Hayden - Hey Love '2016

Tracks list

Tracklist:
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[4:36] 01. Hayden - Hearts Just Beat
[4:40] 02. Hayden - Troubled Times
[3:32] 03. Hayden - No Happy Birthday
[2:01] 04. Hayden - Nothing Easy Feels This Good
[4:23] 05. Hayden - Time Ain't Slowing Down For Us
[3:15] 06. Hayden - Orange Curtain Light
[2:17] 07. Hayden - Come Back To Life
[3:52] 08. Hayden - Nowhere We Cannot Go
[3:30] 09. Hayden - Hey Love
[2:45] 10. Hayden - If More Things Go Wrong
[2:47] 11. Hayden - Five Seasons
[1:41] 12. Hayden - Just Come Out Tonight
[5:40] 13. Hayden - Shelter



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Review
With the release of his highly personal 2013 album Us Alone, Canadian indie folk
troubadour Hayden returned from a few years away from recording, sounding
refreshed and also with a renewed sense of purpose in the stripped-down
presentation of his always heart-melting tunes. Just about two years later,
eighth album Hey Love sounds like he's still riding that particular wave of
inspiration, offering similarly spare-sounding tunes that hold deceptively
simple instrumentation and hearty doses of melody delivered in the singer's by
now trademarked heartfelt mumble. Recorded mostly at Hayden's Toronto-based home
studio, the talented multi-instrumentalist songwriter employed everything from
pedal steel guitar to vintage synthesizers to construct the intimate,
melancholic moods of the album. First single "Nowhere We Cannot Go" rides buried
electronic drums and layers of intermingled instruments, building on fuzzy synth
and piano lines from a melancholic set of verses into a triumphant crescendo.
The beautifully somber title track coasts by like an On the Beach-era Neil Young
outtake, with soft falsetto vocal harmonies, glimmering slide guitars, and muted
drums congealing nicely around sentiments of keeping a long-running love alive.
It's not a particularly urgent track, but the song's power is in grace rather
than bluster. This is the case for much of Hey Love, in both the subdued, gentle
moments of soft chamber pop like "Five Seasons" and the pensive, upbeat tracks
like "Time Ain't Slowing Down for Us." At this point, the songwriter sounds
comfortable enough in his craft to stretch new arrangement ideas around his
familiar lovelorn subject matter. Even-keeled and romantic even in the most
downtrodden moments, Hey Love is another fantastic addition to the catalog of
Hayden, maturing slowly and coming up with some of the nicer tunes of his run so
far.

© Fred Thomas /TiVo


Copyright © – Hardwood Records
Mastered At – The Lacquer Channel
Recorded At – Skyscraper National Park
Recorded At – Revolution Recording

Design – Christie Greyerbiehl, Hayden, Robin Kotyk
Layout – Christie Greyerbiehl, Hayden, Robin Kotyk
Management – Go Kartz Management Inc.
Mastered By – Noah Mintz
Mixed By – Hayden
Photography By – Hayden
Producer – Hayden
Recorded By – Hayden





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