Living Mirage

Living Mirage
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Early last year, The Head And The Heart came together in the Mojave Desertâ€™s Joshua Tree where they 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. This recent â€œrebirth, a spirit quest of sorts,â€ as bassist Chris Zasche describes it, came from growing pains after their last album, Signs of Light: the amicable departure of guitarist-vocalist Josiah Johnson, replaced by Matt Gervais (husband to singer-violinist Charity Rose Thielen), and the return of keyboardist Kenny Hensley. With a new beginning underway, the writing and recording process continued out of the desert, moving to Appleton, Wisconsinâ€™s The Refuge Fox Cities, West Seattle, Omnisound in Nashville, and Barefoot Recordings in Los Angeles with the help of Tyler Johnson and Alex Salibian (Harry Styles, Sam Smith, Cam) and engineer Ryan Nasci. The result is a series of what singer Jon Russell sees as a sort of chronicle of stories and perspectives. â€œIn my mind, the songs on this album are vignettes,â€ Jon says. â€œLike â€˜Brendaâ€™ reminds me of when youâ€™re a teenager at a house party. Youâ€™re surrounded by noiseâ€”â€˜What am I doing here?â€™â€”and a ray of light comes down and you notice this person. Youâ€™re like, â€˜Maybe I will stay.â€™ These songs feel honest. â€ The palpitating-choral â€œMissed Connection,â€ is a poignant snapshot of the anxiety that preceded that growth spurt. â€œA lot of the beats on that song are quicker, and there are high hats that were never in our music before,â€ drummer Tyler Williams says, attributing the new sounds to their love of pop and hip-hop production. The track began as a remembrance of how Jon met his girlfriend, until morphing into a potent metaphor for the bandâ€”which met serendipitously around an open-mic night in Seattle 10 years agoâ€”suddenly wondering, as he recalls, â€œIs it all going to work? â€Living Mirage lives up to its title, a shapeshifting fever dream of unease, angst, and ultimately hope. â€œThis is literally the most work weâ€™ve ever done on an album,â€ the bandâ€™s Jon Russell remarks, proudly.
Country USA
Brand Reprise
Manufacturer Reprise
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 35856170
ReleaseDate 2019-05-17
UnitCount 1
Format Import
UPCs 093624900696
EANs 0093624900696

Country	USA
Brand	Reprise
Manufacturer	Reprise
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	35856170
ReleaseDate	2019-05-17
UnitCount	1
Format	Import
UPCs	093624900696
EANs	0093624900696

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