★★★★★
Goto commentsLeave a commentShare Beautiful Blossoming Hey Rosetta! is a six-piece indie rock band from Canada. The band members include Tim Baker (vocals, guitar, piano), Josh Ward (bass, backing vocals), Adam Hogan (lead guitar), and Phil Maloney (drums.) The band also has a string section which normally consists of Kinley Dowling (violin), and Romesh Thavanathan (cello.) Seeds is the band's third album and was released in February 2011. What a wholesome, solid sounding album this is...
- www.mxdwn.com
2012-06-07
★★★★★
Summary: Jaw-dropping, gorgeous. As adjectives go, I don't think 'endearing' is particularly complimentary. In most discourses, it holds a position comparable to that of 'nice' - it implies a certain inoffensive nature. In discussing music, it is perhaps an even more disingenuous term than normal. To many people, it suggests a tepid, middle-of-the-road character whose lack of rough edges actually makes it more abrasive - go figure. But none of these people have ever met Hey Rosetta! This band...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2011-07-18
★★★★★
Hey Rosetta! have always had a flair for the dramatic, and the Newfoundland six-piece sound as epic as ever on third LP Seeds. The group recruited additional string players for the recording sessions, layering these contributions repeatedly to create a faux-orchestra...
- www.exclaim.ca
2011-02-19
★★★★★
Ever since their 2008 album was shortlisted for the Polaris Prize, Hey Rosetta! have had to contend with more attention than most Newfoundland bands. It's admirable, then, that instead of immediately cranking out another album to capitalize on that acclaim, they spent three years crafting their follow-up. Or maybe that's just how long it takes to produce music as unapologetically rafter-reaching as Hey Rosetta!'s...
- nowtoronto.com
2011-02-14
★★★★★
Let's call this "special-blend pop," Canada East Coast style. Hailing from the rocky shores of The Rock, St-John's Hey Rosetta! is primarily the vision of former Montreal resident Tim Baker, who pens angry, timeless lyrics and memorable melodies and time signatures that don't cater to standard radio or commercial fare. Giving equal amounts of time to instruments often considered inferior in this genre - piano, strings, horns - saves Hey Rosetta...
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-02
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