The Head And The Heart have confirmed a May 9th release date for their sixth studio album, Aperture, which also marks their debut for Verve Forecast via Interscope Capitol Labels Group. Aperture is the first record self-produced by the band since their self-titled debut album in 2011. The band has also announced the “Aperture” tour kicking off on May 31st at The Fillmore Detroit and ending October 10th at The Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville. 

“I believe we’ve made a very great record together and obviously the title is an important aspect of the final product,” says the band’s 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.”

Every ticket sold on The Head And The Heart’s Aperature Tour will add one dollar to donate to the band’s Rivers And Roads Foundation that raises money for local Seattle-based music programs and initiatives with an emphasis on equitable access to music education, and mental health resources and support for musicians. Find the tour dates HERE.