New Head and the Heart and Fanfarlo

The Head and the Heart released their second album today. Early standouts include "Another Story" and "Let's Be Still." The Avett Brothers & Pearl Jam also join the new release crowd; perhaps both will be downloaded later.

I also downloaded the Fanfarlo EP yesterday. "The Sea" is an excellent short cut, and as previously mentioned, "The Distance" is an excellent track.

New Head & the Heart Single

Head & the Heart debut another single off their forthcoming album. Stream "Another Story" here. The band also reveals that they wrote their new album in the wake of Newtown:

How did “Another Story” come together?

“Another Story” was written around the time of the Newtown shootings. Jon [Russell] is a big NPR listener and that was just all day, every day. Detail after detail that just sticks in your brain and you can’t fathom what or why or how. The song is Jon’s way of clearing his head. There’s a line in it, like “everybody feels a little crazy but they go on living with it,” and what makes this one guy pop off? People deal with feeling depressed all the time, there’s heavy shit going on in everybody’s world. What is different? What is going on there? There’s no making sense of it. The song is a way of having a catharsis about the whole thing.

Shake

Best of July coming soon, but here's the new Head & the Heart single. It's called "Shake."