℗ 2023 Hardwood Records Inc
| Released | April 5, 2023 |
| Duration | 42m 51s |
| Record Label | Arts & Crafts Productions Inc. |
| Catalogue No. | AC229HD |
| Genre | Alternative |
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1.1
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East Coast
Hayden |
4:53 | |||
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1.2
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We Danced
Hayden |
3:48 | |||
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1.3
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On A Beach (feat. Feist)
Hayden; Feist |
4:05 | |||
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1.4
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Terry Cloth Blue (Every Single Thing)
Hayden |
3:03 | |||
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1.5
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Nothing Wrong
Hayden |
4:03 | |||
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1.6
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Are We Good
Hayden |
4:31 | |||
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1.7
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Window Washer Blues
Hayden |
2:42 | |||
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1.8
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Miss Fort Erie
Hayden |
4:29 | |||
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1.9
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It's Just Me
Hayden |
2:46 | |||
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1.10
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Lay This In My Mind
Hayden |
3:16 | |||
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1.11
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Can't Happen Now
Hayden |
5:15 |
The long-heralded king of Canadian slacker folk, Hayden will release his tenth studio album, Are We Good, a crowning achievement in his well deep catalogue of carefully hewn and heartrending indie folk – and his much-anticipated first new album since 2015's Hey Love.
Featuring guest vocals by Feist and co-writing by The National's Matt Berninger, the lead single "On A Beach" is easily the most uplifting and buoyant song in Hayden's downcast (and well deep) catalog, with its chorus of "we're drinking income taxes and there's sand at our feet." A spare bass groove, the gentlest of handclaps, Hayden's strained tenor, all explode into the honeyed melodies of the one Leslie Feist amidst a stream of harmonizing arpeggiators.
Hayden offers some of his best songwriting, painting with uncharacteristically broad strokes of emotion and sonic texture, like a cross between Pavement and Leonard Cohen.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Arts & Crafts Productions Inc. Studio Masters
Tracks 6, 7 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit Track 3 – 48 kHz / 24-bit PCM
Tracks 6, 7 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit Track 3 – 48 kHz / 24-bit PCM
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.23 -2.86 to -0.26 | -15.05 -17.75 to -13.19 | -12.83 -15.10 to -11.10 | 8 6 to 11 | |
| 1 | East Coast | -1.94 | -15.41 | -13.5 | 8 |
| 2 | We Danced | -1.00 | -13.45 | -11.4 | 7 |
| 3 | On A Beach (feat. Feist) | -2.86 | -14.21 | -12.3 | 6 |
| 4 | Terry Cloth Blue (Every Single Thing) | -1.94 | -13.19 | -11.1 | 6 |
| 5 | Nothing Wrong | -0.32 | -14.79 | -12.9 | 10 |
| 6 | Are We Good | -0.77 | -14.31 | -12.0 | 8 |
| 7 | Window Washer Blues | -0.97 | -17.75 | -15.1 | 10 |
| 8 | Miss Fort Erie | -0.48 | -13.95 | -11.6 | 8 |
| 9 | It's Just Me | -1.08 | -13.64 | -11.3 | 8 |
| 10 | Lay This In My Mind | -1.94 | -17.39 | -14.9 | 10 |
| 11 | Can't Happen Now | -0.26 | -17.47 | -15.0 | 11 |