The Head and the Heart

While the Seattle music community continually cultivates new talent, few young Northwest bands have experienced as steep and rapid a trajectory of success as The Head and the Heart. The five twenty-somethings met a little more than a year ago during a weekly open mic at a Seattle bar. Chemistry was instant, and a collective love of classic folk harmonies (a la Crosby Stills Nash and Young) was evident, as was a natural knack for fortifying melancholic Americana sounds with the bright, powerful structures of pop songwriting. - NPR