The Head and the Heart are rehearsing in a rented house in Denver, getting ready to play one of their biggest shows ever: a sold-out gig at Red Rocks. It's a breakout moment for the Seattle group, which came out of the post–Mumford & Sons folk-pop boom a few years ago but also forged its own sound, full of bruised but determined optimism and three-part harmonies.
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This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: The Head and the Heart on Battling Addiction, Embracing Pop