Solitude, melancholy, and revelation bleed into each other throughout Narrow Head’s, Moments of Clarity, transporting the listener through a vast terrain of emotional spaces. Traversing the depths of towering, churning riffs, bouncing, lock-grooved rhythms, and crystalline, gorgeously constructed hooks, the Houston-based outfit puts on a masterclass in the art of writing songs that match the pain, pleasure, and confusion of modern living. Each track is sentimental without being precious, heavy without unnecessary griminess, and pop-forward without letting the listener off the hook easily: these songs ask for some form of hurt or desire to be paid back to them in return, some promise that the listener is putting equal skin into the game.

Moments of Clarity’s title track lyrically evokes images of numbed psyches and deep loathing, yet all the while holds out a sense of forgiveness in not knowing how to get better, a sense of forgiveness in the fact that, “it’s ok to say you want more.” “Moments of Clarity” tunnels through a thick morass of sticky rhythms, eventually exposing a melody so triumphant and stadium-sized in its confidence that it almost seems to channel the ghosts of Oasis’s Knebworth 1996. The lead single is available today along with its nostalgic video, watch below.

The record’s title came to vocalist/guitarist Jacob Duarte in an ambient, almost haunting fashion. The months surrounding the release of Narrow Head’s prior record, 12^th House Rock, were marked by a series of personal losses and spiritual trials. Throughout the writing process of this most recent record, the turn of phrase “moments of clarity” appeared to materialize wherever Duarte looked in an almost serendipitous fashion. The notion of moments clarity seemed to coalesce as if it were a totem to the desire to keep on living, a counterweight to the self-inflected damage and depravity that defined much of 12^th House Rock’s lyrics. “The phrase created a space for me to reflect upon my own life,” Duarte admits, “since our last record I’ve had plenty of moments of realization like that… when you experience friends dying, you’re forced to see life a little differently.”

Moments of Clarity sees its release on Run For Cover Records on vinyl, CD and all digital streaming platforms. To pre-order, go here + pres-save, go here. Just after a successful, headlining Fall North American run, Narrow Head are thrilled to announce they’ll be back on the road in February 2023 with White Reaper. See below for a full list of dates and to purchase tickets, go here.

Narrow Head Live Dates:

Feb 07: Lexington, KY – The Burl ~

Feb 09: Indianapolis, IN – The Hi-Fi ~

Feb 10: Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall ~

Feb 11: St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall ~

Feb 13: Houston, TX – Warehouse Live Studio ~

Feb 14: Austin, TX – Scoot Inn ~

Feb 15: Dallas, TX – Granada Theater ~

Feb 17: Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad ~

Feb 18: Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom ~

Feb 19: San Diego, CA – Music Box ~

Feb 21: Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre ~

Feb 22: San Francisco, CA – August Hall ~

Feb 24: Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre ~

Feb 25: Seattle, WA – The Crocodile ~

Feb 26: Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre ~

~ w/ White Reaper, Taipei Houston