The Head And The Heart have released their new song “Honeybee” today from their forthcoming album Living Mirage which will be released May 17th via Warner Bros.Records / Reprise Records. Purchase/stream “Honeybee” here. You can also watch the visualizer for “Honeybee” here and acoustic/unplugged version of the song via the video below.
Songwriter and vocalist Jon Russell etched out the sauntering “Honeybee,” in Joshua Tree during the band’s first writing session. Then an a-cappella floor stomp about rescuing a decaying relationship, during a writing workshop in Los Angeles. Jon subsequently traveled to Seattle to flesh-out tracks with Matt Gervais and Charity Rose Thielen, who notably finessed the sweetly harmonic bridge to “Honeybee.” The entire band later convened in Nashville, reinvigorated by the music’s unscripted direction.
“Honeybee really captures the idea of living the end of your life with some regret – realizing you have been living a life complacent with the familiar – maybe even taking the person closest to you for granted and regretting not expressing your love towards them until it’s too late,” commented Charity. “It’s a concept that connects with all of us and this song, sonically, for the band is intriguingly minimalist. It feels fresh.”
“Missed Connection,” the first single from the new album, was released two weeks ago where it was #1 Most added at AAA last week (already sitting at #11 on Mediabase AAA chart) and #1 Most added at Alternative this week, and in the most added category 2 weeks in a row (already charting at Alternative radio after just 2 weeks.) ”Missed Connection” is now available to download, stream or watch the lyric video. Pre-order Living Mirage here.
The band will kick off a 38-city tour starting in Buffalo, NY on June 21st, making stops in Austin, Denver, Chicago, Atlanta and more, before wrapping October 20th in Toronto, ON. A full rundown of tour dates can be found below. Special guest Hippo Campus will join the July dates of the tour. Tickets are on sale now via LiveNation.com.
The Head And The Heart will appear on Live From Here on Saturday, April 6. Fans can tune in to livefromhere.org to catch the performance.
Ticket purchased online for select tour dates (as noted below) includes your choice of a CD or digital copy of the new album, Living Mirage, which will be released on May 17, 2019. Purchasers will receive instructions via email on how to redeem your album after ticket purchase.
Summer/Fall North American Tour Dates:
04/14/19 – High Water Fest at Riverfront Park – North Charleston, SC ^
04/16/19 – Bijou Theatre – Knoxville, TN ^
04/17/19 – Greenfield Lake Amphitheatre – Wilmington, NC ^
04/19/19 – Hargray Capitol Theatre – Macon, GA ^
04/20/19 – Walker Theatre – Memorial Auditorium – Chattanooga, TN ^
04/21/19 – Manchester Music Hall – Lexington, KY ^
04/23/19 – Druid City Music Hall – Tuscaloosa, AL
04/24/19 – The Lyric Oxford – Oxford, MS
04/26/19 – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – New Orleans, LA +^
06/21/19 – Alternative Buffalo’s Kerfuffle – Canalside – Buffalo, NY +^
06/23/19 – Alt 92.3 Summer Open – Forest Hills Stadium – New York, NY +^
07/06/19 – Starlight Theatre – Kansas City, MO *
07/07/19 – Stifel Theatre – St. Louis, MO *
07/09/19 – ACL Live at The Moody Theater – Austin, TX *
07/12/19 – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory – Dallas, TX *
07/13/19 – White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX *
07/14/19 – Brady Theater – Tulsa, OK
07/17/19 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Denver, CO * +^
07/18/19 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Denver, CO * +^
07/19/19 – The Great Saltair – Salt Lake City, UT *
07/22/19 – Comerica Theatre – Phoenix, AZ *
07/23/19 – Santa Barbara Bowl – Santa Barbara, CA *+
07/25/19 – Grand Theatre at The Grand Sierra Resort – Reno, NV *
07/26/19 – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium – San Francisco, CA *
08/16/19 – Woodstock 50 – Glen, NY +^
09/06/19 – Murat Theatre at Old National Centre – Indianapolis, IN
09/08/19 – PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center – Cincinnati, OH
09/10/19 – Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica – Cleveland, OH
09/11/19 – 20 Monroe Live – Grand Rapids, MI
09/13/19 – Chicago Theatre – Chicago, IL
09/18/19 – The Armory – Minneapolis, MN
09/19/19 – Stephens Auditorium – Ames, IA
09/21/19 – Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival – Franklin, TN +^
09/26/19 – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium – Asheville, NC
09/27/19 – The Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
09/29/19 – Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre – Charlotte, NC
10/01/19 – Red Hat Amphitheater – Raleigh, NC
10/03/19 – The Anthem – Washington, DC
10/08/19 – The MET – Philadelphia, PA
10/09/19 – Palace Theatre – Albany, NY
10/11/19 – Toyota Presents Oakdale Theatre – Wallingford, CT
10/12/19 – Agganis Arena – Boston, MA
10/14/19 – UPMC Events Center – Moon Twp., PA
10/15/19 – The Fillmore Detroit presented by Cricket Wireless – Detroit, MI
10/16/19 – Palace Theatre – Columbus, OH
10/18/19 – Algonquin Commons Theatre – Ottawa, ON
10/19/19 – MTELUS – Montreal, QC
10/20/19 – Sony Centre for the Performing Arts – Toronto, ON
*Hippo Campus
+not a Live Nation date
^ tickets purchased for this date will not include the album
