Seeds (Hey Rosetta! album)

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]

Seeds
Studio album by Hey Rosetta!
Released	February 15, 2011
Genre	Indie rock
Length	49:22
Label	Sonic Records
Producer	Tony Doogan
Hey Rosetta! chronology
Into Your Lungs (2008) Seeds (2011) Second Sight (2014)
Singles from Seeds
"Welcome" "Yer Spring" "Seeds"

Lead singer Tim Baker stated in an interview that the album name, as well as the title track, is about "...the idea is that we are seeds, traveling 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
Source	Rating
CHARTAttack	[5]
Consequence of Sound	link
Now Magazine	[3]
Sticky Magazine	[6]
Allmusic	[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Seeds"	Tim Baker, Adam Hogan	4:27
2.	"Yer Spring"	Baker	4:52
3.	"Young Glass"	Baker, Hogan	5:36
4.	"Bricks"	Baker	4:18
5.	"New Sum (Nous Sommes)"	Baker	4:27
6.	"Downstairs"	Baker, Hogan	1:58
7.	"Welcome"	Baker	4:02
8.	"Seventeen"	Baker	3:48
9.	"Yer Fall"	Baker	5:39
10.	"Parson Brown (Upirngaangutuq Iqalunni)"	Baker	5:13
11.	"Bandages"	Baker	5:02
Total length:			49:22

U.S. Version Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Young Glass" (Acoustic Version)	Baker, Hogan	6:05
13.	"Welcome" (Acoustic Version)	Baker	3:51
14.	"Seventeen" (Acoustic Version)	Baker	4:16
Total length:			63:34

Release history

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

References

1. "Hey Rosetta! - Music and Lyrics". Retrieved February 26, 2011.
2. Lien, Elling (February 4, 2011). "Track by track with the new Hey Rosetta! album, Seeds". The Scope. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
3. Trapunski, Richard. "Hey Rosetta! - Seeds". Now Magazine. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
4. "2011 Polaris Music Prize Long List announced" Archived 2015-10-02 at the Wayback Machine. aux.tv, June 16, 2011.
5. Harper, Kate (February 16, 2011). "Hey Rosetta! — Seeds". CHARTAttack. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
6. Fraser, Lee (February 15, 2011). "Hey Rosetta! — Seeds". Sticky Magazine. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
7. Eremenko, Alexey. "Seeds - Hey Rosetta!". Retrieved October 31, 2011.
8. "Seeds: Hey Rosetta: Music". Amazon.ca. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
9. "Seeds: Hey Rosetta: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2013-03-25.