The Head and the Heart – Signs of Light (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 49:12 minutes | 627 MB | Genre: Indie Rock
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Seattle folk-rock artisans the Head and the Heart have always been admirably honest about their rustic notions of musicality, celebrating uncluttered craft, homey detail and vérité revelation. “Signs of Light” is their third studio album, and first album released through Warner Bros. Records.
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The Head And The Heart – Living Mirage: The Complete Recordings (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 58:08 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: Indie Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Reprise
The Mojave Desert reverberates with mysticism. It’s a landscape of boulders seemingly transported from the moon alongside Joshua Trees, their tops angled upward like hands grasping at the heavens. This is where everyone from John Lennon and Keith Richards to Victoria Williams and Gram Parsons have come for inspiration. And early last year, it’s where The Head and the Heart decided to shed old skin before writing their fourth album, Living Mirage, a sweeping, artful expansion of the earthy folk rock that once defined them.
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The Head And The Heart – Living Mirage (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 41:46 minutes | 801 MB | Genre: Indie Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Reprise
The follow-up to 2016’s chart-topping Signs of Light, Living Mirage sees the Head and the Heart operating without co-founder Josiah Johnson, who left the group amicably shortly after Signs of Light’s release — replacing him on guitar and vocals is Matt Gervais, the husband of violinist and vocalist Charity Rose Thielen. The Seattle group’s fourth full-length effort and their second outing for Warner Bros, the 11-track set continues to mostly eschew the rural folk-rock of their first two records for a more radio-ready approach that hews closer to “Little Lies”-era Fleetwood Mac than it does Fleet Foxes or the Avett Brothers. Still, there is a sort of sanguine rusticity that runs through the LP that evokes the breezy folk-pop of contemporaries like Of Monsters and Men and the Lumineers, especially on the slow-churning title track and the life-affirming opener “See you Through My Eyes.” The glossy production that made Signs of Light a tad divisive is dialed back a bit this time around, but there’s no denying the band’s pivot toward pop, as evidenced by the lead singles “Missed Connections” and “Honeybee,” both of which exhibit a significant electro-folk sheen. As per usual, the Head and the Heart excel at delivering familiar melodies paired with lyrics that look inward, yet just far enough into the abyss to wring out some sort of generic catharsis. As emotionally and musically on the nose as songs like “Running Through Hell” and “Saving Grace” are, they, like all of the material on Living Mirage, are executed with great care and performed with genuine spirit. That the album ends with just Jonathan Russell and his acoustic guitar looking for refuge inside the embassy of music is fitting. Stripped of all of the bells and whistles, the Head and the Heart are as homespun and simple as they come, and it’s in that state of undress where those relatable words and melodies most resonate. ~ James Christopher Monger
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The Head and the Heart – The Head and the Heart (2013/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:38 minutes | 840 MB | Genre: Alternative Rock
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The Head and the Heart is an American indie folk band. They were formed in the summer of 2009 by Josiah Johnson (vocals, guitar, percussion) and Jonathan Russell (vocals, guitar, percussion). The band also includes Charity Rose Thielen (violin, guitar, vocals), Chris Zasche (bass), Kenny Hensley (piano), and Tyler Williams (drums). The band is signed to Warner Bros. Records and have released five albums. Their fifth and most recent studio album, Every Shade of Blue, was released April 29, 2022.
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The Head And The Heart – Every Shade of Blue (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:44 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Indie Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Reprise
The Head And The Heart have announced their fifth studio album Every Shade of Blue out April 29th on Reprise/Warner Records.
he band says, “Every Shade Of Blue conveys a spectrum of emotions and how we live with them. The closer we get the more shades we see. The more shades we see the more responsibility we hold. We all want to feel loved and protected. The question is will we be supported and seen by the ones we love In Every Shade Of Blue.”
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