the head and the heart entered seattles studio litho in early 2010 to record these songs that had been kicking and twisting in the catalytic development of their live show. recorded by shawn simmons at studio litho and steven aguilar at bearhead studio, the band was selling burned copies in handmade denim sleeves at local shows within a few weeks. self-released in june 2010, the debut album helped build an impressive head-of-steam for the band through the second 1/2 of the year, gaining fans at influential seattle station kexp, local record shops (a consistent top 10 seller for easy street and the #1 album of 2010 at sonic boom), and venues up and down the west coast.
for the 2011 re-release of the album, sounds like hallelujah has been re-recorded, live favorite rivers and roads has been added, and the album has been re-mastered.