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 [...]

The pinnacle of Hayden Desser’s career thus far was his 2001 album, Skyscraper National Park. It took the suffocating isolationism of Hayden’s lyrics and finally let it transcend the minimalist structures of his first two LPs, allowing it room to breathe and explode across songs like the noisy and gorgeous “Dynamite Walls.” But those [...]