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HBO'S BORED TO DEATH HAS FEATURED SONG BY ITUNES #1 ARTIST
Sean Hayes marries folk sounds with R&B grooves on
'Before We Turn To Dust,' out September 4th in partnership with the Orchard,
all capped off with his stunning vibrato-laden vocals. 'Before We Turn To Dust'
was written and recorded in the same year Hayes became a father. The album has
a way of capturing the notions of birth, mortality, love, and struggle that
echo throughout the album while the rhythms cause one's hips to sway, almost
involuntarily, to the beat.
NPR and San Francisco press have raved about Hayes, who is poised
to break out following tours supporting Cold War Kids, Ani DiFranco, and Jolie
Holland; airplay on KCRW & WFUV; a duet on Aimee Mann’s last record; a
second appearance at the Outside Lands Festival alongside Sharon Van Etten,
Norah Jones, Sigur Ros, Andrew Bird, Regina Spektor and others; and a song in
HBO's "Bored to Death." He has also scored multiple #1 slots on the
iTunes Store's singer-songwriter chart.
NPR has called him "a young man with an old soul."
SF Weekly stated, "Take him anywhere, play him for anyone, and the
response is always the same: People want more. They'll write down the name if
they don't know it already… You can keep your Joanna Newsoms and your Devendra
Banharts. When it comes to folk music, Sean Hayes is the man [and] what sets
him apart is his voice." Meanwhile, the San Francisco Chronicle called him
"extraordinary."
A San Francisco Bay area artist, Hayes is accompanied by
veterans Andrew Borger (Tom Waits, Norah Jones) on drums, Devin Hoff (Nels
Cline Singers) on bass and relative newcomers Ezra Lipp (Thao Nguyen) on drums
and multi-instrumentalist Eric Khun (Silian Rail) on keys, drums and
percussion. The record was mixed by Eli Crews (Tuneyards) at New, Improved
Recording in Oakland, CA.
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