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The Head and the Heart is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Mt. Joy and Fleet Foxes. Those roots explain a lot about how The Head and the Heart arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Caamp, The Lumineers, Blind Pilot, Mt. Joy and Gregory Alan Isakov, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mavis Staples and Hippo Campus, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around The Head and the Heart, reaching back through Mt. Joy and forward to Mavis Staples. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Head and the Heart is an American indie folk band. They were formed in the summer of 2009 by Josiah Johnson and Jonathan Russell. The band currently includes Russell, Charity Rose Thielen, Chris Zasche (bass), Kenny Hensley (piano), Tyler Williams (drums), and Matt Gervais. The band is signed to Verve Records and have released six albums. Their sixth studio album, Aperture, was released on May 9, 2025.
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The Head and the Heart connections
The Head and the Heart grew out of Mt. Joy and Fleet Foxes, shares an orbit with Caamp, The Lumineers, Blind Pilot and Mt. Joy, went on to shape Mavis Staples and Hippo Campus. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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