Signs of Light

Signs of Light is The Head and the Heart's first studio album since 2013’s Let's Be Still. After signing with Warner Bros. Records, the band reached out to Jay Joyce to help produce the album.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/01/head-and-heart-signs-light|title=The Head and the Heart detail their most uplifting album yet|last=Vain|first=Madison|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=September 16, 2016}} The album is named after the final track of the album, "Signs of Light" which was written by Josiah Johnson, who went on hiatus from the band in March 2016.{{cite magazine|title=The Head and the Heart Vanished. They Found Themselves in California.|url=http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/q-and-a/a48438/the-head-and-the-heart-interview/|magazine=Esquire|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}

Signs of Light debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200, selling 40,000 equivalent-album units in its first week, with 37,000 coming from pure album sales.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7511247/jason-aldean-achieves-his-third-straight-no-1-album-on-billboard-chart|title=Jason Aldean Achieves Third Straight No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=September 19, 2016}} This is their second consecutive top 10 album, when Let's Be Still peaked at number 10 in 2013. The album also debuted at the top spot on the Top Rock Albums chart, which ranks the week’s best-selling rock albums.

On June 3, 2016, "All We Ever Knew" was released as the album's lead single and was made available for purchase and streaming. The music video released on the July 21, 2016, which was directed by Marc Klasfeld.{{cite web|title=All We Ever Knew Music Video|url=http://www.theheadandtheheart.com/news/all-we-ever-knew-music-video-24241|publisher=The Head and the Heart|accessdate=September 16, 2016}} On its seventh week, the song reached the top spot on the Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart, the band's first since "Lost in My Mind" in 2011.{{cite magazine|title=The Head and the Heart's 'All We Ever Knew' Leads Adult Alternative Songs|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7453626/the-head-and-the-hearts-all-we-ever-knew-adult-alternative1|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=September 16, 2016}} Jonathan Russell told Esquire that "All We Ever Knew" was chosen as the lead single because, "it felt like a bridge between what we have been doing musically and what we're leaning towards. There are definitely songs on the record that are more examples of a direction that people haven't seen us go in. It felt like this record had a foot in the past and a foot in the future."

On September 14, 2016, they performed "All We Ever Knew" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.{{cite magazine|title=Watch The Head and The Heart Perform "All We Ever Knew" on Colbert|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/09/watch-the-head-and-the-heart-perform-on-colbert.html|magazine=Paste|accessdate=September 16, 2016}} The song was also performed on the series premiere of Showtime's Roadies.{{cite web|title=The Head and the Heart Detail their Unexpected Role in 'Roadies'|url=http://radio.com/2016/06/24/the-head-and-the-heart-roadies-interview/|publisher=radio.com|accessdate=September 16, 2016}}

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| title1 = All We Ever Knew

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| title2 = City of Angels

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| title3 = Rhythm & Blues

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| title4 = False Alarm

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| title5 = Dreamer

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| title6 = Library Magic

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| title7 = Turn It Around

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| title8 = Colors

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| title9 = Take a Walk

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| title10 = Oh My Dear

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| title11 = I Don't Mind

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| title12 = Your Mother's Eyes

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| title13 = Signs of Light

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Category:2016 albums

Category:The Head and the Heart albums

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