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Become a member (it's FREE) at https://digtb.us/signup Buy official DTB merch at http://digtb.us/merch  On this episode of DTB’s “Stage Threads”, Matt Gervais, guitarist/vocalist of the indie folk band, The Head and The Heart, shows you their stage outfits and discusses how their style connects to their music and the stories behind the clothing they wear during performances. The Head and the Heart is currently supporting their newest album, Aperture.  VIDEO INFO: Film Date - August 8, 2025 Location - The Salt Shed in Chicago, IL  KEEP UP WITH THE HEAD AND THE HEART: Facebook - https://facebook.com/theheadandtheheart Instagram - https://instagram.com/theheadandtheheart Twitter - https://twitter.com/headandtheheart  FOLLOW US: Website/Email List - https://www.digitaltourbus.com/#/portal/signup YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/digitaltourbus Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/digitaltourbus/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@digitaltourbus Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/digitaltourbus/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/digitaltourbus Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/digitaltourbus/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-tour-bus-llc Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/digitaltourbus  VIDEO SUMMARY: 00:00 Introduction 00:35 Skip Intro 01:46 Clothing 06:06 Shoes  ABOUT DIGITAL TOUR BUS: Digital Tour Bus is your backstage pass to your favorite touring artists! With daily video releases, we cover all genres, and have had the pleasure of featuring the likes of Matchbox Twenty, Twenty One Pilots, Megadeth, MGK, Papa Roach, AJR, Pierce The Veil, Simple Plan, A Day to Remember, and thousands of others over the past 15 years. "Bus Invaders" takes you inside an artist's home on the road, "Cooking at 65mph" showcases the culinary skills of artists on tour, "Gear Masters" unveils the equipment musicians use on stage, and "Stage Threads" dives into the meaning and inspiration behind the clothing artists wear during their performances.

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00:00They're just coming apart. You can see how many times, how many shows have been played in these.

00:03It has to be breathable and flexible.

00:05When I married her, I knew fully well I was also marrying a personal stylist.

00:30Hey, how you doing? I'm Matty from The Head & The Hearts and we're here to talk to you about one of my favorite subjects, stage fashion.

00:44So, we're here currently in the summer of 2025 in support of our most recent record that came out a couple months ago called Aperture,

00:54which is in many ways a return to the roots for the band and a way of approaching songs in a fresh way that just feels like these songs have always existed.

01:08There's a unique kind of blending of things that we've learned along the way and also knowing what our lane is

01:20and knowing how to become the best at this particular version of songwriting that we love to do.

01:27So, it's been really great. We've been touring all over the place and everyone seems to be enjoying the new songs and singing along to these songs

01:35and they're very meaningful for us and so it's been really nice.

01:38So, a couple years ago we had the luxury of being in a band that was capable of bringing along wardrobe cases, which, you know, we used to just cram everything into a backpack as you have to

01:54because you're rolling them down the highway and there's not room for a lot of stuff.

01:57So, many of us and some of us, I'm sure, as we've spoken to Kenny, he wears the same t-shirt every day, which is a great approach.

02:04It means packing is easier, but also you have the option like we do in this situation.

02:12It's no secret that Charity and myself are married, so her and I share a wardrobe case and 99% of the stuff in here is actually Charity.

02:20So, you might think that I have some kind of elaborate costuming and in some senses I do and most of it comes from Charity as well

02:28because when I married her I knew fully well I was also marrying a personal stylist.

02:34And so, many of the things I would have never purchased for myself.

02:38I have a head-to-toe snakeskin jacket and pants.

02:43It's not real snakeskin, of course.

02:46Kenny always jokes whenever I wear one of these items that, like, I'm a snake killer, which I'm not.

02:53But anyway, so I would have never purchased that if it weren't for Charity Rose.

02:57I was stealing as well.

02:59Same thing goes for this beautiful, lovely pink jacket, which I have worn on occasion.

03:03But what I've found is that when we're summer touring, I wear, it has to be breathable and flexible

03:09because I'm moving around on the stage all the time.

03:12And so, one of the most breathable things that I wear are these pants.

03:18These are actually probably the most expensive thing we have in here.

03:22But they're also like the most workable and durable articles of clothing that I have.

03:28And I wear them all the time on stage.

03:29They're Issei Miyake pants.

03:31And it's basically like wearing no pants at all.

03:35And so, when I'm playing, it gives me the ability to, like, run around on stage and kick my legs

03:41and do all this stuff that, you know, you get caught up doing in the moment when you're playing songs that you love

03:46and that you're feeding off the energy of the audience and stuff.

03:50So, I, again, these summer shows, it's like minimal clothing.

03:56There's one over here that I have in this bag.

03:58I always got a day bag of things.

04:01That, like, if you've been to the shows a couple of times, you've probably seen me wear this thing.

04:06I don't even know what you call this, but my brother and my sister-in-law brought this back for me

04:11when they went on a trip to Mexico.

04:13And, again, it doesn't mean it looks like a blouse or something.

04:17I think every time I've worn it around my friends, they're like,

04:19oh, are you wearing a blouse today?

04:20And I'm like, well, I guess I am.

04:22But it's like a, I don't even know what you call this, but it's extremely breathable

04:28and it just fits the, it fits that requirement for me to, like,

04:33just feel almost as if I'm not wearing anything and I can just move on stage.

04:37It's really awesome.

04:38So, anyways, if anybody's watching this and knows what this thing is or what it's called,

04:42let me know because I could use a few more of them.

04:45So, we're talking about if we're not performing on stage in a blistering heat,

04:50which we usually are in the summer.

04:52We're playing in theater or something like this,

04:54some sort of indoor clothing or indoor environment.

04:58I have, like, one of my favorite things is another one that Charity got for me.

05:01It's this, it's just an Army-Navy surplus, like, jacket.

05:05But it was outfitted by this amazing designer named Christian Joy

05:11who, like, created this beautiful, like, iron-on bananas and, you know, just sparkly abstract patches

05:19and just kind of, like, makes this jacket have its own unique flair.

05:23And it just, like many vintage, like, military articles of clothing, it fits really flatteringly.

05:29And I, like, so I'll put a, I just love the fit of it and it just feels cool.

05:32So, I wear this one all the time, too.

05:34But, yeah, this is Christian Joy.

05:39Charity has hit me up to Christian Joy.

05:41Like, apparently, Carrie and Owe from the Yeah Yeah Yes gets a lot of stuff from them.

05:47So, but, yeah, this is a cool jacket.

05:50Similarly, I still keep, like, very breathable pants during the show no matter what season it is

05:58because you gotta have that.

06:02I have these, I have some nice little boots that I like to wear

06:07that are just, like, zip-on, easy, free-flowing.

06:10These ones are newer version of ones that I had before that I actually had that I love so much

06:15that they're just, they're buried in here.

06:18But they're just coming apart.

06:19You can see how many times, how many shows have been played in these, in these boots.

06:23And there's no traction in them at all.

06:25And, like, it's almost painful, well, it became painful to wear them anymore

06:28because, like, there's just no padding whatsoever.

06:31But they're perfect for stage because I like to slide around a little bit.

06:37And, like, the less friction you have on that, like, the better, the more flowing you are on stage.

06:42Yeah, these are by Ophacene Creative.

06:44So, again, I learned all this shit from charity.

06:48Same thing with these.

06:50Kenny has a pair of these, too.

06:51These are, like, kung fu shoes, which, like, on certain days, I don't even know how you say the name of this brand.

06:57And these ones are disgusting.

06:58Like, if I wear them and I activate the sweat, they're so terrible.

07:02But on stage, they are similarly, like, just, you can fly in them.

07:07There's, like, so much bend in them.

07:11So, like, it's basically like wearing no shoes at all.

07:14And I love these things for that same reason.

07:16So that's a good, like, indoor thing.

07:20Charity can show you these.

07:21She'll tell you the story of these.

07:22I'm not going to go into it.

07:23But she might not, actually, because she just received these.

07:26But these were given to her by Grace Potter, which is really cool.

07:29And so we keep these in the thing.

07:30If I could fit them, I'd definitely wear them.

07:32But our four-year-old daughter loves to slip these on and play dress-up in the green room when we're, you know, when we're hanging around.

07:40Daytime fashion versus stage fashion, for me, I've tried to make the transition as minuscule as possible.

07:47Like, so during the day, I'm wearing breathable linen pants that are just, like, drawstring,

07:54which is basically, like, a cheaper version of what I wear when I'm on stage.

07:58Like, and it just flows.

08:00It's easy.

08:01And that way, like, when I'm getting, going to and from stage, I'm not, like, I'm not thinking about it very much.

08:07I'm kind of, like, Steve Jobs-ing it.

08:09You know, it's like, okay, well, I'm wearing a black tank top or some version of that concept.

08:15And, like, that way every day when I get up in the morning, I'm not, like, hmm, what am I going to wear today?

08:20Like, I don't, like, I have a certain, like, a certain thing that I like.

08:25And it's taken me a long time to discover it.

08:28And then once you do, you're like, oh, okay, now I just, I have these, this, like, certain handful of things.

08:34And I think going forward is going to make it even easier for me to pack because I'm realizing, oh, God.

08:39I go on tour, I pack all this stuff, and then I only wear, like, three or four things the whole time.

08:44So it becomes pretty straightforward.

08:46Yeah, these, these shoes, um, so these are called Flofers.

08:51And, again, I have a personal stylist by the name of Charity Rose Thielen.

08:55And, uh, she discovered these.

08:57These are basically just, like, the perfect tour shoe because I just live in them.

09:03Uh, uh, they, like, they're waterproof, which I, which is perfect for me because I love to tromp around in the water if we get to, if we have to, if we happen to have a show that's near,

09:15if we have to have a show that's near a body of water, whether it be a river or a lake or whatever, or the ocean,

09:21they're, like, you can take them to the beach, but they, you can also wear them to a nice restaurant because they're, like,

09:26they're just innocuous enough that, like, they kind of unfit anything you're wearing.

09:30And then you don't have to put on socks or worry about tying your shoes.

09:34You just, so when you're going in and out of a venue, you know, after, in the middle of the night,

09:40you can slip them on and, uh, and, you know, walk to, to the bus to go to bed or whatever.

09:45Or sometimes you're crossing the border in the middle of the night.

09:48You don't want to fuss with your shoes.

09:50So, boom, there they are.

09:51It's just ready to go.

09:52Of course, that's a summer thing.

09:53Uh, because it's just, it's tis the season, you know, but keeping with the, um, the breathability,

10:00I have this shirt, which is, um, neat supply, and just a nice little flowy silk shirt.

10:09I'll wear this sometimes.

10:10Same, same reason.

10:11Really, all of it is, like, for the purposes of being, like, free and flowy.

10:15Um, I like this jacket a lot.

10:17Like, again, I don't really wear it unless it's an indoor show or, you know,

10:21I might wear a jacket for the first couple songs and then take it off when I start to get sweaty.

10:26Then you try to, like, avoid it looking like you're trying to do some strip tease, you know what I mean?

10:30So, try to be less flashy about it.

10:32But, but, uh, but yeah, when you have a great jacket, why not wear it?

10:36Um, let's see, what else?

10:38Yeah, there's a few different kind of pairs of those kind of things.

10:42And a lot of this stuff is Charity's and she'll go into it.

10:44She's, uh, she's the fashion guru for sure.

10:47Um, yeah.

10:49I think I wore this show on the, or this, this jacket on the Today Show.

10:53And this was technically Charity's jacket, but I just, and she, she loves to buy, like, oversized jackets and stuff like that.

10:58So, it, like, fit me perfectly.

11:00So, I was like, I'm wearing this on, I'm wearing this today on our television performance instead of you.

11:04Okay, Charity?

11:05So, that's, uh, that's the benefit of having a wife who's very, very dialed in and very tuned into this thing.

11:11Um, and being in a band, you get, it gives you the, uh, the license to kind of not really care that much about what people are thinking.

11:18Or, like, maybe wear something that you wouldn't necessarily, I would, my younger version of myself would not have been comfortable wearing.

11:24But now I'm like, I just don't care anymore.

11:26Which feels good.

11:27It's very liberating.

11:29Well, this has been a joy for me.

11:31Uh, thanks for coming along and perusing, uh, this fashion warehouse we have set up for ourselves.

11:37Uh, my name is Matty and, uh, it's been a pleasure.

11:40Um, thank you for listening to the new record too.

11:42Uh, it came out back in May.

11:44It's called Aperture and if you haven't listened to it yet, please do so.

11:47Uh, it's one of our favorites that we've ever released so far and, uh, and it would mean the world.

11:53Thank you very much.

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