History
In 1996, Hayden performed both nights of Neil Young's annual Bridge School Concert.
In 1998, Hayden toured North America with a full band in support of The Closer I Get.
In 2001 (and with no label support), Hayden very quietly distributed 100 hand-written, packaged and numbered copies of Skyscraper National Park to friends and independent record shops throughout Toronto. This was quickly followed by an additional 1,500 hand-numbered copies (this time with professionally printed liner notes). These copies were primarily sold at live shows. The critical success of these two limited-edition runs led to a full commercial release of the recording later that same year.
In 2004, Hayden released his long awaited follow up album, Elk Lake Serenade, and toured North America with Oshawa's Cuff the Duke acting as his back-up band.
From November 1–3, 2007, Hayden performed three small pre-European tour "warm-up" shows in Ontario and Quebec. They were the singer-songwriter's first official performances in three years. He followed up with In Field & Town, released on January 15, 2008. His most recent album, The Place Where We Lived, was released on May 26, 2009.
In November, 2012, it was announced on that Hayden would release his seventh studio album on Canadian indie label Arts & Crafts.
In December, 2012, Hayden will be playing five shows in Europe as a warm up to his performance at All Tomorrow's Parties Festival, curated by The National. This will be Hayden's first live performances since his two-song set at a benefit in Ontario over a year earlier.
His father is Sherwin Desser, a retired University of Toronto professor of parasitology and current visual artist.
Hayden turned to music after his song "Take" was selected for the album New Music Search, compiled by Toronto radio station CFNY in 1993. Hayden played guitar on the track and enlisted two friends (Lorraine Ursomarzo and Noah Mintz of hHead) to sing vocals. Hayden continued to recruit vocalists until 1995 when he began to showcase his grainy baritone. Take has never been officially released on any of Hayden's albums.
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