Tuesday, August 30, 2022

The Head and The Heart at The Greek Theatre in Berkeley 8/19/2022

 
The Head and The Heart at The Greek Theatre in Berkeley 8/19/2022
photo by Marc Fong 








One thing I've never seen is a bad The Head and The Heart concert. The Seattle raised Indie Folk band always puts on a technically proficient and beautiful live show. 








The Head and The Heart at The Greek Theatre in Berkeley 8/19/2022
photo by Marc Fong 


















Of course, their show at The Greek Theatre in Berkeley on August 19th was no different. They took the stage under an eye catching blue hue which accentuated the fact they opened with the title track off of their new album, Every Shade of Blue and the night took off from there. You knew right off the bat that The Head and The Heart had brought it. 

The Head and The Heart at The Greek Theatre in Berkeley 8/19/2022
photo by Marc Fong 
















The Head and The Heart at The Greek Theatre in Berkeley 8/19/2022
photo by Marc Fong 












After two new songs they played one of their biggest singles to date, "All We Ever Knew" and if you weren't already feeling it, you were feeling it by that point.
Tracks off their new album to beloved fan favorites, the band was dialed in with great sounding acoustics. The Head and The Heart have a way of maintaining an emotional sincerity that transcends from their albums to the stage. It's an element that fans have come to expect at a THATH show. 


The Head and The Heart at The Greek Theatre in Berkeley 8/19/2022
photo by Marc Fong 


Their fifth instalment, which was released earlier this year,  is a great introduction to The Head and The Heart as it encapsulates their melancholy optimism and their show at The Greek in Berkeley was a great introduction to not only their live show for anyone there who hadn't seen them live before. 
 The very next night The Head and The Heart played at The Greek Theatre in LA and fans at that show likely shared the a similar experience. 


The Head and The Heart at The Greek Theatre in Berkeley 8/19/2022
photo by Marc Fong 


Luckily if you missed them in NorCal and SoCal, The Head and The Heart's Every Shade of Blue 2022 North American tour rolls on through October.  

set-list 8/19/2022

1. Every Shade of Blue 
2. Don't Show Your Weakness
3. All We Ever Knew 
4. Another Story 
5. Tie Breaker
6. Let's Be Still 
7. Lost My Mind 
8. Honey Come Home
9. Enemy Lines 
10. Missed Connection 
11. Honeybee 
12. Same Hurt 
13. Paradigm
14. Ghost 
15. Hurts (but Goes Away) 
16. Down The Valley 
17. Shake 

 

 




review written by Marc Fong 
edited by Nikki DeMartini