Elk-Lake Serenade

Hayden - Elk-Lake Serenade

Elk-Lake Serenade
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Artist: Hayden
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-05-18
Music Label: Badman Records
Soundtracks:
  1. Wide Eyes
  2. Home By Saturday
  3. Woody
  4. This Summer
  5. Hollywood Ending
  6. Robbed Blind
  7. Killbear
  8. Through The Rads
  9. Starting Over
  10. Don't Get Down
  11. Roll Down That Wave
  12. My Wife
  13. 1939
  14. Elk-Lake Serenade
  15. Looking Back To Me

Free Music Notes for Elk-Lake Serenade

Free Music Review: Folksy, Griity, Beautiful
Hit: 5 Stars

Hayden is a beautiful artist. This most recent album is put together very well, and the recording is tight. One of the best indie-artists making music today, suprised he isn't more popular. The album starts off with a short soft song, "wide eyes" and then moves on the country twinged "home by saurday", which is my favorite song. His lyrics are some of the best little stories ever told. Over all this album is worthy of anyones collection, but although I gave it 5 stars, Skyscraper National Park is my favorite.

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Is it any accident that all of Hayden Desser's album covers are earth tones? Chocolate browns, grassy greens, warm hues in the shades of faded-out polaroids decorate all of them. That same visual consistency applies to his music; pick up a Hayden disc and you're guaranteed to get an earful of acoustic guitar twang, harmonica swoop and softness. Acoustic Neil Young comparisons have followed him since the beginning, but ultimately, Young's song "Helpless" can best explain Hayden's appeal; fragile yet warm vocals accompanied by steel string resonance, combined with moments of space and quiet, these qualities are all parts of what makes Hayden great.

Elk-Lake Serenade contains all the consistencies guaranteed to charm; spots where he whispers musical secrets in your ear (the lullaby-like "Wide Eyes" and "Starting Over", a tale of impetuous desire), or sings full-throated upbeat charms, like the Cuban-influenced single "Hollywood Ending". Thankfully, there are also the trademark twisted folk tales, including the melodically beautiful "Killbear", a story about a man watching his wife get mauled by an animal attack. The juxtaposition of Hayden?s languid, lovely melodies mixed with Twin Peaks-esque tales make the surreal numbers that much more captivating.

An adoring fan base has blossomed organically over the ten years that he has been performing, and this new material continuing to subtly evolve in beauty and orchestration without becoming overdone will no doubt add to the appeal of Hayden?s longevity. While many comparisons have been made, ultimately, there is no one out there singing and writing songs like these subtle charmers. --Denise Sheppard

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