The Head And The Heart Returns to the Santa Barbara Bowl With ‘Every Shade of Blue’

The Head And The Heart’s hauntingly heartfelt earworms have been burrowing their way into audiences’ brains for more than a decade. We caught up with (mostly) lead vocalist/guitarist Jonathan Russell on a short break from touring with their new album, Every Shade of Blue.

What’s it like to be back on the road touring again?  I feel a lot more stable and grounded. My sense of purpose has returned from a personal perspective, musically and community-wise, and it feels amazing. I guess I wanted to see the silver lining. For musicians and everyone else in the world, we got perspective. Time away and returning after that, you see things differently. 

We’ve never had such a long gap. Families have been formed in that time. A lot of us are in our mid-thirties. So there was something about the timing of it all; it’s almost like we came out adults in this time off. It’s quite a perspective shift getting back on the road. … I think, like many people, there’s been a lot of dammed-up emotion, excitement. So we have a lot to say.