The Eisenhauers | Headlong Hearts

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HEADLONG HEARTS

Headlong Hearts are a five-piece band from East Vancouver, blending folk and roots music with a touch of classic and alternative rock. They craft catchy and poignant original songs, sing in stacked harmony, and weave their musical fabric on violin, banjo, mandolin, guitars, bass and drums. Headlong Hearts features former members of the notable west coast acts Pure, The Paperboys, The Clumsy Lovers and Grapes of Wrath.

Headlong Hearts’ second full length album Creatures Of Habit was produced by acclaimed singer-songwriter Deborah Holland (Animal Logic, The Refugees), and was released on March 21, 2025 via Boutique Empire. Creatures Of Habit follows their debut album What We Call Forever (2022), and a series of standalone singles including “Canadian Shield” (2023) and “City Of Benares” (2024). Together since 2017, 

Headlong Hearts are known for their live show that sees audiences inspired by their lyrics, lifted by their melodies, fired up by their playing, and amused by their repartee. They have performed in venues and festivals throughout Western Canada; including 2023 Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Mission Folk Music Festival, and Deep Cove’s Live & Local Concert Series.

Matt Kennedy - Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
Brad Gillard - Banjo, Mandolin, Guitars, Vocals
Hugh Ellenwood - Violin, Vocals
Mark Henning - Bass, Vocals
Matt Brain - Drums, Vocals

What They're Saying:

THE EISENHAUERS

Recording and performing music is an inherently vulnerable act. When the songs are deeply personal, written in the hardest days of a musician’s life, sharing them with the world becomes an act of absolute exposure of self. This is the nature of The Eisenhauers sophomore record, Back Burner, as it maps a couple's journey to the brink of ending it all, and then back towards love once again.

The 12-song album — recorded by husband and wife duo in The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver — features a backing band deep with talent. Nashville TN producer Steve Dawson produced the record and played lead guitars and his quintessential steel playing is featured heavily on the album. This album marks a departure from the couple’s intimate bluegrass-style recording on their debut record The Road We Once Knew. The full band is stacked with Leon Power (City and Colour) on drums, Jeremy Holmes (Hannah Georgas) on bass and Jen Gunderman (Sheryl Crow) on keyboards and even features a guest vocal appearance from famed Canadian vocalist Jill Barber. All this accompaniment still manages to hold the live-off-the-floor feel and the close chemistry of two people who have been singing harmonies together for 25 plus years.

Sheree wrote all the songs during a time when their relationship veered steadily towards dissolution and she hadn’t thought to ever share them. In undergoing therapy it was suggested they turn towards music, something that had fallen to the wayside amidst the raising of four children, the pandemic and moving to a new town. The couple began playing music together in an effort to resuscitate a dying love. And so, in an ironic twist of defiant love, Sheree’s songs of a relationship dissolving, sung in harmony with Jeremy, became a bridge bringing them back together.

Perhaps no song summarizes the tone and message of the record as much as the first single off the album, Gambler. The lyrics lay out the simple truth about the inevitable dark days of any relationship and that love is inherently a gamble, free from guarantees, regardless of marriage covenants or a house full of children. Yet, despite this uncertainty, the message is clear: The Eisenhauers have made the decision to go all in on love and this music is the testament to that.

Jeremy Eisenhauer - lead guitar
Sheree Plett Eisenhauer - rhythm guitar
Jeremy Holmes - bass
Leon Power - drums

What They're Saying:

'The band explore an often quiet, distinctly Canadian approach to song craft which paints an ideal backdrop for their soothing harmonies” - Exclaim! Magazine

"The shared vocals between Jeremy Eisenhauer and Sheree Plett (Eisenhauer), his wife, superbly bind everything together, making for an extremely enjoyable listening experience.” - Discorder Magazine

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