so, the seattle based the head and the heart has a really great sound that combines a number of themes: folk, rock, americana and alt-country. mellow at times and driven at others, the quintet sweeps their listeners away with gorgeous mixes of guitars, piano, drums and violins (piano! you know how i love me the piano!).
case in point: down in the valley. there’s a lot about this song that gives me major goosebumps – the beginning guitar pluckings, the piano, of course, and charity thielen’s sweet backing vocals, but also how it progressively swells and then bursts into the sort of song that sounds so bloody brilliant turned up while you’ve got a pair of excellent headphones on (none of those earbuds, peeps. get yourself the good kind that cover the whole ear).
i wish i was a slave to an age-old trade
like ridin’ around on railcars and workin’ long days
lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
call it one drink too many
call it pride of a man
but it don’t make no difference if you sit or you stand
’cause they both end in trouble and start with a grin
yeah they both end in trouble and start with a grin
we do it over and over and over again
we do it over and over and over again
oh-oh
i know there’s california, oklahoma
and all of the places i ain’t ever been to but
down in the valley with
whiskey rivers
these are the places you will find me hidin’
these are the places i will always go
i am on my way
i am on my way
i am on my way back to where i started
oh-oh
one more for the stars and the eyes of the walls
i hear your name…
i saw your face in the crowd and you came out
you saw me walkin’…
you got a sign on the door and it reads to me
just like the grass and the sun and the…
oh-oh
i am on my way
I am on my way
i am on my way back to where i started
go HERE to download down in the valley plus no one to let you down by the head and the heart for free.