Best Songs of 2013 â #18
I’m still getting to know Let’s Be Still, the sophomore album by Seattle band The Head and the Heart, but I know I love its first single, ‘Shake.’
This is the most immediately accessible song on the record, but not in a bad way. Often an album’s catchy first single is the first track to fade from memory as deeper cuts earn their way into my esteem.
But ‘Shake’ feels like an organic part of Let’s Be Still, not a bid for radio play. I don’t see myself tiring of this song’s addictive earthiness anytime soon.
And the pages have always been blank like the trees in the wild
But the wind yes the wind keeps pushing you and me
Time bein’ time I know when it’s time to leave
And the memories we’ve made
Will never be lost, no
And the look on your face
We both knew the cost
But the wind yes the wind keeps
Howlin’
I put in the pictures, you put in the time
You put all those memories so deep inside my mind
Now the wind yes the wind keeps pushing you and me
And time bein’ time, I know when it’s time to leave
And the memories we’ve made
Will never be lost, no
And the look on your face
We both knew the cost
But the wind yes the wind keeps
Howlin’
Even if it was a mistake, I can’t forget your face
Even if it was just a day, you won’t forget the one
Who’s making you shake
Come around, I lost my way to see
Come around, I lost my way to see
Come around, I lost my way to see
Come around, I lost my way to see
Even if it was a mistake, I can’t forget your face
Even if it was just a day, you won’t forget the man
Who’s making you shake
Who’s making you shake
You shake
I’m making you shake
You shake
I’m making you shake
Meet Me In Montauk 
Never heard of this band. Nice sound though. The song feels familiar and accessible and that’s a good thing in my book.