{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Signs of Light | type = studio | artist = The Head and the Heart | cover = SignsofLight.jpg | alt = | released = September 9, 2016 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = {{flatlist| *Indie folk *indie pop *indie rock }} | length = 49:13 | label = Warner Bros. | producer = Jay Joyce | prev_title = Let's Be Still | prev_year = 2013 | next_title = Living Mirage | next_year = 2019 | misc = {{Singles | name = | type = studio | single1 = All We Ever Knew | single1date = June 3, 2016 | single2 = Rhythm & Blues | single2date = 2016<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Head and The Heart Earn First Alternative Songs No. 1 With 'All We Ever Knew'|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/the-head-and-the-heart-alternative-songs-all-we-ever-knew/|magazine=Billboard|author=Rutherford, Kevin|date=December 1, 2016|access-date=March 28, 2017}}</ref> }} }} '''''Signs of Light''''' is the third studio album by American band The Head and the Heart, and first album released through Warner Bros. Records.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Head and The Heart Announce New Album, Release 'All We Ever Knew' Single: Exclusive Premiere|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/the-head-and-the-heart-announce-new-album-release-all-we-ever-knew-7393439/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 16, 2016}}</ref> It was officially released on September 9, 2016. "All We Ever Knew" was released as the first single on June 3, 2016.
==Development== ''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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Esquire">{{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}}</ref>
==Release and promotion== ''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.<ref name="US debut">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/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|access-date=September 19, 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref name="US debut"/>
===Singles=== 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}{{dead link|date=September 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> 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."<ref name="Esquire"/>
On September 14, 2016, they performed "All We Ever Knew" on ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert''.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The song was also performed on the series premiere of Showtime's ''Roadies''.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline=''Signs of Light'' track listing | title1 = All We Ever Knew | writer1 = | extra1 = | length1 = 3:46 | title2 = City of Angels | writer2 = | extra2 = | length2 = 3:57 | title3 = Rhythm & Blues | writer3 = | extra3 = | length3 = 4:00 | title4 = False Alarm | writer4 = | extra4 = | length4 = 4:08 | title5 = Dreamer | writer5 = | extra5 = | length5 = 3:13 | title6 = Library Magic | writer6 = | extra6 = | length6 = 3:14 | title7 = Turn It Around | writer7 = | extra7 = | length7 = 3:43 | title8 = Colors | writer8 = | extra8 = | length8 = 4:12 | title9 = Take a Walk | writer9 = | extra9 = | length9 = 3:41 | title10 = Oh My Dear | writer10 = | extra10 = | length10 = 2:26 | title11 = I Don't Mind | writer11 = | extra11 = | length11 = 2:34 | title12 = Your Mother's Eyes | writer12 = | extra12 = | length12 = 4:10 | title13 = Signs of Light | writer13 = | extra13 = | length13 = 6:09 | total_length = 49:13 }} {{Track listing | headline = Japanese bonus track<ref name="Japan">{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Head-And-The-Heart-Signs-of-Light/release/9025396 |title=Signs of Light: The Head and the Heart |date=9 September 2016 |publisher=Discogs Database |accessdate=2016-12-27}}</ref> | extra_column = | title14 = Wandering Albatross | writer14 = | extra14 = }}
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===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2016) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|BillboardCanada|26|artist=The Head and the Heart|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016}} |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref name="US debut"/> | 5 |- {{album chart|BillboardRock|1|artist=The Head and the Heart|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 4, 2020}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2016) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/top-rock-albums|title=Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2016|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=October 4, 2020}}</ref> | 52 |} {{col-end}}
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