is the kind of opener that doesn’t ease you in — it kicks the door down. Groove-centric, atmospheric, and emotionally urgent, it’s quintessential DED. As Cotela puts it, “This is a straight-up quintessential DED track, encompassing all of the things the band is known for sonically. Thematically, it’s about how truly powerful music can be. It has the strength and capability to carry us through the trials and tribulations of life — through self-empowerment, reinforcement, or even escapism. Music can raise awareness, unify people, and serve as the safest place for both the artist and the listener to exist freely beyond the constraints of being in a body.”

The lyrics drive that message home with cathartic force: “Let it all out right now / Here in the sound / There is no gravity, there is no ground / Fly / Use the music as a weapon.” More than bonus material, RESENT: Deluxe Edition functions as an honest look behind the curtain — the risks, the moods, and the sonic possibilities the band entertained while building the record.

DED will take the new material on the road this July and August on a headline tour with support from Dropout Kings and VRSTY. The run kicks off July 11 in their hometown of Phoenix at The Rebel Lounge and winds through Texas, the Midwest, the Northeast, and Colorado before wrapping August 8 in Grand Junction. Festival stop Inkcarceration in Mansfield, OH is also on the books for July 17.

DED Summer 2026 Tour Dates (with Dropout Kings + VRSTY):
7/11 — Phoenix, AZ — The Rebel Lounge
7/13 — Lubbock, TX — Jake’s
7/14 — Oklahoma City, OK — 89th Street
7/15 — Lawrence, KS — The Bottleneck
7/17 — Mansfield, OH — Inkcarceration Festival
7/18 — Cadott, WI — Rock Fest
7/19 — Minneapolis, MN — Studio B
7/20 — Joliet, IL — The Forge
7/21 — Des Moines, IA — XBkx Live
7/22 — Iowa City, IA — Wildwood
7/23 — Madison, WI — The Annex
7/24 — Westland, MI — The Token Lounge
7/25 — Rochester, NY — Montage Music Hall
7/26 — Pittsburgh, PA — The Crafthouse
7/28 — Clifton, NJ — Dingbatz
7/29 — Boston, MA — Brighton Music Hall
7/30 — Reading, PA — Reverb
8/1 — Lansing, MI — Rock Lansing
8/3 — Sauget, IL — Pop’s Venue
8/4 — Wichita, KS — WAVE
8/6 — Colorado Springs, CO — The Black Sheep
8/7 — Denver, CO — HQ
8/8 — Grand Junction, CO — Mesa Theater

Pre-order RESENT: Deluxe Edition before it lands July 3, queue up “Weapon” on repeat, and grab a ticket while your city’s still on the board. If music really is a weapon, DED just handed you 23 of them.