Seeds (Hey Rosetta! album)

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Seeds
HeyRosetta Seeds.png
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 15, 2011 (2011-02-15)
Genre Indie rock
Length49:22
Label Sonic Records
Producer Tony Doogan
Hey Rosetta! chronology
Into Your Lungs
(2008)
Seeds
(2011)
Second Sight
(2014)
Singles from Seeds
  1. "Welcome"
  2. "Yer Spring"
  3. "Seeds"

Seeds is the third studio album by Canadian indie rock band Hey Rosetta! It was released on February 15, 2011, through Sonic Records and was produced by Tony Doogan. [1]

Contents

Lead singer Tim Baker stated in an interview that the album name, as well as the title track, is about "...the idea ...that we are seeds, travelling from town to town, blowing around, settling down here and there, trying to make something for people", and that "the songs are seeds...they're these little things — four and five minute things — but they have the ability to grow in your brain and be far more meaningful than just what they are". [2]

Reception

Seeds has received generally favorable reviews. Kate Harper of CHARTattack noted that the album "...succeeds in ways Lungs though a good album did not ... there's definitely more of a robust feel throughout all of Seeds." Richard Trapunski of Now Magazine gave a more mixed review: "Aiming for the same puffed-up collective catharsis as Arcade Fire, Tim Baker and co. layer strings, horns, mandolins and anything else they can get their hands on to inflate the songs into anthems." [3]

On June 16, the album was named as a longlisted nominee (one of 40) for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize. [4] On July 6, the album was named as a shortlisted (one of 10) nominee for the 2011 award.

Professional ratings
Review scores
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CHARTAttack Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
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Now Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Sticky MagazineStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [6]
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Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Seeds"Tim Baker, Adam Hogan4:27
2."Yer Spring"Baker4:52
3."Young Glass"Baker, Hogan5:36
4."Bricks"Baker4:18
5."New Sum (Nous Sommes)"Baker4:27
6."Downstairs"Baker, Hogan1:58
7."Welcome"Baker4:02
8."Seventeen"Baker3:48
9."Yer Fall"Baker5:39
10."Parson Brown (Upirngaangutuq Iqalunni)"Baker5:13
11."Bandages"Baker5:02
Total length:49:22
U.S. Version Bonus Tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Young Glass" (Acoustic Version)Baker, Hogan6:05
13."Welcome" (Acoustic Version)Baker3:51
14."Seventeen" (Acoustic Version)Baker4:16
Total length:63:34

Release history

CountryDateLabel
Canada [8] February 15, 2011Sonic Records
United States [9] March 8, 2012 ATO Records

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References

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