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May 25, 2011If they stick to the melodic folk at the core of their best songs, that fateful open-mic night could be the beginning of something really great.
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Aug 2, 2011The UK edition of their debut has three extra tracks recorded in a church, which damps things even further. But there is still much to enjoy here.
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Jul 1, 2011If well-crafted folk-pop leaves you feeling lukewarm, by all means join the naysayers; otherwise, I'll be on the side of those dancing and singing along.
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Q MagazineMay 25, 2011Hardly groundbreaking, but heartfelt all the same. [May 2011, p.116]
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UncutMay 25, 2011It's a long time since a debut album forged its influences into something quite as fresh and rich as this. [May 2011, p.87]
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May 25, 2011There are plenty of bands who literally spend a decade working up to an album as well-crafted, confident, and powerful as The Head and the Heart, and these folks managed to knock it out in a bit over a year; is they can make this particular bit of lightning strike twice, we may be looking at one of America's best new bands.
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May 25, 2011The Head and the Heart deliver plenty of both [Americana and chamber pop] when it comes to sing-along meditations and winding Appalachian roads.
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Under The RadarMay 27, 2011Their glowing harmonies, sense of movement, and emotional build capture the heart in ways other bands can only dream about. [May 2011, p.78]
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May 25, 2011The debut by this Seattle indie-folk group suffers slightly from an abundance of niceness.
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May 25, 2011For all the humming and picking, the songs feel too similar to each other to hold interest throughout.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 20 out of 22
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Mixed: 1 out of 22
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Negative: 1 out of 22
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Dec 10, 2013
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Sep 9, 2016
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Jul 20, 2021