The song appears on their forthcoming new album
The Head and the Heart releases “Blue Embers,” the fourth track from their upcoming sixth studio album, Aperture, due on May 9th via Verve Forecast.
Something always invites you to the next thing, even when you’ve convinced yourself that it would never do that. Not for you. But then it does. When you let it do what it has to do to you. And when you do, it just keeps opening and opening over and over until the thing that seemed never-ending is only a memory. So when you’re thinking that it’s never gonna end, remember that it does. And it can be beautiful if you let it be.
“‘Blue Embers’ was written in that never-ending, always-ending space. If it weren’t for music, that space would be harder and harder to see through. And if you’re in there right now, know that you’re not alone, that it does open up, and that there’s beauty on the other side you can’t even imagine. Just hold on,” says the band’s Matt Gervais.
The new track follows singles “After The Setting Sun,” “Time With My Sins,” and their own record-setting No. Triple-A single “Arrow.” After six months at alternative radio, “Arrow” is approaching Top 5 this week, moving from seven to six, with only one other song on the alternative chart that has been on longer. Aperture brings the band back to a DIY approach as it’s the first record self-produced by the band since their self-titled debut album in 2011.
The band has also announced the Aperture Tour, kicking off on May 30th in Grand Rapids. The tour includes stops at Central Park SummerStage in New York City, the Greek Theater in Los Angeles, and more. The tour will include stops at Summerfest and the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival this summer. Every ticket sold will add +$1 to donate to the band’s Rivers and Roads Foundation. The foundation, started by The Head and The Heart, raises money for local Seattle-based music programs and initiatives with an emphasis on equitable access to music education, mental health resources, and support for musicians.
