Take Me Back

"Blue Ruin" - Available Now - http://headforthehillsmusic.com

"Light the Way" is a fast paced bluegrass number with soaring harmonies and the added crack of guest banjoist Aaron Youngberg’s 5-string. One of the Head for the Hills few “road songs,” it describes a lifestyle of travel and the tribulations of being away from home. 

Meta-fictional sea shanties. Pop-infused newgrass murder ballads and urbane lyricism. Twang and punch. Head for the Hills’ third record, Blue Ruin, fuses bluegrass, jazz, hip-hop and indie rock into songs inspired by love and misery and comic books. Featuring twelve new original songs marked by inspired narratives and stellar musicianship, Blue Ruin showcases the quartet’s contemporary take on acoustic music; embracing the bluegrass pedigree while looking forward.

Recorded and mixed in Fort Collins, Colorado at Swingfingers Studios with ace engineer and banjoist Aaron Youngberg (Hit and Run, Martha Scanlan, Cahalen Morrison and Eli West), Blue Ruin features Resophonic Guitar from Andy Hall (The Infamous Stringdusters), cello work from Kathleen Starr, electric piano from James Thomas, trumpet from Gabe Mervine, vocals from Erin Youngberg (Uncle Earl) and banjo and pedal steel from Aaron. Renowned screen print artist Timothy Doyle (NASA, Lucas Films, Muse, The Black Keys, The Campaign to Re-Elect Barack Obama) created the stunning cover art, which brings to life themes and characters from within the record. Grammy Award-winning mastering engineer David Glasser rounds out the production team.

Light The Way - 'Blue Ruin'

"Bitter Black Coffee" - the first single from Potions and Poisons, the new album from Head for the Hills.

Watch the Official Music Video: https://youtu.be/N5qnRkzP1Io

Listen Here: https://fanlink.to/H4TH-PotionsandPoisons

Bitter Black Coffee

"Darkness Meets the Day" from Head for the Hills' EP "Say Your Mind" - Out Now. Download / Purchase: http://www.headforthehillsmusic.com

Head for the Hills:

Adam Kinghorn - Guitar, Vocals
Joe Lessard - Fiddle, Vocals
Matt Loewen - Bass, Vocals

Featuring:
Darren Garvey - Drums (Elephant Revival)
Todd Livingston - Dobro and Lap Steel

Produced by Head for the Hills
Recorded at Swingfingers Studios by Aaron Youngberg
Mastered at Airshow Mastering by David Glasser

Darkness Meets the Day

Priscilla The Chinchilla

Never Does

Head for the Hills--Adam Kinghorn, Joe Lessard, Matt Loewen--come out swinging and invigorated with fresh sounds on their latest EP, Say Your Mind (out March 22). Recorded at Swingfingers Studios in Fort Collins (Colorado), the band brought a larger band than ever before, including drummer Darren Garvey of Elephant Revival, Vocalist Kim Dawson, Dobroist Todd Livingston, a horn section and more. The material reflects both the turbulent social rhythms of our current era and more timeless moments of joy, growth, and change—think #MeToo, the current body politic, and inequality, but also relationships, fatherhood and growing up.

Like a painter that starts in acrylic and graduates to oils, Head for the Hills is deeper and richer in their 15th year as a band, with a wider palette of sonic textures at their disposal.  Dorm room jam sessions have turned into a decade plus on the road--from humble coffee shops to theaters, festivals, roadhouses and clubs all across the country. Over time those sounds and influences have crept more and more into the bluegrass beginnings of the band, morphing into the seasoned eclecticism of Say Your Mind. The new songs are quinnessential Head for the Hills; genre-stradling, lyrically deep, and danceable, with a crew of collaborators bringing the best of Colorado acoustic, roots, and soul music together. 

Head for the Hills numerous festival appearances include notables Telluride Bluegrass Festival, High Sierra Music Festival, South by Southwest, FloydFest, RockyGrass, DelFest, Summer Camp Music Festival, Blue Ox Music Festival, Northwest String Summit, Strawberry Music Festival, Bristol Rhythm and Roots, Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival, Folk Alliance, Grandoozy and many more. The band charted on the CMJ Top 200 twice, has been featured on NPR Ideastream and eTown, and was awarded Best Bluegrass in Colorado four times via Denver’s Westword Magazine. 

Press Quotes:

“HEAD FOR THE HILLS POSSESSES THAT SECRET INGREDIENT.”
-Ryan Dembinsky, (Glide Magazine, Hidden Track)

“ON TOP OF MODERN STRING MUSIC”
-Bluegrass Today

“CUTTING EDGE”
-Drew Emmitt (Leftover Salmon)

“THE BAND COMBINES SOULFUL AMBIANCE WITH NIMBLE TWANGIN"
-Relix Magazine

“PUSHING POSTMODERN BLUEGRASS BOUNDARIES. THEY’RE GOING DEEP, AND DOING SO GRACEFULLY." 
-Marquee Magazine

“EFFORTLESSLY MATCHES INTEGRITY AGAINST INNOVATION.”
-CMT Edge

“A SMART MIX OF ALTERNATIVE INFLUENCES AND A KNACK FOR DRIVING DOWN-HOME RHYTHM THAT GETS THEIR CROWDS TO GROUND THEIR HEELS IN.”
-Denver Post

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