Chilli Jesson channels a lifetime of buried grief into Dead Dads Club, his most personal work to date. After losing his father at 14 and rising quickly with Palma Violets, he drifted through bands and pop songwriting, feeling creatively unmoored. A tour with Fontaines DC reignited his love of raw, honest music, leading to an album that traces his journey through trauma, survival, and self-reclamation. Made with Carlos O’Connell, it confronts loss with clarity unflinchingly.