rivers and roads

shortly after i arrived back in the states i went and saw a band called ‘the head and the heart’. during this show i did my fair share of foot taping, swaying, yelping, and smiling. all good things. they closed with a song entitled ‘rivers and roads’. lyrically and musically this song blew me away. the song is made up of 3 simple chords, but the lyrics seem to hit me in that sweet spot (especially these days). at the end of the song the bands female vocalist sings a beautiful refrain. when she first broke into that refrain i believe the word “wow” came out of my mouth. the greatest tragedy was that this song hadn’t been released, but there was some tasty videos of them playing the song in wonderful places on vimeo. i may be responsible for the majority of their play count.

the other day i was reading through one of my favorite music blogs and i was informed that the head and the heart signed with the record label ‘sub pop’ and that they were re-releasing the album that they had previously released independently. the best news was that on this re-released album they were including the recently recorder ‘rivers and roads’. the song is now in my itunes and is frequently radiating in my eardrums, which makes me happy.

here is a lovely version of the song.

today me and kevin had a wonderful sing-a-long in his car to this song and it was wonderful

in other news…i deleted my facebook. it’s been a wonderful and liberating experience.

hey folks, shoot me an email. brianvoortman@gmail.com

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