''Signs of Light'' is the third studio album by American band

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, and first album released through

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. It was officially released on September 9, 2016. "

All We Ever Knew "All We Ever Knew" is a song written and recorded by American folk music, folk band the Head and the Heart, released as the lead single for their third studio album ''Signs of Light'' by Warner Bros. Records. The song was written by the band and ...

" 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 ''Let's Be Still'' is the second studio album by American band The Head and the Heart, following the 2011 release of their self-entitled first album. It was officially released on October 15, 2013. Two months prior to this release, track six on th ...

''. After signing with

, the band reached out to

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to help produce the album. 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.

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. 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.

Singles

On June 3, 2016, "All We Ever Knew" was released as the album's

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and was made available for purchase and streaming. The music video released on the July 21, 2016, which was directed by

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. On its seventh week, the song reached the top spot on the ''

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chart, the band's first since "Lost in My Mind" in 2011. Jonathan Russell told ''

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'' 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." On September 14, 2016, they performed "All We Ever Knew" on ''

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''. The song was also performed on the series premiere of

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Development

Release and promotion

Singles

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References