The Head & The Heart Announce New Album ‘Aperture’ & Extensive 2025 North American Tour

The Head and the Heart confirmed details of their sixth studio album and Verve Forecast debut, Aperture, which arrives on May 9. An extensive tour in support of the LP has also been announced and the band previewed the LP by sharing its opening track, “After the Setting Sun.”

Written and recorded during a year of sessions in their home bases of Seattle and Richmond, the follow-up to 2022’s Every Shade Of Blue marks The Head and the Heart’s first self-produced record since their self-titled debut album in 2011. Vocalist/guitarist Jonathan Russell explained the call to the self-produce Aperture was “a 180 in terms of where we were headed. We really wanted to make our next music our own way, and it was a lot of fun to have all of us in a room together again. When we’d have downtime over the past two years, we’d all fly into either Seattle or Richmond and work in a specific studio in each place. We worked with engineers from our past. All these things went into being able to reimagine how we wanted to approach making music.”

“I believe we’ve made a very great record together and obviously the title is an important aspect of the final product,” added group member Matty Gervais. “For me, Aperture represents the choice we all must make between resigning ourselves to darkness, or letting the light in and recognizing our own agency to do so. It feels relevant to the times, in that we’re literally choosing between authoritarianism vs. democracy. Ignorance vs. enlightenment on a macro scale, and complacency/cynicism vs. hope, empathy and perseverance on the micro scale. To me, it sums up a lot of what each of these songs is grappling with in some form and what we’ve collectively gone through as a band. It’s about choosing hope again and again, no matter how many times it may feel that you have lost it.”

Check out The Head and the Heart’s “After The Setting Sun,” which follows previously released single “Arrow”:

The Head And The Heart kicks off their Aperture Tour on May 31 in Detroit with Futurebirds and Anna Graves opening. The tour continues in Toronto on June 1 and Montreal on June 3. Boston hosts the band on June 5, followed by Philadelphia on June 6 and Silver Spring (Maryland) on June 7. The tour heads south for stops in Atlanta on June 9, St. Augustine (Florida) on June 10 and New Orleans on June 12.

Texas dates include Dallas on June 13, New Braunfels on June 14, and Houston on June 15. The band then plays Kansas City on June 18 and Saint Paul on June 19 before appearing at Summerfest in Milwaukee on June 20.

July brings the band to Charlotte on July 15, Raleigh on July 16, and Nashville on July 18 with Wild Rivers and Marfa supporting. The tour continues with shows in Louisville on July 19, Cincinnati on July 20, and Asheville on July 22. Columbus hosts the band on July 23, followed by Northampton (Massachusetts) on July 26 and Bethlehem (Pennsylvania) on July 27.

The Head And The Heart performs at Central Park Summerstage in New York City on July 30 before heading to Asbury Park (New Jersey) on July 31 with Wilderado and Marfa opening. August begins with shows in Richmond (Virginia) on August 1, Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) on August 2, and Pittsburgh on August 3.

The tour continues in Cleveland on August 5, Indianapolis on August 6 and Chicago on August 8 with Wilderado and Katie Pruitt supporting. Shows in La Vista (Nebraska) on August 10, Ogden (Utah) on August 13, Boise on August 14 and Troutdale (Oregon) on August 15 follow. On August 16, the band will support The Lumineers at T-Mobile Park in Seattle.

After appearing at the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival in Fredericton (New Brunswick) on September 11, the band heads to Berkeley on September 24 with The Teskey Brothers and Tyler Ballgame opening. They continue on to Sacramento on September 25, Paso Robles (California) on September 26, Los Angeles on September 28, San Diego on September 29, and Phoenix on September 30 with John Vincent III and Tyler Ballgame supporting.

The tour concludes with October shows in Albuquerque on October 2, Oklahoma City on October 4, Fayetteville (Arkansas) on October 5, Oxford (Mississippi) on October 7, and Knoxville on October 10.

An Artist Presale starts on Tuesday, March 4 at 10 a.m. local time. Tickets then go on sale to the general public on Friday, March 7 at 10 a.m. local time. $1 from each told sold will go towards the band’s Rivers and Roads Foundation.

Find ticketing links and the complete itinerary for The Head and the Heart’s Aperture Tour below.

Aperture Tracklist:

1. After The Setting Sun
2. Time With My Sins
3. Arrow
4. Beg Steal Borrow
5. Cop Car
6. Blue Embers
7. Fire Escape
8. Pool Break
9. Jubilee
10. West Coast
11. Finally Free
12. Aperture