Aperture is the sixth studio album by American band the Head and the Heart. It was released on May 9, 2025, by the band's own label Every Shade of Music under exclusive licensing to Verve Label Group.
Background.
"Aperture" is the Head and the Heart's first studio album since "Every Shade of Blue" (2022) and their first to be entirely self-produced. In a press release, the band stated that the album's title was a reflection of themselves as a band and the individual band members, further adding that the album's title was also a metaphor for "represent[ing] the choice[s] we all face: to close ourselves off to the darkness or to open up and let the light in. ["Aperture" is] about hope, resilience, and seeing the world—and ourselves—more clearly."
Promotion.
The album was preceded by the release of the lead single "Arrow" on October 17, 2024 prior to the album's announcement. A music video for the song was released on October 24, 2024; WFPK feautred the song as their Song of the Day the same day. The second single, "Time with My Sins", was released on January 24, 2025. The band performed the song on "CBS Saturday Morning" on May 10, 2025 as part of promotion for the album. The third single, "After the Setting Sun", was released on February 27, 2025 simultaneously with the album announcement. The fourth and final single, "Blue Embers", was released on April 11, 2025.
Personnel.
Credits adapted from Tidal.