Hayden 2015 Hey Love MP3

Hayden
Hey Love 2015
Hardwoods Records A&C104
EAC MP3



01 - Hayden - Hearts Just Beat.mp3
02 - Hayden - Troubled Times.mp3
03 - Hayden - No Happy Birthday.mp3
04 - Hayden - Nothing Easy Feels This Good.mp3
05 - Hayden - Time Ain't Slowing Down For Us.mp3
06 - Hayden - Orange Curaint Light.mp3
07 - Hayden - Come Back to Life.mp3
08 - Hayden - Nowhere We Cannot Go.mp3
09 - Hayden - Hey Love.mp3
10 - Hayden - If More Things Go Wrong.mp3
11 - Hayden - Five Seasons.mp3
12 - Hayden - Just Come Out Tonight.mp3
13 - Hayden - Shelter.mp3


As is Hayden Desser's custom, much of his eighth record, Hey Love, was recorded in his home studio. The shift from his own label to Arts & Crafts was apparently motivated by a consistent lack of promotion for his previous albums, and a curious rumour that he had died in 2010.

Hey Love finds Hayden at his most vulnerable, often waxing poetic about the fatalistic nature of love and the eroding forces that torture relationships. His breathy vocals sound like a man who is exhausted by the trials and tribulations of the everyday: "If it's not one thing, it is another, these are troubled times" he sings on "Troubled Times"; the theme is equally recognizable on "If More Things Go Wrong." Chilled tempos, sombre piano chords and laboured acoustic strums express the weight that Hayden is under.

It also explains his appreciation for his lover and the "us against the world" stance he shows here. Concluding track "Shelter" frames the relationship: one-on-one with the piano, Hayden sings, "Some water and batteries, and enough food for weeks / Yeah come to the backyard and join me underground / Even though they'll beg us to let them in, we won't."

Alternating between optimism and cynicism, the repetitive progression and arrangements of the songs tend to border on being static. And yet, there is stark reality in Hayden's songwriting. These are songs of modest triumph, songs about the rock that steadies him, or the buoy that keeps him afloat. Struggling with mortality and loneliness, his songs mark the victory in barely surviving in the face existential crisis, and finding meaning in love: "Time ain't slowing down for us," he sings. "What else can we do but love?" (Arts & Crafts)