★★★★★
You can't blame The Head And The Heart for sticking with the familiar on their second album: the Seattle six-piece sold 10,000 copies of their self-titled debut before topping 300,000 when Sub Pop re-released it in 2011. Though 'Let's Be Still' is more countrified and pensive (subjects include the Sandy Hook school shooting, broken families and soldiers returning from war), the same template remains...
- www.nme.com
2014-03-06
★★★★★
It's easy to be cynical about : on the face of it their folk-tinged brand of soft rock. With no end of rousing choruses, it sits comfortably alongside the likes of The Lumineers, Of Monsters and Men and - whisper it - Mumford and Sons. Scratch the surface, though, and it's quickly apparent that, rightly or wrongly, the Seattle outfit seem to have a touch more credibility than most of their contemporaries...
- www.drownedinsound.com
2014-02-28
★★★★★
The Head and the Heart know their sound. But while they may have conquered it, whether or not they have exhausted it is debatable. On their sophomore effort, Let's Be Still, the Seattle six-piece once again play upon their penchant for making feel-good, dreamy Americana, proving that they are still firm believers in sticking to what they know rather than exploring their creative boundaries...
- www.beat.com.au
2013-10-23
★★★★★
Clearly, there's something in the water over in Seattle. Whatever your thoughts on Starbucks coffee, this relatively small US West Coast city has produced a consistent stream of successful alternative rock acts that few other locations can match, ranging from titans of the global pantheon (Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana) to some of today's most critically revered performers (Fleet Foxes, Modest Mouse)...
- www.musicomh.com
2013-10-23
★★★★★
October 18, 2013
"The world's just spinning a little too fast," declare these Seattle folk rockers on album number two, earnestly pumping the brakes. Their strummy singalongs make them kin to the Mumfords, their choral singing to neighbors Fleet Foxes. But they're most compelling when the harmonies fray ("Fire/Fear") and whenever marble-mouth singer-violinist Charity Rose Thielen grabs the mic ("Summertime").
- www.rollingstone.com
2013-10-19
★★★★★
Tweet Be Still, Be Calm Let's Be Still is a paradoxically appropriate name for the sophomore album from Seattle's The Head and The Heart. The band won a record deal with Sub Pop after its 2009 self-titled, self-released debut essentially went viral, winning the band opening spots for big-name acts like Vampire Weekend, Death Cab for Cutie and The Decemberists...
- www.mxdwn.com
2013-10-18
★★★★★
When The Head and the Heart self-released their debut album back in '09, who could've guessed they'd sell over 10,000 copies by word of mouth alone? That got the attention of Sub Pop, the label who snatched up the Seattle band and sent them on tour to seek their fortune. The title of The Head and the Heart's second LP, Let's Be Still , can be read as an appeal for respite following two years of relentless touring...
- consequenceofsound.net
2013-10-18
★★★★★
In 2011, Seattle's The Head and The Heart captured an impressive number of hearts and ears via their self-funded, self-recorded, self-titled debut. They sold 10,000 copies of the album before even signing with Sub Pop, and afterward, became one of the label's fastest selling debuts. Given that the Billboard charts continue to stack up with like-minded earnest, folky Americana recordings -- certainly the first time in decades a trend of this sort has been so dominant -- the band arrived at...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-10-16
★★★★★
The name of The Head and the Heart's sophomore album, Let's Be Still , is not without irony. Their debut featured folk-pop songs that were mostly anything but still and, after that album's popularity, they've stayed in perpetual motion. With that said, Let's Be Still mixes some folk-pop spunk from the first release with a more experienced, mature and sentimental mindset...
- www.relix.com
2013-10-18
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