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An Interview with Hayden
Hayden has come a long way from his introduction to the U.S. as the heir to the folky mope-rock throne over a decade ago. His new album, In Field & Town, is instrumentally his most fully realized to date. He sat down earlier this month with Aquarium Drunkard prior to his show at Local 506 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and discussed the new album, evolution in his songwriting, the differences between Canadian and U.S. touring and audience anomalies in Philadelphia.
Aquarium Drunkard: You've got a new record out called In Field & Town and I wanted to ask you a bit about some of the responses to the record. Some people, long time fans, feel thrown for a loop off of the first track. They felt a stylistic or recording change - can you talk about the recording process for the album and if there were any conscientious style changes in what you've been doing over the years?
Hayden Desser: Well, it's funny you mention that, 'cause being on tour now I've noticed especially seeing previews of my show coming up and people saying 'folky Hayden' or 'if you're in the mood for a nice, mellow, poetic show then come to this' sort of thing. And it's funny 'cause what we're doing right now is mostly up tempo with a lot of instrumentation. Why this album and that change? I just had a lot of fun adding instruments to the songs and I wanted to not have too many songs with a mid-tempo - I feel that some of my albums have too many of those and it's something I kind of naturally go to and I wanted to get away from that a little bit. So the three main differences would be the tempo thing, putting a ton of instruments on a bunch of songs and the fact that a lot of them were written on piano and that kind of added a different kind of texture. I just play a different sort of rhythm when I'm writing on piano.
AD: At this point you've been recording and releasing albums for a little over a decade. How do you feel your songwriting process has evolved over the decade you've been releasing music?
HD: Well, I like to think that my recording techniques are better now than they were and I don't know. I write less and I scrutinize my songs more than I did 12 years ago. But I don' t know. It's hard to look at it as a big picture kind of scenario and dissect what it is that's different or what the exact progression is. I'm not sure. You need to tell me that. [laughs]
Mon Jun 30 2008 · Posted in Daily on littleradio.com
Black Kites - Paper Heart
Directed by Michael Grodner
Video for Black Kites' "Paper Heart" from the Paper Heart EP.
Mon Jun 30 2008 · Posted in Music Videos on littleradio.com
Hello Dragon - Rats of LA
- Hello Dragon
- Hello Dragon - Rats of LA
- The Quantum Explorers
Self Released
Mon Jun 30 2008 · Posted in Songs on littleradio.com
Love Pychedelico - Your Song
- Love Pychedelico
- Love Pychedelico - Your Song
- This Is Love Psychedelico
Hack Tone Records
Mon Jun 30 2008 · Posted in Songs on littleradio.com
The May Fire - No Clone
Mon Jun 30 2008 · Posted in Songs on littleradio.com
Molino - Everybody Needs Somebody
Mon Jun 30 2008 · Posted in Songs on littleradio.com
Primal Scream - Can’t Go Back
Directed by Kim Gehri
Video for Primal Scream's "Can't Go Back" from Beautiful Future.
Mon Jun 30 2008 · Posted in Music Videos on littleradio.com
F-YEAH! Tour Rolls Through Austin
Last nights show was amazing. Big up to all of the bands and to Sean for putting together a great showcase. We will have more photos and videos from this event once we all wake up. Stay tuned.
Here are some photos from last nite's show from local blog Sounds Like Austin:
Sat Jun 28 2008 · Posted in Daily
Radar Bros - Lake Life
- Radar Bros
- Radar Bros - Lake Life
- Auditorium
Merge
Fri Jun 27 2008 · Posted in Songs on littleradio.com
Jake La Botz - For The Brothers
- Jake La Botz
- Jake La Botz - For The Brothers
- Used To Be
Utel
Fri Jun 27 2008 · Posted in Songs on littleradio.com
This Weekend at the Mohawk: BORIS!
Complete with dual necks, orange stacks, and custom smoke machines, Boris returns to the Mohawk to blow the Red River power grid into little pieces of smoldering stoner metal alloy. This video was filmed at last years Mohawk show by our friend Gates Bradley. In other news, Austin Energy had to purchase more electricity from the world in order to service the extreme energy needs this Saturday.
Dont miss openers Torche and Clouds
Show @ 9
Fri Jun 27 2008 · Posted in
Radar Bros - When Cold Air Goes To Sleep
Directed by Bradley Beesley
Video for Radar Bros "When Cold Air Goes To Sleep" from Auditorium (Merge).