Heartbeats and Brainwaves is the eighth album by Detroit rock band Electric Six.

[4] It was released as a CD, digital download and a colored double vinyl set which is sold at the band's live shows.

[5] The album was the first time that Johnny Na$hinal, the band's guitarist, produced one of their records.

[9] In an interview with St. Louis Magazine, Dick Valentine revealed that he wrote the album's opening track, "Psychic Visions", after seeing the words on a neon sign in Brooklyn.

[10] Speaking to Michigan Live, he stated that they tried not to overthink the album and revealed that the band wrote the song "Eye Contact" "in the span of like one hour".